No, but sometimes a foreign Customs authority will allow a replacement carnet to be issued, which will allow goods to remain in a foreign country for a further period of time after the original carnet has expired.
If you know that you will want your items to remain in a foreign country after your carnet has expired, you must approach the host Customs (at least one month before the ATA carnet is due to expire), and ask them if they will agree to a replacement being issued. If they do agree, it would be advisable to get this in writing if you can, for your own protection. Once issued the replacement carnet needs to be sent to the NCU to be validated on the front cover.
If the foreign Customs agree, they may well set down a time limit for the re-export, prior to the actual validity of the carnet.
A replacement carnet can only be used in the country that has agreed to the replacement so once you have re-exported the goods, they must come back to the UK and cannot go anywhere else.
Once foreign customs have agreed to a replacement, the chamber will issue a new carnet, which will have a new carnet number, and the start date will be the day that your existing carnet expires. It will say on the front of the carnet that it is a replacement carnet, and will cross reference the original carnet number.
Both carnets, and the goods must be presented to the foreign Customs. The replacement does not have to be presented to Customs in the UK before you use it. Customs will complete the re-export counterfoil on the original carnet, noting on there that the goods have remained in their country under a replacement carnet. You then need to return to original carnet to us as usual.
The foreign Customs will then activate the replacement carnet, and you will use it to re-export the items from the foreign country and back into the UK.
The replacement carnet then needs to be returned to us.
If you need a replacement carnet, please contact us by email or phone.
