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Vehicle Import Duty

Vehicle Import Duty In Each Country
American Cars Export > Vehicle Import Duty

 

Key Points

1- Buyer's Responsibility:

As the buyer, you are generally responsible for all costs associated with importing your new vehicle. This includes transportation, import taxes, customs duties, and VAT that are being imposed in your country. It is your responsibility to verify the actual cost of taxes at your destination port. The list of taxes below may have changed, this is why to verify with custom authority in your country.


  

2- Varying Regulations:

Import regulations and tax rates are not universal. They vary widely between countries and regions, often depending on factors like the vehicle’s origin, value, age, and engine type. Thorough research on the specific rules for your import destination is essential. The most convenient and reliable source is to visit custom office in your country.


 

Import to country HS commodity code MFN duty rate Sales tax Additional duties & taxes
Andorra 8703.22.9000 10% 4.5%
Argentina 8703.22.90900K 35% 21%
  • Statistical fee (0.5% CIF)
Australia 8703.22.9080 5% 10%
  • Import Processing Charge (AU$40.20)
  • Luxury Car Tax (33% * (10 / 11) * (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + GST – 60316))
Austria 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Bahrain 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
Bangladesh 8703.22.11 25% 15%
  • Supplementary Duty (SD) (45% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • Regulatory Duty (RD) (5% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + Supplementary Duty (SD)))
  • Advance Trade VAT (4% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • AIT(Advance Income Tax) (5% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Belgium 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
Botswana 8703.22.907 25% 12%
Brazil 8703.22.90 35% Depends on province
  • Airport fee (50% (Storage fee + Handling fee))
  • Storage fee (1% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • Handling fee (BRL0.015 per KG)
  • Declaration fee (BRL30.00)
  • IPI (40% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • PIS PASEP COFINS tax ((9.25% (CIF * (1 + ICMS%) * (Duty% + IPI% * (1 + Duty%)))) / (0.9075 * (1 – ICMS%)))
Bulgaria 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Canada 8703.22.0020 6.1% Depends on province
  • Excise (CA$60.00 per piece)
Canary Islands 8703.22.9000 10% 9.5%
Chile 8703.22.99 6% 19%
  • Classification Charge (1% CIF)
China 8703.22.3001 25% 17%
  • Consumption tax (3% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges / (100 – 3)))
Colombia 8703.22.9090 35% 16%
Costa Rica 8703.22.6993 0% 13%
  • Consumption tax (83% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • Law 6946 (National Emergency Law) (1% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • GE (Vat on estimated earnings) (25% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + Consumption tax + Law 6946 (National Emergency Law)))
Croatia 8703.22.9000 10% 25%
Cyprus 8703.22.9000 10% 19%
Czech Republic 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
Denmark 8703.22.9000 10% 25%
Dominican Republic 8703.22.99 20% 18%
  • Exchange Surcharge (13% CIF)
Ecuador 8703.22.9090 40% 12%
  • FodInfa (Children development fund) (0.5% CIF)
  • ICE (Consumption Tax) (0% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Egypt 8703.22.90 40% 15%
Estonia 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Finland 8703.22.9000 10% 24%
France 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
French Guiana 8703.22.9000 10% No sales tax
  • Excise (23%)
Germany 8703.22.9000 10% 19%
Greece 8703.22.9000 10% 23%
Guadeloupe 8703.22.9000 10% 8.5%
  • Excise (9.5%)
Guatemala 8703.22.69 0% 12%
Guernsey 8703.22.9000 10% No sales tax
Hong Kong 8703.22.40 0% No sales tax
Hungary 8703.22.9000 10% 27%
India 8703.22.91 125% No sales tax
  • Landing charges (1% CIF)
  • Countervailing duty (24% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + Landing charges))
  • CESS (3% (Duty + Countervailing duty))
  • Additional Countervailing Duty (4% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + Landing charges + Countervailing duty + CESS))
Indonesia 8703.22.1910 40% 10%
  • Income tax (7.5% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Ireland 8703.22.9000 10% 23%
Isle of Man 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Israel 8703.22.90 7% 18%
  • Import port fee (US$50.31 Import port fee if weight more 50 kg per shipment)
Italy 8703.22.9000 10% 22%
Japan 8703.22.000 0% 8%
Jersey 8703.22.9000 10% 5%
Jordan 8703.22.90 0% 16%
Kuwait 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
Latvia 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
Lesotho 8703.22.907 25% 14%
Liechtenstein 8703.22.00 0% + CHF12.00 per 100 kg 8%
Lithuania 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
Luxembourg 8703.22.9000 10% 15%
Macau 8703.22.00 0% No sales tax
Malaysia 8703.22.942 30% 10%
  • Excise (60%)
Malta 8703.22.9000 10% 18%
Martinique 8703.22.9000 10% 8.5%
  • Excise (9.5%)
Mexico 8703.22.01 20% 16%
  • DTA (0.8% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Monaco 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Morocco 8703.22.8800 17.5% 20%
  • Parafiscal tax (0.25% CIF)
Namibia 8703.22.907 25% 15%
Netherlands 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
New Zealand 8703.22.1009K 10% 15%
  • Import entry transaction fee (NZ$46.89)
Nigeria 8703.22.1917 20% 5%
Norway 8703.22.09 0% 25%
  • Other import fee (NOK386.10 per g + NOK140.00 per pcs)
Oman 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
Pakistan 8703.22.90 60% 17%
Panama 8703.22.29 0% 7%
  • ISC (Consumption tax) (12% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Peru 8703.22.9090 6% 16%
  • Excise (0%)
  • Additional fee (0% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • Municipal tax (2% (Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges + Excise + Tariff surcharge))
Philippines 8703.22.99 30% 12%
Poland 8703.22.9000 10% 23%
Portugal 8703.22.9000 10% 23%
Puerto Rico 8703.22.0000 2.5% 7.25%
Qatar 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
Reunion 8703.22.9000 10% 8.5%
  • Excise (18%)
Romania 8703.22.9000 10% 24%
Russian Federation 8703.22.9098 25%, subject to minimum of €0.50 per cm3 18%
  • Excise (RUR214.00 per hp)
San Marino 8703.22.9000 10% No sales tax
Saudi Arabia 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
Singapore 8703.22.19 0% 7%
  • Excise (20%)
Slovakia 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
Slovenia 8703.22.9000 10% 22%
South Africa 8703.22.907 25% 14%
South Korea 8703.22.8000 10% 10%
  • Education tax (30% (Special consumption tax, or Liquor tax, or Interior tax, whichever is applicable))
  • Special tax for rural development (10% Special consumption tax)
  • Special consumption tax (5% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
Spain 8703.22.9000 10% 21%
Sri Lanka 8703.22.89 30% 12%
  • Excise (92%)
  • PAL (Ports and Airport Levy) (5% CIF)
Swaziland 8703.22.907 25% 14%
Sweden 8703.22.9000 10% 25%
Switzerland 8703.22.00 0% + CHF12.00 per 100 kg 8%
Taiwan 8703.22.90009 17.5% 5%
  • Commodity tax (25% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
  • Trade promotion fee (0.04% CIF)
Thailand 8703.22.19000 80% 7%
Turkey 8703.22.101000 10% 1%
  • Special consumption tax (37% Cost, Insurance, Freight and Pier or Docking charges)
United Arab Emirates 8703.22.90 5% No sales tax
United Kingdom 8703.22.9000 10% 20%
United States 8703.22.0000 2.5% Depends on state
  • Merchandise Processing Fee
Venezuela 8703.22.9090 40% 12%
Vietnam 8703.22.19 70% 10%
  • Special sales tax (45)

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