Importing a car from Europe

[tcheb]

Can I ask the breakdown in the cost for customs? I believe it should be the same for any 15 year old car, no matter where it is coming from.

Mine from the US was:
-5% GST (because your port of entry was BC I am guessing you also had to pay PST)
-6% Duty as it was manufactured outside of NA
-$125 Air Conditioning Tax

Declared Value of the car: $2700
Duty: $164.70 (6.1%)
GST: $143.24 (5%)
PST: $0 (I think I didn't have to pay PST because of the age of the car)
Soil Inspection fee: $48.16 (Flat fee)

Total paid to customs: $356.10



Arrival Port Handling Fees:
Container drayage: $385
Unloading of vehicle: $200
Handling and documentation: $50
Soil Inspection: $156.88 (paid to shipping company)
Courier fees: $15

Total paid to Arrival Freight Forwarder: 806.88



Departure Port Handling and shipping fees:
20' container shipping: $2460 (THCD fees included)
Loading and securing the vehicle in the container: $153
Container transport to port: $116
THCO: $92
Customs Handling: $52
Insurance: $184 (0.35% of the value of the car + container shipping cost or $184 whichever is highest)
Documentation fees: $81

Total Paid to the shipping company at Origin: $3138

THCO and THCD stands for Terminal Handling Charges Origination/Destination. These are something you need to ask for when shopping around because a lot of the companies do not include these in their quotes. Especially the THCD

[tcheb]

The love affair begins



I went to register the Touring and the cars were finally reunited but just for a couple days. I can't wait to finally have both of them at the doorstep

[GK-E30M3]

Need more Pics of Touring

[tcheb]

For now, that's the best picture I have. Once the car will be in Seattle, I'll clean up the interior and take some more pictures.

[CourtM3]

Congrats on finally getting it over.

[tcheb]

The car is finally in the US! I drove it from Vancouver on Saturday. Getting across the border was fairly easy and I got the very important Border Crossing document that I can now bring to the DMV to get the title!!! :D