Import guides

Importing Cars from China, Country by Country

Every market has one rule that decides whether a shipment is profitable — an age limit, a drive-side requirement, an excise band, a document that has to exist before the vessel loads. These guides set out that rule first, then the full cost build-up, the routing and the models that actually sell there.

West Africa

Import cars from China to Nigeria

Age limit: 12 years from manufacture (built 2014 or later in 2026)

Import cars from China to Ghana

Age rule: 10 years clean; older units allowed but penalised

Import cars from China to Côte d'Ivoire

Age limit: 5 years from first registration for passenger cars (décret 2017-792)

East Africa

Import cars from China to Rwanda

Customs duty: 25% EAC Common External Tariff on passenger cars

Caucasus & Caspian

Import cars from China to Azerbaijan

Age limit: Used vehicles older than 10 years cannot be imported

Caucasus

Import cars from China to Georgia

Age: No outright ban, but excise rises sharply past six years

Dutch Caribbean

Import cars from China to Curaçao

Age limit: No age restriction reported on vehicle imports

Import cars from China to Sint Maarten

Import duty: Free port — Customs states it is not an import-duty collecting organisation

European Union

Import cars from China to Poland

EU duty, VAT and akcyza, COC homologation and Gdańsk/Gdynia shipping

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