Importing Your Car into Australia

Importing your UK car ?

It won't just be the cost of shipping.......
Don't forget to check out the cost's you will incur at this end as well.

• Import Duty
• GST
• Cleaning Costs
• Safety Checks
• Conversion costs - speedometer being one example.

It can work out quite expensive, and there is a LOT of paperwork involved.

Here are a couple of government links to look at:.

• Customs - Australian Customs Service - importing a motor vehicle.
• Dotars - Federal Government: Department of Transport & Regional Services.

and of course... does your car have air conditioning ?
If not, depending on the area you move to, you may almost certainly have to get it installed, for your own comfort.
I couldn't live without air con in a car, to me it is much more important than air con in the house.
Also, is your car capable of having it installed in this country ? and at what cost ?

Here's another possible useful link:

• Austrade - Vehicle shipping pages
• Karman Shipping - UK Based Car Shipping Agents, this site has a calculator to help work overall costs.

A guide to the costs (2008) would be:
UK Costs:
Shipping: £1,300 - £1,400
Shipment protection: £100 - £300

Australian Costs:
A$2,250 -$2,750
Plus taxes, annual registration and insurance.
Import Taxes on most cars are 10% Duty and 10% Gst.

Karman Shipping:

• www.karmanshipping.com