Importing classic cars into Europe involves more than just arranging transportation services.

The import duty on vehicles is 10% of the value and on top of that most EU countries charge 18-24% VAT. This is a significant cost in your vehicle purchase, but classic cars might qualify for 0% import duty and VAT rates as low as 5%.

While there is one customs law that covers all 27 EU member states, there are 27 different opinions on how to apply it. On top of different import duties there is a wide variety of VAT rules that are applicable to classic cars. This has the effect that import clearing classic cars in some countries will reduce duty and VAT costs vs. in the country the vehicle ends up. Read our shipping blog about saving duty and VAT on classic car import.

You may want to carefully study your options and our customs expertise will help in finding you the ideal solution for your classic car.

Our solution:

It is relevant to import your vehicle at the most favorable location to minimize import duties and VAT payments. We have a vast background in European customs rules. Therefore it is important to determine the best outcoume for your purchase, based on purchase price, model and model year.

Some other shipping companies offer services that are rather vage in outcome and may leave the customer with unexpected duty / tax payments.

Our way or perations allows us to guarantee if your vehicle will qualify for a reduced import duty and VAT even before we ship your vehicle. Please contact us for further information.

Locum Services will analyze your particular case and propose the best possible solution considering the import duties or taxes in combination with the transportation costs. Please contact us with any inquiry you might have.