Does anyone know approximate cost of shipping a car from Germany to Canada and what the duties are? I think the import duty is 6.1% plus taxes and inspection (~13% + inspection).

 

I think it needs to be 15 years or older too or else it's inadmissable. Check the RIV website, they might have soemthing on this. A friend of mine was trying ot bring his '97 BMW 750 over from the UK and since it wasn't 15 years or older, it was impossible.

 

It depends on the vehicle, like Imre says. The RIV website has a list of vehicles that are admissible and ones that aren't. Some require modifications to make them legal.

 

It has to be 15 years or older (month and year).

 

This is a list of fees that you will have to pay:

- All related export fees ( exporters fee, shipping to port in Germany, German customs clearance, English translation of export documents, etc. )

- Bank fees for the international wire transfers to Germany

- Shipping from Germany to Canadian port

- Fire and marine insurance ( in case of total loss )

- Theft and damage insurance ( in case of damage incurred in shipping, as well as theft of the vehicles contents )

- Customs clearance fees (handled by a professional customs brokerage firm)

- Canadian border services agency ( CBSA ) inspection fee

- Air conditioning tax ( if applicable )

- Canadian port service charges

- 5% Goods and service tax ( GST )

- 6.1% Duty

 

Excellent! Thanks for the help and well laid out list! I'll have to account for this in the overall cost.

BTW, I was born and raised on the west island. Hope all is well in MTL.

Cheers,

Doug

 

Reviving this old thread, as I too want to ship a 15+ year old euro car to Vancouver, Canada. Did the original poster ever do this?

I also recall reading somewhere there is no duty 6.1% charged on cars 15 years or older?

Do I ship by sea to the Canadian East Coast & rail by land to Vancouver or are there ships sailing from Europe to Vancouver via the Panama canal?

Are roll on & roll off ships fairly safe to transport a non concours car? If it's good enough for new car manufacturers I 'm guessing it's fine. If it was a Porsche 959 I'd probably choose a container instead.

 

Check with Chritian, he does a lot in that feild. Also Ronan might be able to help aswell. they're both on the Canadian Forum.