The single biggest mistake first-time buyers make is quoting a vehicle by its factory price alone. The number that actually matters is landed cost — what the vehicle costs once it clears customs and is sitting in your destination country, ready to sell.

The Landed Cost Formula

Every quote we issue breaks down into six components:

  • FOB price — the factory or asking price of the vehicle itself, loaded onto the vessel at Shenzhen Yantian Port.
  • Freight — ocean shipping cost, which depends on destination distance and route.
  • Insurance — cargo insurance calculated as a small percentage of the combined FOB and freight value.
  • Duty — import duty charged by the destination country, calculated on the CIF (cost, insurance, freight) value, and typically different for new versus used vehicles.
  • VAT — value-added or sales tax, applied after duty in most jurisdictions.
  • Clearance — port handling and customs clearance fees at the destination.

Every vehicle-market page on this site — for example any model's page under Markets — shows this exact breakdown for each destination country, so you are never quoting from FOB price alone.

Shenzhen Yantian Port to Your Destination

Vehicles ship from Shenzhen Yantian Port, one of the world's busiest container terminals and the natural export point for South China's EV manufacturing cluster. Transit time typically runs 30–45 days by sea depending on the destination and route, with additional time for customs processing once the vessel arrives.

Why Duty Rates Differ by Country — and by New vs. Used

Import duty is set independently by each destination country and frequently applies a different rate to new versus used vehicles, sometimes significantly different. This is one of the most common sources of quoting errors: a used vehicle's lower FOB price does not always translate into a proportionally lower landed cost if the destination country charges a higher duty rate on used imports specifically. Always check the country-specific rate rather than assuming it scales evenly with the new-vehicle rate.

Getting an Accurate Quote

Because freight cost and duty rate both vary by destination, and duty additionally varies by new-vs-used status, there is no single freight number that applies across all orders. The fastest way to get an accurate landed-cost figure is to tell us the model, sale type and destination country directly — see our step-by-step process or message us on WhatsApp and we will return a full breakdown before you commit to anything.