I imported a used pick up truck from Texas. It cost $2,132 US dollars, although $700 was to get it from texas to the coast. I shipped from Baltimore to Southampton, and the voyage took 16 days, although it needs to be at the docks a couple of days early, and then it took 3 days to clear customs. It then had to be SVA'd, which took a further week.
the total costs involved were shippng, plus insurance at 1.5% of purchase price and shipping, plus 22% DUTY on total, plus 17.5% vat on final total...SVA cost £330 incl road tax and registration, if it had need the lights sorting that would have been an additional £150.
Duty on a car is only 10%. The other catch is that you can't claim the vat back on a F150 size truck, coz they can only carry less than 1 tonne in the bed!!!!
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