How to Import Japanese Used Cars to Tanzania

Due to the continuous expansion of exporting used cars from Japan, These exported used cars are becoming the huge market in East African countries. In this article we will focus about the 5 steps to import Quality used cars to Tanzania from Japan.

1. Find a reliable supplier.

Recently ,The Internet can make you to find the many number of used car exporters in Japan. The point when you select the company , Please look at their history and reliability that is popular and has higher rankings on the website . There are some of company who shows unbelievably cheap prices or not real photos of the cars, Please make sure to check their reliability and condition of the cars with terms and sales condition. To avoid Internet fraud, Please contact them closely over the phone to know who they are , Or ask about this selected company at your local Japanese embassy. The best way is to find reliable used car exporter is to know any their customer who bought the cars from that company.

2. Choose the right car

There is the import regulation for all cars being imported into Tanzania . These Used cars are required to have a JAAI road worthiness certificate ( Japan Auto Appraisal Institute ) and if this Certificate is not belong with the car, You have to pay the penalty on each of the cars you import. Furthermore , there is model years regulation, The cars which is older than 10years from manufacture date is required to pay for penalized excise duty which is 20% of total value including import duty. This is due to the protection of control for the vehicle’s condition standard in the country. So, Please make sure to know exact model year and whether the price is included the JAAI fee on your purchasing before you start the deal with that company.

3. Payment

Once you have decided to purchase the vehicle , You can receive the Invoice from the supplier . The most of the company prefer the customer to arrange the payment by Bank remittance. Once you get the invoice , you can print it out and bring it to your local major bank to transfer money to their bank account. Make sure to have the receipt of your payment at your bank as it is proof of your money transfer and you can submit it to your supplier for their quicker confirmation.

4. Shipment delivery

Once your payment is acknowledged by the supplier, The shipment procedure can be started . It is depending on the condition of payment between you and supplier . But , Most of the case, The supplier required to have the full payment prior to the shipment delivery . The delivery normally take 4-6 weeks by Ro-Ro vessel which is specialized car carrier vessel up to Dar-es salaam port. You can make sure ask your supplier about the Estimated arrival date in Dar-es salaam and receive the all necessary documents by air courier before the vehicle arrives as you can start to prepare the port clearing process to avoid any possible delay of port clearing.

5 Port clearance and custom clearing

Before the car arrives, you have to find the local port clearing agent who is specialized port clearing company to handle your car from port and custom clearing. You can follow their instruction and arrange the port clearing fee and custom duty with all necessary documents.

How to Import Japanese Used Cars to Tanzania