Complete guide to importing cars from Japan
12 articles
The full KMC JAPAN export path: 輸出抹消 and the export certificate, BL and invoice, FOB / CFR / CIF / CNF, RoRo vs...
Hilux, Prado, Hiace, Premio, Fielder, Probox — what actually sells from Japan to East and Southern Africa. Age and...
The paper destination customs actually read: 輸出抹消仮登録証明書 (export certificate). Chassis, engine,...
There is no one-world RoRo price. Shipping a used car from Japan is FOB (Japan side) plus ocean freight, optional...
Before PCS: sell locally, export, transfer, or scrap — and close SOFA plates at VRO if that is your registration....
FOB is the car at a Japanese load port. CNF/CFR adds ocean freight. CIF adds marine insurance. None of them is your...
The hammer price is not what you pay. Japanese auto auctions add buyer fees, tax, recycle, inland transport, and either...
Leaving Japan with a car still in your name? Compare selling locally, exporting it with you, transferring to someone...
A practical guide to Japan’s parking-location certificate (shako shomei): who needs it, which papers to file, the 2...
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