Durban Used Cars for Sale from Japanese Exporter & Dealer

Durban is one of the largest city of South Africa, in order to import cars from Japan to South Africa, most frequently used port is Durban port. Therefore, Used Cars Industry prefers to use this port for exporting cars to the African region. However, the African region is too big and there are other preferred ports too, for instance Mombasa Port, Dares Salam Port and Cape Town but most of the importers receive their shipments on Durban Port. This is due to the fact that Durban is one of the largest and metropolitan city and the arrival of ships on this port is comparatively frequent as compare to other ports.

All vehicles imported to South Africa via Durban port are charges 14% VAT (Value Added Tax). The custom duty to be paid is 36%, however in a case the car greater than 20 years in age, the custom duty will be reduced from by 20%.

In a case any immigrant or returning citizen are importing their vehicle from the country of origin of the vehicle to South Africa they must keep in mind, that 14% VAT will be applied, although the vehicle will be duty free for a period of one year. Hence the Government allows only one vehicle per family and the owner cannot sell or dispose of the vehicle before two years of driving it in South Africa.

The most demanded cars of Durban are: Toyota Corolla AE110, Toyota Corolla NZE 121, RunX, Toyota Alex, VW Golf, VW Polo, Toyota Avensis, Mitsubishi Pajero and RX8 Mazda.