Compilation of Foreign Motor Vehicle Import Requirements

Compilation of Foreign Motor Vehicle Import Requirements

United States Department of Commerce International Trade Administration

Office of Transportation and Machinery

December 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

Introduction

Countries that drive on the left side of the road Top Markets of U.S. Exports of Vehicles

North American Countries Surveyed Canada Mexico

South/Central America & Caribbean Countries Surveyed Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Middle East Countries Surveyed Iran Israel Jordan Kuwait Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates

Asia, ASEAN and Oceania Countries Surveyed East Asia

China Japan Korea

South/Southwest Asia

2-4

5

6 7

8-15 8 10

16-41 16 17 18 19 21 23 25 27 28 30 30 32 32 34 35 36 38 39

42-47 42 42 43 44 45 45

48-78 48-55 48 51 52

55-60

India Nepal Pakistan ASEAN Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Oceania Australia New Zealand

African Countries Surveyed Egypt Nigeria South Africa

European, Asia Minor and CIS Countries Surveyed European Union

Austria Belgium and Luxembourg Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

55 58 58 60-72 60 62 65 67 71 72 73-78 73 76

78-81 78 79 80

82-103 82 83 83 84 85 86 86 87 87 90 89 90 91 92 93 94 94 95 95 96 97 98 98 99 100 101

European Free Trade Association

Norway

103

Central and Eastern Europe/ Asia Minor

Albania

104

Serbia

104

Turkey

105

Commonwealth of Independent States

Russia

107

Introduction

The Compilation of Foreign Motor Vehicle Import Requirements is designed to provide motor vehicle exporters with market data and worldwide automotive import restrictions for the major automotive markets around the world.

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Transportation and Machinery, Automotive Industries Team, collects, compiles, and disseminates the information available in this document. However, it should be noted that the assistance of Commerce's country specialists (Global Market) and overseas representatives (USFCS) played an important role in making this document possible.

This document is updated periodically and every attempt is made to ensure its accuracy. Due to the numerous amounts of information sources and changes in countries' import requirements, the Office of Transportation and Machinery cannot guarantee the accuracy of all the material contained in this document.

This document is also available on the Office of Transportation and Machinery's homepage: .

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD

Anguilla Antigua Australia Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Bhutan Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cayman Islands Channel Islands Christmas Island Cooke Islands Cocos Island Cyprus Dominica Falkland Islands Fiji Granada Guyana Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Isle of Man Jamaica Japan Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Macao Malawi Malaysia Malta

Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Naunu Nepal New Zealand Norfolk Islands Pakistan Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Island St. Helena St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Sri Lanka Surinam Swaziland Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Kingdom Virgin Islands (U.S.) Zambia Zimbabwe

Top Markets for U.S. Exports of New Cars And All Light Trucks

Canada China Mexico Germany Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Australia Russia United Kingdom Korea

2012

743,478 153,570 159,415 168,522 145,328

61,443

30,915 21,935 35,895 20,086

2013

791,532 233,693 153,738 135,048 139,038

69,381

44,857 48,298 36,343 25,192

Top Markets for U.S. Exports of Used Cars

Mexico United Arab Emirates Nigeria

Benin

Cambodia

Jordan Dominican Republic Georgia

Saudi Arabia

China

2012 62,434 90,567 92,019 63,462 19,143 26,369 17,871 10,423 43,103 121,138

2013 106,136 80,740 102,022 53,934 17,695 34,571 17,984 16,971 26,640 14,920

2014 870,025 307,425 151,902 147,680 104,074 63,901 61,052 60,766 42,194 32,213

2014 102,157 82,584 74,890 54,192 23,990 23,766 19,738 18,855 18,651 18,007

NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES SURVEYED:

NAFTA

Motor vehicle trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico are bound by the terms of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which may be found at: . Specific coverage of the automotive sector is contained in Annex 300A of Chapter 3 of the Agreement. The text is available at: . An exporter's guide may be accessed by clicking on the "NAFTA" tab of the U.S. Commerce Department's Trade Information Center web site at: .

CANADA ? Vehicles in Operation (in units)

2011

Personal Use Vehicles

20,450,000

Commercial Use Vehicles 970,000

Source: Ward's Motor Vehicle Data

2012

2013

20,652,000 21,261,660

1,053,000 1,072,134

The Canadian Border Services Agency also maintains a web page with pertinent information for motor vehicle importers. Many of the details from that web page are found below. This page can be found at:

Regulations governing automotive trade between the United States and Canada were first liberalized by the Canada-U.S. Automotive Trade Products Act of 1965, and further relaxed by the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement of 1989, before being subsumed into the NAFTA in 1994.

Duties: There are no customs duties on Canadian imports from the United States of motor vehicles or of automotive parts that meet the NAFTA rule of origin (in essence, 62.5 percent of the value of the vehicle must originate within NAFTA). Vehicles and components that do not comply with the rule of origin are subject to a 6.1 percent duty.

Taxes: All Canadian imports are also subject to sales taxes applicable at the moment of clearing customs, "goods and services tax" (GST) or "harmonized sales tax" (HST) depending on the province. They are calculated on the sum of the Customs-valued import and applicable duty.

The current applicable taxes are:

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