Hello!
I was born in California but I also have a Peruvian nationality. Therefore double nationality. I want to buy a car here in the US and ship it to Perú.
Would it be cheaper than buying it from Peru? And what cost in taxes would I have to pay? I'm thinking a 2018 Toyota Tacoma.
Thank you!
Shipping a car overseas
Yvonneem21
10 October 2018 21:31:45
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cccmedia
10 October 2018 21:41:58
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Yvonneem21 wrote:I want to buy a car here in the US and ship it to Perú.
Would it be cheaper than buying it from Peru? And what cost in taxes would I have to pay? I'm thinking a 2018 Toyota Tacoma.
Dear Yvonne,
Welcome to the Peru forum....
Google as follows.....
ship car to Peru
When you reach the companies brought up in your Google search, you can ask them your two follow-up questions. They should provide you information as to the legality of bringing a new or used car into the country .. and whether your dual status gives you a leg up.
A cursory search shows company-listed prices between $1800 and 2100 US. That may be port to port and would not necessarily include a host of niggly charges, storage charges, hidden customs charges, etc.
Your visa status could theoretically affect factors involved, as well.
cccmedia
OsageArcher
10 October 2018 22:31:13
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It would probably be cheaper to buy in Peru. Below in Spanish is an example showing your costs could be as high as about $7500 USD to import a car worth $5000 USD - note that the $12,525 total below is the $5000 car plus the costs of all the taxes and transport charges:
EJEMPLO. Imaginemos que el auto que deseamos importar tiene un precio de USD 5,000... A eso hay que sumarle
Flete Terrestre (costo aproximado para movilizar el auto hasta el puerto): USD 500
Flete Marítimo (incluye documentos de importación, ingreso al contenedor, el depósito, embarque, envío entre otras cosas): USD 1,500
Seguro (1.5% del valor FOB del vehículo): USD 75
Desaduanaje (Costo aproximado de naviera, descarga, supervisión, Dua, etc,): USD 1,175
Impuestos de Aduana (65% del costo del vehículo ($5,000 + seguro ($75)+ flete marítimo ($1500)): USD 4,274
Todo sumado nos arroja un monto total a pagar de USD 12,525.
The above from:
http://www.todoautos.com.pe/portal/auto … to-al-peru
Here are some other links that may help:
https://pymex.com/emprendedores/proyect … so-a-paso/https://www.elperuchito.com/sabes-como- … o-al-peru/
And a link to SUNAT (Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria), the Peruvian government site for customs and taxation, which talks about the steps to import a vehicle:
http://www.sunat.gob.pe/orientacionadua … index.html
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