Import calculator 10 countries, 2026 rules
Customs duty depends on where the car was built and where you buy it. Registration taxes (VRT, BPM, malus, akcyza, IEDMT …) depend on your country. This works out all of it.
How it adds up
Inside the EU (and Northern Ireland to the EU): no customs, and no VAT on a used car (over 6 months and 6,000 km). You pay your country's registration tax.
Into the EU from outside: 0% duty only when the car was built in the country you buy it from and that country has a deal — Japan, South Korea, the UK, Türkiye, and the USA (since 1 July 2026). Otherwise 10%, plus extra duty on China-built EVs. Then import VAT at your country's rate.
Into the UK: 0% duty for EU-built cars bought in the EU and Japanese- or Korean-built cars bought there; 10% otherwise. 20% import VAT on any car from outside the UK. No registration tax.
Registration taxes: Ireland VRT 7–41% + NOx levy · Netherlands BPM, reduced by age · France CO₂ malus, reduced by age, plus carte grise · Poland excise 3.1% / 18.6% · Spain IEDMT 0–14.75% · Belgium TMC/BIV · Italy IPT · none in Germany, the UK or Sweden.