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Importing Bike

  • 11-12-2007 1:54pm
    #1
    brianbruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭


    Hi guys..

    I've a cousing living in China at the moment and I can get him to buy a bike for me and ship it over.

    What taxes/duty/ am I going to be looking at?

    I've settled on a Yamaha R1 so...

    are the duty prices based on the chineese value or the european..?

    any other considerations? emmisions etc?


    thanks for looking


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  • #2
    SuprSi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,951 ✭✭✭SuprSi


    As far as I know, when importing a vehicle, you will have to pay 21% VAT on the value of the vehicle in Ireland, and well as the standard rate of VRT on it, based on its engine displacement. It works out as a hefty amount, but if you can get the bike for much cheaper abroad it would work out quite well.

    I know a new FJR1300 costs just under €10k in the US as opposed to €18k here so if I were to go with that option I'd have around €8k to play with for taxes and shipping, which seems quite good.


  • #3
    Kat1170
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    Check here. http://www.magireland.org/inf_ImportBike.htm


  • #4
    brianbruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭brianbruff


    thanks for the info guys!


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