Shipping a car from China to Lagos is the one part of the landed cost you can pin down before you commit. Duty depends on how Customs values the vehicle; freight depends on things you can actually plan — how many units you move, whether you fill a container, and when you book. What ocean … Read more
Most people importing a car into Nigeria budget for the duty rate and are then surprised at Apapa. The duty is only the first of several charges, and Nigerian Customs assesses them on its own valuation rather than on your purchase invoice. This guide sets out the structure so you can budget from the right … Read more
Dakar is one of West Africa’s better-run gateways and Senegal is a growing market for imported used vehicles. It is also the market where the “customs will tax my invoice” assumption breaks most visibly, because Senegal formalises the alternative: an approved inspection value, not your purchase price, is the basis for customs valuation. The China … Read more
Douala is the gateway to Central Africa. The port handles the large majority of Cameroon’s imports and also feeds landlocked Chad and the Central African Republic, so a car landing there may have a long road leg still ahead of it. Cameroon also sits outside the West African tariff bloc — it is a CEMAC … Read more
Cotonou is the busiest used-vehicle gateway in West Africa, and a large share of the cars that land there never stay in Benin — they move on to Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso. If you are buying from China, that matters in two ways: the corridor is well served, and the paperwork has to be … Read more