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Are you thinking about shipping your car to the United Kingdom from Egypt?

Importing your car from Egypt is much simpler when working with a renowned import company. At My Car Import, we don’t just provide the shipping, we also cover the before and after logistics that can be time-consuming and costly to navigate.

In other words, we assist with your car’s transportation, modifications, and registration.

Handle it yourself as a first-time importer and you’re likely to hit a few problems along the way.  Hand it over to us and it’ll move like clockwork.

If your car requires collection in Egypt, we cover it. We ship hundreds of cars each month to the United Kingdom. We carry our own Devan containers which means that your car will be unloaded at our private facilities fresh from the container.

We can also take care of the registration process once your car arrives.

For more information on shipping your car from Egypt to the United Kingdom, don’t hesitate to fill in a quote form. This enables us to provide you with a bespoke quote based on your requirements. We always tell our customers that no two cars are the same and processes will vary. Receiving a quote is the best way to know for certain.

If you want to find out more about the process of shipping your car, please read our detailed guide here.

 

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Will I pay import tax?

Are you moving to the UK?

If you are moving to the UK, have lived outside the UK for more than 12 months and have owned the car for more than 6 months, you will be eligible for a tax and duty free import.

To qualify, you will complete a Transfer of Residency application with HMRC. Customers of My Car Import have access to handy guides to complete this application.

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Have you bought a car from the EU?

Vehicles registered in the EU attract 20% import VAT, based on the purchase price of the car and any associated transport costs to bring it to the UK. The import VAT is calculated on your purchase invoice for the car, or a recent valuation if the invoice is more than 3 months old.

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Have you bought a car from outside the EU?

Vehicles registered outside the EU attract 20% import VAT and 10% import Duty, based on the purchase price of the car and any associated transport costs to bring it to the UK. The import VAT is calculated on your purchase invoice for the car, or a recent valuation if the invoice is more than 3 months old.

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Have you bought a classic car?

Vehicles over 30 years old qualify for a special rate of taxation, due to their historical interest, similar to an antiquity.

You will pay 5% import VAT and no import Duty, based on the purchase price of the car and any associated transport costs to bring it to the UK. The import VAT is calculated on your purchase invoice for the car, or a recent valuation if the invoice is more than 3 months old.

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Have you got a car that was formerly UK registered?

If you exported a car from the UK and are now returning with it, you may be able to import the car back into the UK tax free, as long as you can provide a UK purchase invoice when you acquired the car, along with a copy of your former UK V5C logbook.

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For a no obligation quotation to import your car fill out our quote form.

We have imported thousands of cars from around the world into the United Kingdom and we have over 25 years experience doing so.

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