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hagwonnewbie
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 Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:31 am Post subject: Cost to ship a small sports car from LA to Seoul? |
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Has anyone themselves or anyone they know shipped an automobile to Korea?
What did it cost, entail? |
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cruisemonkey
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| I shipped my '08 Enzo to Busan from Vladivostock and it cost W22,300,100 with insurance. It entailed a lot of paperwork. |
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aquagirl
Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject: re. shipping a car from LA to Seoul |
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We shipped a 2005 BMW M3 convertible from LA to Busan for $1985. It took about 2 months ( 3-4 weeks waiting for container space and another month for the voyage). It was much easier and cheaper to ship the car to Busan than Incheon.
Be warned though - lots of paperwork and 2 weeks for arrival/customs inspections and you have to pay various import/duty taxes. Still much much cheaper than buying a BMW in Korea! |
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phoneboothface
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
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Crap I want a rich K bf too...  |
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ajmg8808
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
Location: Songpa-gu
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:47 am Post subject: how about the reverse? |
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| What if I bought a motorcycle over here and wanted to ship it to Seattle, WA? Would that be about the same? |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:26 am Post subject: Re: re. shipping a car from LA to Seoul |
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| aquagirl wrote: |
We shipped a 2005 BMW M3 convertible from LA to Busan for $1985. It took about 2 months ( 3-4 weeks waiting for container space and another month for the voyage). It was much easier and cheaper to ship the car to Busan than Incheon.
Be warned though - lots of paperwork and 2 weeks for arrival/customs inspections and you have to pay various import/duty taxes. Still much much cheaper than buying a BMW in Korea! |
Was that $1985 just for the shipping or did that also include the import/duty taxes? If not, how much were the taxes? |
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chemicalblur
Joined: 30 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:31 am Post subject: Re: re. shipping a car from LA to Seoul |
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| madoka wrote: |
| aquagirl wrote: |
We shipped a 2005 BMW M3 convertible from LA to Busan for $1985. It took about 2 months ( 3-4 weeks waiting for container space and another month for the voyage). It was much easier and cheaper to ship the car to Busan than Incheon.
Be warned though - lots of paperwork and 2 weeks for arrival/customs inspections and you have to pay various import/duty taxes. Still much much cheaper than buying a BMW in Korea! |
Was that $1985 just for the shipping or did that also include the import/duty taxes? If not, how much were the taxes? |
Probably just shipping. I believe tax is around 35% of KBB value. It's also based on the size of the engine. There's a section in the Korea customs website. I'll see if I can find it and post it here. You can also try going through an agent who can handle all the paperwork and logistics for you.
I was thinking of shipping my 2007 911 turbo here, but after all the charges and mods to comply with local emissions I realized I'm better off leaving it back home (quoted about 31K USD from an import agent). |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:37 am Post subject: Re: re. shipping a car from LA to Seoul |
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| chemicalblur wrote: |
Probably just shipping. I believe tax is around 35% of KBB value. It's also based on the size of the engine. There's a section in the Korea customs website. I'll see if I can find it and post it here. You can also try going through an agent who can handle all the paperwork and logistics for you.
I was thinking of shipping my 2007 911 turbo here, but after all the charges and mods to comply with local emissions I realized I'm better off leaving it back home (quoted about 31K USD from an import agent). |
Dang. How much of an influence does engine size have? I was hoping to ship something with a smaller 6 cylinder like a Cayman S over, but the 911 has a similar sized engine. As I understand it, registration fees are also based on engine size.
Nice car, BTW, chemicalblur. What would you do with a 911 Turbo in Korea though? I didn't see many areas where you could let her rip, not to mention all those pesky cameras. I raced a 09 M3 the other day, but I don't think you can have that kind of fun on Korean roads though. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Motorcycles...ship by air....same plane you are on in most cases if you plan. Cheaper than ocean shipping |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| I shipped my '08 Enzo to Busan from Vladivostock and it cost W22,300,100 with insurance. It entailed a lot of paperwork. |
22 million Won!?!?!?
I don't think so.....typo????? I does not cost 22 million won to ship a car around the world twice! It's 2 grand from LA to korea and that's a lot further than the above!
Here's a fact.....it cost 13K U.S. to ship a $450.000.00 new MCI bus from LA to korea....the import taxes....were another story. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
22 million Won!?!?!?
I don't think so.....typo????? I does not cost 22 million won to ship a car around the world twice! It's 2 grand from LA to korea and that's a lot further than the above! |
Dude, I think cruisemonkey was just joking. I don't know many English teachers cruising around in a $1,000,000 Ferrari Enzo.  |
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GwangjuParents
Joined: 31 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: re. shipping a car from LA to Seoul |
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| aquagirl wrote: |
We shipped a 2005 BMW M3 convertible from LA to Busan for $1985. It took about 2 months ( 3-4 weeks waiting for container space and another month for the voyage). It was much easier and cheaper to ship the car to Busan than Incheon.
Be warned though - lots of paperwork and 2 weeks for arrival/customs inspections and you have to pay various import/duty taxes. Still much much cheaper than buying a BMW in Korea! |
Aqua,
How much $$$ do you figure you saved by importing directly from the US? |
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ajmg8808
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
| Motorcycles...ship by air....same plane you are on in most cases if you plan. Cheaper than ocean shipping |
And about how much would that be, if you have any idea? That's cool that they fly it...I had no idea. |
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humdrum
Joined: 07 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| What if I bought a motorcycle over here and wanted to ship it to Seattle, WA? Would that be about the same? |
I wouldn't recommend even attempting that... I bought a motorcycle (Royal Enfield) in India a few years ago and shipped it back to the US.
Long story short - customs wouldn't release it... and they apparently put it in the crusher.
The US has pretty tight controls on importing vehicles - unless your a corporation it's nearly impossible. |
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aquagirl
Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:31 am Post subject: re. shipping a car from the USA |
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| My bf said he saved 19 million won by importing his M3 (this is after figuring in the cost of tax and customs charges etc) |
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