Importing a car from Japan to Australia

Eligibility

• Older vehicles pathway: built more than 25 years ago (unknown build month → December is assumed, as the government does).
• Younger vehicles: only models on the SEVS register, through a Registered Automotive Workshop.
• Vehicles significantly modified within the last 25 years may not qualify as “older vehicles”.

What you pay

• Customs duty, with 0% available for Japanese-origin cars under JAEPA.
• GST on the value of the taxable importation, and Luxury Car Tax above the LCT threshold (which changes every July).
• Import approval, compliance and broker costs.
• Not included: state stamp duty and registration.

Cars from Japan you can import to Australia now

Model codes whose production years already meet the import rules for Australia — part or all of the run. Each model page shows the exact years.

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  EK · EK9 · 1997–2000
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  DC2 · 1995–2001
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  NA1 · 1990–2005
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  AP1 · 1999–2005
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  NB · NB8C · 1998–2005
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  FD · FD3S · 1991–2002
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  SE · SE3P · 2003–2012
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  Z16A · 1990–2001

Rules MOTORAVI applies

These are the rules our eligibility check uses today, with their sources.

• Older vehicle pathway (25+ years) — 25+ years

  Source Not yet broker-verified

Duties, taxes and fees in estimates

• Customs duty (0%, JAEPA)

  0% of vehicle price + export costs

  Source Not yet broker-verified

• Customs duty (5%)

  5% of vehicle price + export costs

  Source Not yet broker-verified

• GST (10%)

  10% of vehicle price + export costs + freight + insurance + duty

  Source

Destination ports

Melbourne, VIC · Sydney, NSW · Brisbane, QLD · Fremantle, WA