Delivery of cars from the USA: what you wanted to know about this business

The need for customs clearance of goods

Regardless of the type or volume, any cargo when crossing the border undergoes customs clearance. This is a mandatory requirement in international trade.

Processing time depends on several factors:

The degree of danger of the cargo.
Volume and list of goods transported.
Quality of paperwork for cargo and transport.
The need for examinations to confirm the specified codes.
Image of the exporter or importer.

Customs clearance, as a mandatory procedure, confirms the legality of the movement of goods across the border: the recipient will be able to legally sell or use the received cargo on its territory.

Rules for customs clearance of a car from America

Customs clearance is a customs procedure for the clearance of goods (including vehicles), carried out under a certain customs regime. This procedure is regulated by the general rules of the EurAsEC.

To have a trouble-free purchase of a car from another country, you need to familiarize yourself with the customs clearance rules and study the nuances of the sale.

The purchasing rules are as follows:

study tariff rates for customs clearance, they depend on the intended use of the imported vehicle;
purchase for personal use, the price of the vehicle is lower if it is not resold later;
the purchase will be cheaper for a buyer with the status of an individual than for a legal entity or organization;
To declare a car for personal use, you must provide documentary evidence at customs;
for an individual, the law is allowed to import one car per year; if it is necessary to import more vehicles, then the customs office will require permission from the head of the customs inspection;
with regular delivery of transport (from three cars per year), the registration procedure must be carried out as for a legal entity;
for private import and commercial use, customs clearance is carried out as for an organization.

The rules for purchasing a car apply to the method of importing a car:

On water;
By air.

The procedure for clearing customs in 2021 is the same for all import methods.

What documents are needed for customs clearance?

When registering imported goods, the following documents are prepared for customs:

Foreign trade contract (agreement) with the sender (seller, manufacturer), plus additions to it.
Product and transport documentation.
A document confirming the declared code for the product.
Payment orders (currency, ruble).
Transaction passport and confirmation of the customs value of the cargo.
Licenses, certificates, certificates (documents to confirm compliance with existing prohibitions or restrictions).
A package of documents from the recipient.
Power of attorney for the recipient's representative.
Sender's invoices or prices.
If available, certificates of the ST-1 form.

Types of duties when registering cargo

Payment of duties is one of the stages of customs clearance. There are several types of this payment:

In accordance with the object of imposition of duties - export, import, transit.
Depending on the payer - the declarant or persons who are responsible for paying taxes and duties (defined in the foreign trade agreement).
Depending on the method of calculation - ad valorem, specific, combined.
Depending on the area of distribution - autonomous or conventional.

Calculation of the cost of customs clearance of a car

The customs duty rates are the same throughout Russia, but there are some indicators on the basis of which the cost of customs clearance for each specific car is determined

The size of the duty is directly affected by the age of the imported car. There are several categories:

cars with zero mileage;
cars aged from 1 to 3 years;
aged from 3 to 5 years;
from 5 lei and above.

In addition, the following is taken into account:

what fuel does the engine run on?
engine capacity.

Customs clearance of a used car that is more than 7 years old will cost the car enthusiast quite a lot . Motor vehicles are considered new if they are no more than 3 years old. When calculating the customs duty, its cost and engine size are taken into account.

Customs clearance of trucks is carried out according to a slightly different scheme. The calculation also takes into account the carrying capacity.

But what matters most is the purpose for which the truck is planned to be used—for production or for personal needs.

Preparation of documents for customs clearance

The list of documents that are provided for each shipment of goods being transported may depend on the individual properties of the cargo: additional documents may be required for the main package.

The preparation of documents is almost always carried out by the owner of the cargo: sometimes this work is undertaken by the recipient or the documentation is prepared jointly. Organizations that are subjects of foreign trade activities either have declarants on their staff or turn to customs brokers for help.

In the first case, this is beneficial if customs documents are processed on an ongoing basis (weekly or daily); the services of specialized specialists are needed for irregular import or export processing.

Calculation and payment of customs duties

The calculation is carried out using a special formula, and determining the amount of customs duties is within the power of an ordinary accountant. True, there is a peculiarity: the calculation is made taking into account the rate of customs duties and the exchange rate of foreign currencies to the US dollar on the day of cargo clearance (acceptance of the cargo customs declaration). Payments are made only in rubles at the exchange rate of foreign currencies on the day of payment of customs duties.

The main method of making payments remains the deposit of funds into the account of the customs office (the regional office where the cargo is processed). But the legislation provides for several additional methods - a bank guarantee, a guarantee or in the form of a property pledge.

Design features

During the registration process, you must first make a deposit.

This is a normal procedure and should be done in one of the following ways:

pay at domestic customs in the USA;
deposit the amount at the customs office of destination.

Payment of the deposit during customs clearance from America can be made as a deposit of customs value. All payments that were made during the car registration process are deducted from the deposit fee.

If a balance of funds is detected, they will be returned to the owner by the customs office to whose account the money was transferred as a deposit.

Customs inspection of cargo

Inspection is one of the forms of customs control of goods (cargo). It is carried out both in relation to cargo (packaging is opened, goods are taken out) and in relation to transport (search for hiding places).

Reasons for conducting an inspection may be:

There is information about a violation of customs legislation by the importer or exporter: violations either occurred previously, or in relation to the cargo being moved.
The integrity of the awning or walls (for vehicles), container or tank (for sea or railway transport) is damaged.
The integrity of the seals installed at the border has been compromised.
Automated customs system solution: the operation of the algorithm is understandable only to a narrow circle of specialists, and your cargo is selected at random.

Before customs inspection, the sender (for export) or recipient (for import) receives notification of the procedure. Inspection of cargo (selective, complete) or identification of goods, recalculation of cargo packages (or items in them) or weighing may be carried out; taking samples and samples, or disassembling a product - to determine its characteristics.

The inspection is carried out only in the presence of the sender or recipient (or their representative), and ends with the drawing up of an inspection report.

Prices for customs clearance WTS-Group

Each service has its own specifics and can be provided in the form of several separate services. During customs clearance, it may be necessary to provide additional documents and carry out additional work - in each individual case, the cost of services is determined by the volume of work performed.

Service	Price
Cost of basic customs representative services	from 15,000-25,000 rub.*
Making an additional list	3000 rub.
Making an additional list	*The price depends on the place of registration and the cost of temporary storage for 1 diesel container.