How to import cars from Japan to Poland

Situated in the heart of the central Europe is Poland. Poland is a major tourist destination and the auto industry is not very strong. The car manufacturing industry forms a only a 11% of the total industrial production in Poland.  Though there were Polish car brands like Warsawa, Polski, Syrena sport, Tarpan etc. in 1950’s to 1970’s. All of them have shut down now.  These have made other countries brands like the Japanese car makers to supply cars as per demand. The demand for cars is rising and Polish people are importing more and more Japanese used cars to Poland. In this article we have listed out the details you need to know, if you are planning to import cars from Japan to Poland.

Poland had two major ports where cars can be shipped to. Port of Gdynia and Port of Gdańsk are the ports of respectively. The most common shipping method is the RoRo (Roll-on-Roll-off) is used for vehicle shipment. If you want to get safer shipping then you can opt for the container.

The import barriers are low in Poland. Cars which need to be imported should have gone road worthiness test, tested within 3 years, then within 2 years and from then on once a year. Poland is a left hand drive country and only left hand drive cars are allowed to be imported.

The vehicle importer should get the car registered in his name and should be in Poland Full time. In case he is returning to Poland from a third country as his temporary residence, the person should atleast been out for a year and should have used the car for at least for 6 months.  A person can only get one of each type vehicle, motorcycle or trailer. Below are the documents required to import vehicles.

·         Original Registration

·         Purchase Invoice

·         Original Bill of Lading

·         Original vehicle documents proving ownership

·         Proof of insurance

All the tax and duties should be paid for cars imported from EU. A certificate of origin will speed up the process of custom officials assessing the duties. If you are a returning citizen with the car then you need to show the certificate of ownership for at least six months to get exemption from tax and duty while importation. Any car imported to Poland cannot be sold or rented or used by other person at least for 1 year.

The shipper needs to fill notarized Power of Attorney to have the vehicle shipped and imported to Poland, if the form is not filled the shipper needs to be present at the time of clearance.

If you are looking to buy Japanese used car in Poland or secondhand Japanese cars in Poland, visit Autoworld Japan. Autoworld Japan is the leading Japanese used car dealer they can get used vehicles from Japan at a throwaway price.