1. Find the reliable supplier .
Recently
,The Internet can make you to find the many number of used car
exporters in Japan. The point when you select the company , Please look
at their history and reliability that is popular and has higher
rankings on the website . There are some of company who shows
unbelievably cheap prices or not real photos of the cars, Please make
sure to check their reliability and condition of the cars with terms
and sales condition.
To avoid Internet fraud, Please contact them
closely over the phone to know who they are , Or ask about this
selected company at your local Japanese embassy. The best way is to
find reliable used car exporter is to know any their customer who
bought the cars form that company.
2. Choose the right car
There
is the import regulation for all cars being imported into Tanzania .
These Used cars are required to have a JAAI road worthiness certificate
( Japan Auto Appraisal Institute ) and if this Certificate is not
belong with the car, You have to pay the penalty on each cars you
import. Furthermore , there is model years regulations, The cars which
is older than 10years from manufacture date is required to pay for
penalized excise duty which is 20% of total value including import
duty. This is due to the protection of control for the vehicle's
condition standard into the country.
So, Please make sure to know
exact model year and whether the price is included the JAAI fee on your
purchasing before you start the deal with that company.
3. Payment
Once
you have decided to purchase the vehicle , You can receive the Invoice
from the supplier . The most of the company prefer the customer to
arrange the payment by Bank remittance. Once you get the invoice , you
can print it out and bring it to your local major bank to transfer
money to their bank account.
Make sure to have the receipt of your
payment at your bank as it is proof of your money transfer and you can
submit it to your supplier for their quicker confirmation.
4. Shipment delivery
Once
your payment is acknowledged by the supplier, The shipment procedure
can be started . It is depending on the condition of payment between
you and supplier . But , Most of the case, The supplier required to
have the full payment prior to the shipment delivery .
The delivery
normally take 4-6 weeks by Ro-Ro vessel which is specialized car
carrier vessel up to Dar-es salaam port.
You can make sure ask your supplier about the Estimated arrival date in Dar-es salaam and receive the all necessary documents by air courier before the vehicle arrives as you can start to prepare the port clearing process to avoid any possible delay of port clearing.
Step 55 Port clearance and custom clearing
Before the car arrives, you have to find the local port clearing agent who is specialized port clearing company to handle your car from port and custom clearing. You can follow their instruction and arrange the port clearing fee and custom duty with all necessary documents.
