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• A car is shipped on it’s own in a sealed 20’ container from the warehouse near Barking/East London. Ships normally sail every week taking 5–7 weeks in transit to Fremantle (Perth), Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. It can take a further 2 to 4 weeks before a car is ready to be registered to be used on the road in Australia.
  
  
• A booking is made by completing our shipment booking form and can be made up to 3 months or as little as 1 week before shipment. A copy of the UK registration document V5C is required.
  
  
• The personal import requirements are normally that Australian residency or nationality is required with only 1 car per person allowed every 5 years and the vehicle must have been owned and used in the UK for a minimum period of 12 months unless the vehicle is older than 1989.
  
  
• Personal import approval is required by sending an application form to a government department (DITRDLG) in Canberra with copies of the car and personal papers and takes 4–8 weeks to obtain.
  
  
• The costs due in the UK are for shipping and marine insurance payable before the day of sailing by UK cheque or bank transfer. In Australia costs are payable for port fees and container unpacking, customs fees and clearance, quarantine inspection and possibly cleaning, road safety preparation and a roadworthy test, as well as annual registration and possibly stamp duty and driving insurance.
  
  
• Australian import taxes on most cars are 5% duty and 10% GST. Duty is paid on the customs value and GST is paid on the total of the customs value + duty + cost of shipment. Usually the customs value is based on the Australian ‘as landed’ value which can be as low as half of the actual Australian market value. An initial guide to the full Australian market value is available at Drive and Redbook.com.au.
  
  

Further information, including a guide to prices and useful website and contact addresses, can be found in the Australia Info Pack (PDF).