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Quick
Guide
- A car is shipped on
it’s
own in a
sealed 20’ Container from the Barking/East London warehouse
to
Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Port Chalmers. Ships normally sail every week taking 5–6 weeks and
any car contents travel free of charge.
- A booking is made by
completing our
application for shipping space form and can be made up to 3 months or
as little as one week before shipment. A copy of the UK registration
document is required.
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- Frontal impact and safety
compliance is
required on all cars. There is a list of Makes/Models that comply and
these either have to have an EC Type Approval chassis/vin plate or they
require a manufacturers letter – this can be checked with an
Entry Certifier in New Zealand. If a statement is required, an
Application is made to the vehicle manufacturers office/distributor in
New Zealand (or sometimes from the UK manufacturers head office) and
takes about 4 weeks to obtain.
- Although most modern and prestige
cars
will comply with the standards many cars from the late 1980s and
early 1990s may not comply. Older ‘Classic
Cars’ are
exempt.
- The costs due in the UK are for
shipping
and shipment protection payable at the time of shipment by UK cheque or
bank transfer. In New Zealand costs are payable for the letter of
compliance, port fees and container unpacking, customs clearance,
quarantine inspection and possibly cleaning, entry certifier and
warrant of fitness test and annual registration and driving insurance.
- New Zealand Taxes on most cars is
0% Duty
and 12.5% Goods & Services Tax (Gst). Gst is payable on the
total
of the UK Purchase Price less a Depreciation Allowance (based on how
long the car has been owned) + the Cost of Shipment.
- Gst Free Entry is allowed for first
time
permanent residents owning a vehicle for over 12 months before shipment
or NZ Nationals that have been away from New Zealand for more than 21
months and owned and used a car for more than 12 months.
- Items packed inside a car travel
free of
charge. A list of goods is required by customs and quarantine and these
would be cleared separately from the vehicle.
- A guide to the total costs
(excluding
any tax) would be £1,400–£1,500 shipping,
£100–£300 shipment protection,
NZ$3,000–NZ$3,500 in New Zealand including Port and Unpacking
charges, Customs and Maf fees, Entry Certification and Registration.
- Procedure:
- Read our website
- Contact us for a written
quotation and an emailed information pack
- Check the model of car is NZ
approved
and the chassis/VIN plate to see if a Statement of Compliance is
required. If needed then apply to New Zealand (or UK) for a frontal
impact and safety compliance letter
- Decide to ship a car and send
to us a completed shipping form
- We arrange the export
- New Zealand issues a letter of
compliance
- The car is handed to us and we
ship it to New Zealand
- We send the shipping papers to
you
- Shipping papers are put
together with the compliance letter and all your car papers for the
entry certifier when the car arrives
- An agent can assist with the
import
- Pay any import tax
- The Entry Certifier takes the
car away for testing and then it can be collected from them and be
registered.
Further
information
We understand that you may have a Motor Vehicle here in the UK and that
you may, in due course, require shipment of the vehicle to NEW ZEALAND.
In this connection we should like to place at your disposal the
services of our Company. We are Shipping & Forwarding Agents
specialising in the shipment of Motor Vehicles from the UK to all parts
of the world and, in particular, to New Zealand.
We have over 21 years experience of Motor Vehicle Shipping and we are
able to provide a truly personal and, at all times, most efficient
service. Although our Offices are located in Leighton Buzzard we have
private warehouse facilities for the receiving and packing of vehicles
into Containers on the A13 near to Barking/East London, with
Underground connections from Becontree station into Central London.
Our normal services include the receiving of the vehicle at Barking
(collection by transporter from anywhere in the UK at an additional
cost), preparation for shipment including providing floor mats, seat
covers and a quantity of silica desiccant bags to help avoid the
possibility of condensation damage, packing and securing of the
vehicle, by itself, into one 'sole use' 20' ISO Container at the
private warehouse in Barking and securing with a security registered
seal, export and UK customs documentation, haulage of the container to
the UK export loading berth, UK port/handling charges, providing Bills
of Lading (title documents to the cargo shipped) to your nominated
address once shipment has been effected and ocean freight from the UK
port through to arrival at the New Zealand port of entry.
We would suggest that a car be cleaned prior to handover for shipment,
vacuuming the interior and boot and removing mud especially from under
the wheel arches, as this may save extra cleaning charges upon arrival
in New Zealand.
The cost of shipping depends on the Shipping Lines frequent minor rate
adjustments to compensate for the currency exchange rate and oil price
fluctuations. Major changes in costs are infrequent, however, our
quotations are normally only valid for 28 days. No VAT is due on
shipping costs to New Zealand.
In New Zealand many charges are payable include port, haulage,
unpacking, customs clearance, customs fees, quarantine fees and
possible cleaning as well as the costs associated with getting a
vehicle on the road. We do not consider it to be worthwhile shipping a
car in a shared/groupage Container or on a Roll On/Roll Off vessel as,
although the UK shipping cost could be less, there could be delays in
shipment and a risk of damage to the car.
Standard Liability shipment protection is not included in the shipping
price and the cost would be calculated at £20 per
£1000
value (2%) with a minimum charge of £100. The declared value
should represent the full replacement value of the vehicle in New
Zealand and not the UK value.
We have at our disposal regular Container Line sailing’s from
Tilbury through to Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Nelson,
Christchurch, Timaru and Dunedin (Port Chalmers) every week
with an average transit time of 38/48 days.
Cars up to 20 years old and 4WD’s after October 2003 must
comply
with Frontal Impact Standards. Normally only vehicles on the status
list at the LTSA will comply – www.ltsa.govt.nz/importing/frontal-impact-compliance-status.html.
Almost all modern vehicles manufactured for the European market should
comply. All Vehicles from 1991 must also comply with Safety/Other
Standards. Motorcycles from October 2002 must comply with Braking
Standards.
To prove frontal impact and safety compliance either a vehicle has an
EC type approval sticker or EC chassis plate fixed under the bonnet
otherwise a Statement of Compliance is required from the vehicle
manufacturer. The method you use must be checked by an Entry Certifier
in NZ preferably prior to shipment. All vehicles arriving in New
Zealand need to be checked and tested by an Entry Certifier and
Companies that are approved by the NZ Land Transport Authorities
include www.aa.co.nz,
www.onroad.co.nz and www.vtnz.co.nz.
To proceed with the shipment of a Motor Vehicle we would only require
one of our Application For Shipping Space forms to be completed and
returned to us along with a photocopy of the UK registration
document/V5C.
This form asks for the vehicle details i.e. Make, Model, Registration
and Chassis Numbers, a UK and New Zealand address, the Date and Place
of Handover of the Vehicle and the Value for Shipment Protection. We
would require payment in the UK before a car is containerised for
shipment.
For your further information we can advise you that we can recommend
Agents in New Zealand that would be able to assist with the import
formalities, namely:
NORTH ISLAND:
Mr. Grant Hudson,
Aironaut Customs Brokers Ltd.,
60, Parnell Road, Parnell,
AUCKLAND,
Tel. No. (09) 309 8814,
E-mail: grant@aironaut-customs.co.nz,
(www.aironaut-customs.co.nz).
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SOUTH ISLAND:
Mr. Michael Stewart,
DCB International Ltd.,
1st Floor, 203, Castle Street,
DUNEDIN,
Tel. No. (03) 477 5935,
E-mail: michael@dcb.co.nz,
(www.dcb.co.nz). |
Once shipment of the Vehicle has been effected we then forward all
relevant shipping documents, together with our instructions concerning
the clearance and delivery of the Vehicle at the port of destination,
by Recorded Mail, to your nominated UK or New Zealand address.
We hope that our services may be of interest to you and we look forward
to hearing from you soon. If there are any further points you wish to
have clarified then please do not hesitate to contact us. In the
meantime, we can assure you of our best attention at all times.
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