Landed cost — 総額計算

What it really costs

The hammer price is usually 75–85% of what you actually pay. This works out the rest — every line separately, at a live exchange rate, so you can see exactly where the money goes instead of taking one flat number on trust.

— fetching today’s exchange rate…

The car

Expected hammer price What you expect to win it for, before any fees.

Priced in

Vehicle type Trucks and vans carry 25% duty, not 2.5%.

Where the car is in Japan

Size & weight

寸法

Length (mm)

Width (mm)

Height (mm)

Kerb weight (kg)

Optional. Left blank, freight stays at the base rate for an ordinary car. Fill them in for anything long, wide, tall or heavy — a Century, a Land Cruiser, a Hiace — and the volume over 14 m³ is charged for, which is how the shipping line bills it. Use the manufacturer’s figures, then add for a wide-body kit, a roof rack or a big wing: the measurement that counts is taken at the port.

Getting it here

Shipping method RoRo suits any running car. Container for very valuable, very low or non-running.

Destination port

Distance from port

Carrier type

Marine insurance — covers the car while it’s at sea. We strongly recommend it and most buyers who skip it regret it once.

Independent pre-shipment inspection — available on dealer stock and private consignments, not on auction cars.

Where it’s going

State sales / use tax Paid at registration, not to us. The taxable basis varies by state — confirm with your DMV before relying on this line.

This is an estimate, not a quote. The hammer price is unknown until the lane closes and the yen moves daily. Fee schedules here are our standard rates and can vary by auction house and route. Ask us for a firm number on a specific car and we’ll build it from real quotes.

Cost breakdown

内訳

To your door

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Reading it

Why each line is there

Auction house fee is a flat, tiered charge — not a percentage. It barely moves between a ¥2m car and a ¥18m one, which is why importers who quote a flat percentage overcharge badly at the top end.

Duty is 2.5% for passenger cars under the U.S. tariff schedule. Trucks, vans and pickups are 25% under the tariff usually called the Chicken Tax — a Hilux or a Pajero costs far more to land than a Skyline of the same value, and that surprises people every time.

Harbor Maintenance Fee and Merchandise Processing Fee are real CBP charges on every formal ocean entry. Small, but they belong on an honest invoice rather than buried in a round-number “clearance” line.

Marine insurance is optional and we price it separately so you can see what you’re declining. Ships lose cars. Not often, but they do.

State sales or use tax is the biggest number most buyers forget. On a six-figure car in California it can exceed every other fee on this page put together, and you pay it at the DMV counter whether or not anyone warned you.

The exchange rate is pulled live when this page loads. What you actually pay to convert is slightly worse than the mid-market rate — this calculator already builds in a spread, so the number you see is closer to reality than a raw conversion.