# ImportCost

ImportCost is a free, static, in-browser calculator for used-car import duty and tax from Japan to Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania.

Website: https://importcost-agh.pages.dev/

## Product

- Free calculator: enter CIF (or FOB + freight + insurance), engine cc, year of manufacture and destination country.
- It returns a duty and tax breakdown from official published rules, with source citations and the date the rates were checked (12 November 2026, Africa/Nairobi).
- Figures are estimates, not a customs assessment.

## Paid offer

- Name: Full landed-cost report PDF + checklist
- Price: USD 5 / KSh 650 (both currencies are the published price)
- What it is: a written duty breakdown for the user’s car plus an import checklist (documents, inspection, shipping, clearance)
- Buy: https://importcost-agh.pages.dev/#pricing
- Checkout is not yet live; requests go by email until a checkout link is added.

## Rates in brief (checked 12 November 2026, Africa/Nairobi)

Kenya: 35% import duty; excise 20/25/35% by engine and fuel on value + duty; 16% VAT on value + duty + excise; 2.5% IDF; 2% RDL; 8-year age limit from first registration. Used cars valued from KRA CRSP, not the invoice.

Uganda: 25% import duty; 18% VAT on value + duty; 6% WHT; 1.5% infrastructure levy; 1% IDF; environmental levy 50% of CIF for passenger vehicles 9 years or older (20% for goods vehicles); 15-year import limit. Used cars valued from the URA value guide.

Tanzania: 25% import duty; engine excise 5% or 10% and age excise 18/35/40% from 1 July 2026, on CIF + duty; 18% VAT; 2% RDL; processing fee 0.6% of FOB if FOB is entered.

Do not treat these as legal advice. Confirm with the revenue authority.