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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7928   
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Wow, best part of $10k to import, that's not a cheap exercise! Have you looked at Aussie dealers to see if it might be cheaper/easier to buy a new (second hand) one in Oz? James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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19th Jan 2017 5:22pm |
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| Ramsay Member Since: 30 Sep 2015 Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 633  
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FOB is an incoterm for shipping. Free On Board (FOB) Use of this rule is restricted to goods transported by sea or inland waterway. In practice it should be used for situations where the seller has direct access to the vessel for loading, e.g. bulk cargos or non-containerised goods. For containerised goods, consider “Free Carrier FCA” instead.
I think they are suggesting that your insurance will be 1.8% of the declared value at shipping. So $500 or so. 1995 Defender 110 CSW 1971 SIIA Lightweight |
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19th Jan 2017 5:59pm |
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| psimpson7 Member Since: 20 Nov 2013 Location: Gold Coast, Qld. Posts: 221  
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I have done this. This is not straight forward.
Firstly are you moving to Australia? Do you have residency/citizenship or are you on a long term skilled work type visa (457etc) or are you an Aussie moving back? Before you do anything else you have to get Import approval from the relevant people here to be able to bring it over. https://infrastructure.gov.au/vehicles/imports/ If it gets here without the relevant import approvals from the Aus Government it will likely be impounded/returned at cost to you. Don't even consider shipping it without this I put the true value on my import paperwork. Customs then decided to use their own value which was about half what i put as a value. Don't even consider putting a fake / low value on the paperwork. LCT will depends on what value they put on it, but Defenders new here didn't attract this so its very unlikely you would be hit with this If you meet the very strict rules for bringing it in. Ie prove ownership and use for the last 12 months, and they grant approval which they may not (especially if you are on a 457 type visa) the car will then need to be engineered and complianced for the state into which you are moving Defenders are pretty good in terms of needing many modifications to meet the rules here. On mine (2001) the glass, seatbelts and so on all met the regulations here. Lights were obviously correct as well. Speedo should be KM but they let mine through as it had both on the scale I will see if I can find all my paperwork shortly and give you more specifics on what this cost me in 2007 They have slightly changed the rules recently to relax them in certain conditions but I believe that only applies for cars up to 12mnths old 2001 90 HT 6.0LS/6spdAuto. 2003 90 td5 soft top. 2014 90 XS SW 2.2. |
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20th Jan 2017 12:36am |
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| rustyboxx Member Since: 08 Oct 2012 Location: Poole Posts: 548 
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Thanks for the replies so far, much appreciated.
Yes, 457 is on the way, sponsorship visa is approved and a labour agreement is in place 
Having checked all the personal and vehicle ownership requirements I qualify on all of them so should be good to go on that score. Good advice about declaring the true value if not just for insurance purposes. Good news about LCT 
I think the next step, once the 457 comes through, is to make the application and then figure out shipping. I'll post up the progress but if anyone has any tips or recommendations in the meantime, please feel free to share. 2015 90 XS CSW TDCi - Beautiful 2007 110 XS DCPU - An itch that needed scratching 2005 90 Td5 XS CSW - Utterly brilliant 2001 Discovery 2 ES Auto - A phase I went through 1996 90 Tdi CSW - Uber reliable 1989 90 2.5 Petrol Hardtop - My first proper Landy 1985 Range Rover Vogue V8 -Troublesome |
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20th Jan 2017 2:02pm |
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| abbztract Member Since: 12 Oct 2020 Location: Melbourne Posts: 6
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Hey, mate.
Found your post and was wondering how you went with this. I'm hoping to import a 110 Utility Wagon myself (one I don't currently own) and thought I'd get your insight |
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12th Oct 2020 11:30pm |
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| andyh Member Since: 15 Oct 2020 Location: Canberra Posts: 1 
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@abbztract if you don't own the vehicle then I'm not sure you have a route to import it. First thing is that you need an import approval for the vehicle from Dept of Infrastructure (Vehicle Import section) and a cargo agent won't do anything without one (my experience anyway); if by some means you got the vehicle on a boat and it arrived in Australia without a vehicle import approval then it would be stored (at your expense) whilst things were sorted out.
My understanding is that there's three routes to an approval; SEVS, RAWS and the Personal Import scheme (I've successfully done the latter and investigated the other two). SEVS is based on a list of vehicles that were never approved for general import into Australia by the manufacturer though some may have come on low volume imports when new (Lamborghini for example) whilst RAWS is for low volume import of specific vehicles by a registered workshop where the workshop is approved for that specific vehicle; they are limited to 100 or so per year and basically they source a vehicle overseas, arrange shipping, check compliance when it arrives, register and then typically sell it (Japan is a popular source). They may import your vehicle but will charge a fee over and above the other costs (I was quoted $5000 for the compliance check 5-6 years ago by one). The problem you have is that Land Rover doesn't appear on the current SEVS list (http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/sevs/sevsindex.htm and https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/vehicles...09-20.pdf) nor is there a RAWS workshop listed that does Land Rover's (see http://raws.infrastructure.gov.au/rawswebp...#results). Personal Import option is only available to Australians or migrants who've bought the vehicle overseas, lived overseas for >12 months and have used that vehicle; that's the easiest route if you qualify (one I've used). Net is that I don't think you have an import option other than follow the advice on the DoI website (https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/vehicles/imports/) to call around a few RAWS workshops that import similar vehicles and see whether they'd be prepared to do the paperwork to take on a Land Rover - depends on whether they see a business opportunity in buying Defenders cheap overseas, importing them and selling them here at a profit. (The above is my interpretation/understanding and bear in mind I'm not an expert ...) |
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15th Oct 2020 1:25am |
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| zilch Member Since: 11 Sep 2019 Location: Whitsundays & Sydney Posts: 823
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just as a fyi, when i moved here 15 years ago (yes another pom) we were informed as we were coming on
a 457 temporary Visa we were not allowed to import our Discovery series 2.. If we had come on a permanent skilled workers visa or a returning Australian citizen/resident, we would have been okay.., i believe the 457 has been replaced by the 482 visa, may be worth checking if the rules have changed..  Click image to enlarge yet another pommie bar steward down under MY20 110 P400 SE Defender MY10 3.0 RR Sport |
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15th Oct 2020 8:15am |
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| abbztract Member Since: 12 Oct 2020 Location: Melbourne Posts: 6
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@andyh What did you import? I'm working through a potential pathway at the moment except I have to make sure that the vehicle I import meets certain criteria. Is your a Puma series Defender? If so, could you do me a massive favor by telling me what your VIN is? I'm trying to compare a UK-sold Defender VIN to a locally-sold Defender Vin to identify any difference in the specs and see if this will be successful.
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16th Oct 2020 8:10am |
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| SteveWill Member Since: 18 Feb 2021 Location: South Australia Posts: 1
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Hi Guys,
Looking at importing a '96 Defender 90 under the 25 year and older rule. Have any of you had any experience with this? What are pitfalls you experienced? Thanks in advance. |
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18th Feb 2021 4:15am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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I wonder what the newly announced UK Australia trade agreement will do both for personal imports and also those buying direct from JLR?
Will the Defender even qualify if there's country of origin clauses? "UK car manufacturers have called for smooth links ‘closer to home’ following the UK government agreeing a free trade deal with Australia yesterday (Jun 15). A Downing Street statement claimed the agreement with Australia means UK car makers will see ‘tariffs of up to five per cent cut, boosting demand for their exports’. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures show the UK sold 20,000 cars to Australia in 2019, compared with 578,000 to the EU. SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes said: ‘Australia is an important growth market and the industry welcomes the agreement in principle of a trade deal between the two countries. ‘If tariffs can be avoided, making UK manufacturers more competitive against international rivals, there is some potential to increase our vehicle exports and we look forward to seeing the finer details of the deal, to ensure the agreement delivers for the automotive sector. ‘Given the integrated nature of the automotive industry, however, and the importance of proximity, we must also ensure smooth trade with markets closer to home.’ SMMT data shows four out of every five cars made in the UK are exported." https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/uk...ent/226088 |
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