Shipping landcruizer troopy to India!!!

Or does anybody know which port in Australia is the cheapest to send your stuff from?

What have you done yourself to find out before we spend time redoing anything.

I hope this is not too intrusive, but having moved cars internationally there are lots of direct and indirect traps. It would be useful to find out why you want to ship it. The reasons being a)are you selling it to someone, if so be very careful re fraud. b)are you moving overseas temporarily or perminantly, and if so have you checked with ATO re the effect on Australian "tax residency? and c)have you checked the import rules and taxes in India?

I think India still has some pretty restrictive rules re importing cars, but it is definitely worth checking. I recall that a car has to be less than 3 years old, imported from the country of manufacture and there are taxes and duties that add up to 100% of the vehicle's value!!! ( and from memory that is the new value, not current value). Please check this carefully though as my information is quite a few years old. Make sure that any quote you get includes these ( and a multitude of bribes to get your paperwork released in a reasonable time). Also I think all vehicles have to be imported through Mumbai, and there used to be additional state to state duties.

You need to get some good, specific adivce. Again I know this is not exactly what you are asking but there could be a few traps and / or opportunities and if you know the whole picture you may be forewarned. India has 50 times as much beauraucy as here, and you may not even see your vehicle for 6 months even if you pay the right bribes.

Taking a $5000 hit on the local used market might look very attractive once you know the whole picture.

Hope I am totally wrong these days, and good luck. Tread very very carefully.

Easiest way is to google "international car shipping". There is quite a few companies that have online quoting via email after dialling in your details.
You may have to try a few quotes to find out which city in Aust is the cheapest to ship from.
Probably best to find an agent who will handle all the paperwork and pay all the fees and include it in your price.

Best place to ask or find an answer is here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/trip-transport/

Glen

And couple of thousand will have to be factored in for "commissions' for the customs personnel, particularly if shipping into Kolkata or Chennai.

When I visited apple importers the ongoing commission was about USD2000 per container.
Regards Philip A

can I suggest you find a car company that imports cars from India ( volvo used to )
and see if you can get on one of the big car carriers that is returning empty .

http://www.mahindrapikup.com.au/

G'day Martin

We had a pair of Exploroz members and wives travel through Russia last year. I seem to remember they had to put vehicles in a container for shipping.

If you check out the blog section of the site, search for Russia, or something similar, you may find the members, and info you need.

Cheers, Dave

I used to work for Famous Pacific Shipping - They can arrange the whole box and dice with agents in India at all the major ports ..

Try ringing Steve Trembath on 83660700 - he can help you ..

Cheers

Steve

Gooday. In 2006 we utiliised General Cargo Forwarders (Australia) P/L to ship our troopy to Europe and return via a container. Cost was reasonable and the company excellent to deal with. They are mentioned on the NRMA website re sending vehicles overseas. Dallas Constantine was the principle at that time and was most obliging in every way, email address is generalcargo@connect.net

Thanks to all! This infomation will help us further in search for a good shipping company.
I will give a update on the forum when I found one.


Cheers
Martijn

P.S. sorry for the late reaction I was uit of town for a view days!!