Plan for roughly 25-40% on top of the vehicle price. The main items are:
1. Pre-purchase: deposit (10-30%), third-party inspection fee (100-300 USD).
2. In China: inland trucking to the port, export declaration fees.
3. Shipping: ocean freight (container 20ft usually 1,500-4,000 USD depending on destination), marine insurance (about 0.3-0.5% of car value).
4. In your country: customs duty, VAT/GST, port handling and storage, customs broker, quarantine or pre-shipment inspection if required, registration and plates.
Always ask the exporter for an itemized landed-cost estimate for your specific port before paying the deposit, and confirm which Incoterm the quote is based on (FOB, CIF or DDP makes a big difference).