Services & Charges
Clear, simple fee structure
We keep our charging structure as simple as possible. After all, we want you also to have a stress-free and smooth experience buying cars from Japan -- not to be confused about what it will cost.
For our standard service shipping a car out on a Ro-Ro ship, the FOB price is calculated as follows:
The FOB price is ...
... the auction price of the car
+ internal transportation
+ Japan customs clearance charges
+ our commission
The "FOB price" means the cost of the car plus all Japan-side costs (but not including shipping).
The internal transportation charge is the cost of moving the car from the auction where it was acquired to the port it will leave from. This cost depends on how close the auction and the port are, so it will typically range from 8,000 Yen to 60,000 Yen. A typical charge for internal transportation is around 25,000 Yen.
The customs broker and customs clearance charges are 16,000 JPY.
- Kevin Talbot (UK)
Two Levels of Commission – Regular and Pre-paid
We have two levels of commission: You can choose to pay in advance (cheaper commission rate) or buy on credit (and pay a bit more commission).
As the customer, the choice is yours.
- Pre-Paid Commission = 70,000 JPY per car
- Regular Commission = 70,000 JPY plus 5% of auction price of car
So how do you qualify for the cheaper Pre-Paid Commission rate? Simple! Send payment in advance so that your account with us has enough money in it to at least cover the FOB price of the car you are buying and make sure the auction price is 1 million JPY or less.
If it doesn’t qualify? Then we will charge you the Regular Commission rate.
Our commission covers a number of other charges that other companies bill out separately, so please do not get the idea that this is pure profit for us.
We don't bill you for bidding on cars. Or for translations. Or for documentation fees. Or for photographs. Or for any of a myriad of charges that other exporters add to confuse their customers.
How the final FOB price is calculated:
The FOB price is the cost of the car plus all the Japan-side costs. But what does that mean? Let's look at a couple of examples -- one with the Pre-Paid commission rate, the other with the Regular commission rate.
Pre-Paid Commission example
Let’s say you bid 500,000 Yen max on a particular car and we end up getting it for you for 465,000 Yen.
Now a week before the auction, you had already sent us money, so your account balance is + 800,000 JPY. This 800,000 Yen we have from you already is more than enough to cover the FOB cost of this car, so this car qualifies for the Pre-Paid commission rate.
Now, let's also imagine that the auction that this car is in requires an internal transport charge of 15,000 JPY to get the car to the port.
In the case of this car, the FOB cost for a standard export will work out like this:
- Auction price of the car = 465,000 Yen
- Internal transportation = 15,000 Yen
- Customs clearance = 16,000 Yen
- Our commission = 70,000 Yen
Total FOB = 566,000 Yen
Regular Commission example
We’re talking about the same car as the one in the example on the left. This time, your account balance with us is zero. So your purchase doesn't qualify for the Pre-Paid Commission rate.
In the case of this car, the FOB cost for a standard export will work out like this:
- Auction price of the car = 465,000 Yen
- Internal transportation = 15,000 Yen
- Customs clearance = 16,000 Yen
- Our commission = (465,000 Yen * 5%) + 70,000 Yen = 93,000 Yen *
Total FOB = 589,000 Yen
As you can see, in this example, paying in advance has saved 23,000 JPY. And the more expensive the car, the more you will save by paying in advance.
(Note: Pre-Paid Commission is only available on cars with an auction price of up to 1 million JPY.)
Cheaper Commission rates
The Pre-Paid commission rate is already a very cheap rate, especially considering the quality of service that keeps you safe from expensive mistakes and problems when buying. So, please do not contact us to ask about cheaper rates unless:
- You have been buying from us for at least 3 months, and ....
- You have been buying at least 25 cars per month consistently.
What does the standard auction to export service cover?
First of all, you will have full access to our online car auction system to be look for the used cars that you want to bid on. You have an experienced Integrity Exports’ person help you at every step of the way. You can pick their brains for information over email.
Once you have found cars you are interested in, you enter bids and get translations of the auction inspector’s reports (auction sheets) which will be done to a high, professional standard.
You check the translations and then decide which bids to go ahead with. We bid live to try to get the cars for the best possible price within the bidding budget you have given us.
Once a car is bought, we have it transported from the auction to the port. The seller sends us the documentation and we then get on with deregistering the car and preparing paperwork for export. At this stage we also start to look for a booking on a Ro-Ro ship. (We can do container shipping as well, but that is not included in the standard export service.)
A car will typically be able to leave on a ship between 10 days to 3 weeks after it has been bought at the auction, although this is in the hands of the shipping companies and their scheduling.
A few days after the car has left, we will receive the BL (Bill of Lading) from the shipping company. We will send you this BL along with the deregistration certificate along with its English translation, and a paper invoice.
In all of this, our primary goal is for you to have a stress-free and smooth experience buying cars from Japan’s car auctions.
Do you charge shipping?
This depends on the shipping company’s policy. For many destinations, we can have the car shipped to you without us paying on our end, as the shipping company then bills you directly.
However, this is not always possible. In this case, we are billed by the shipping company and we then bill this shipping amount to your account. We always send you a copy of the invoice so you know we are not overcharging you.
If you would like a quote for current shipping prices, please send an email to us. Please include your country and / or port in the email.
Do you provide any additional services?
The standard export service detailed above will cover the needs of the majority of customers. However, if these are not sufficient for you, please ask us about the following additional services and their pricing.
- JEVIC certification for vehicles
- QISJ certification for vehicles
- Container loading and shipping
- JEVIC odometer reading verification
