Import guidesto Ireland

What you pay, the steps and the paperwork, checked against Revenue and NCTS guidance.

🇬🇧 Importing a car from the UK to Ireland

Since Brexit, a car bought in Great Britain is a non-EU import: customs, possibly duty, import VAT and VRT. Northern Ireland is different.

🇯🇵 Importing a car from Japan to Ireland

Japanese-built cars can now come in without customs duty under the EU–Japan trade agreement. You pay import VAT and VRT, and need the right Japanese paperwork.

🇩🇪 Importing a car from Germany to Ireland

Inside the EU there is no customs and no import VAT on a used car. You pay VRT in Ireland, and that’s the number that decides whether it’s worth it.

Any other country

The import calculator covers 28 origins and 10 destinations: transport, duty, VAT and registration tax.