Saint Lucia · Customs & Excise

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Enter the price, freight and year of manufacture. We apply the official duty cascade — import duty, customs service charge, health levy, excise and VAT — and show you the total, line by line.

Statutory ASYCUDA cascade CIF-based valuation Concessions included
Your vehicle

1 USD = EC$2.7169 · official benchmark rate

USD

Vehicle price + shipping + insurance, as invoiced.

Over 5 years old — EC$6,000 excise

Import duty applied: 35%

Waives duty, excise and VAT on the first US$30,000 of CIF value for one approved personal vehicle. The customs service charge still applies.

Total landed cost

EC$59,821.75

≈ US$22,018.39

Duties & taxes

EC$26,947.26

≈ US$9,918.39

82.0% of CIF value
Cost breakdown

CIF value

Vehicle price + freight + insurance, as entered

EC$32,874.49

≈ US$12,100.00

Import Duty

35% of CIF value

EC$11,506.07

≈ US$4,235.00

Customs Service Charge

6% of CIF value

EC$1,972.47

≈ US$726.00

Health & Citizen Security Levy

2.5% of CIF value

EC$821.86

≈ US$302.50

Excise / Environmental Tax

Flat EC$6,000 — vehicle is 59 years old

EC$6,000.00

≈ US$2,208.40

VAT

12.5% of CIF plus all duties above

EC$6,646.86

≈ US$2,446.49

Total duties & taxes

Payable to Customs

EC$26,947.26

≈ US$9,918.39

Total landed cost

CIF value plus all duties and taxes

EC$59,821.75

≈ US$22,018.39

Estimate only. Port storage, wharfage, broker fees and licensing are not included. Final assessment is made by the Saint Lucia Customs & Excise Department.

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