BYD Seal EV to Côte d'Ivoire: what it costs landed
Reference ex-works price $21,000 in China, new car. Below: every step from the dealer's yard to a registered car in Côte d'Ivoire, computed by our rules engine — sources and verification dates included.
$36,420DDP delivered duty paid · per car· CIF $24,268· Sea/land freight reference $2700 per car
| Ex-works price | $21,000 |
| + Domestic transport & export clearance | $447 |
| = FOB | $21,447 |
| + Freight & insurance | $2,821 |
| CIF · per car | $24,268 |
| + Inland transport in destination | $100 |
| DAP · per car | $24,368 |
| + Import duty 20% | $4,854 |
| + Statistical tax + community levies 2.5% | $607 |
| + TVA 18% | $5,242 |
| + Port & customs + customs | $700 |
| + Registration fee | $750 |
| = Landed costs total | $12,152 |
| DDP delivered duty paid · per car | $36,420 |
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Can this car get in?
- • Age limit 5 years
- • Age counts from first registration
- • File on SYDAM Auto before loading
Rules and sources
- Duty 20% (passenger cars, ECOWAS common external tariff) + statistical tax 1% + community levies PCS 0.8% / ECOWAS 0.5% / AU 0.2% + VAT 18% (on CIF + duty); excise 10% for ≥13 fiscal hp ↗ verified 2026-09-05
- Passenger cars / taxis ≤5 years old (from first registration), minibuses and trucks ≤5 t 7 years, buses and heavy trucks 10 years (décret 2017-792, adopted 2017-12-06, enforced from 2018-07-01); violations fined XOF 2,000,000 with re-export or destruction ↗ official 2026-09-06
- A SYDAM Auto file (four-side photos + VIN + odometer) must be created before loading — it is a precondition for shipment ↗ official 2026-09-05
Largest francophone West African port, left-hand drive. Passenger cars must be ≤5 years old — which favours new and nearly-new Chinese cars. Duty 20% + community levies ~2.5% + VAT 18%, about 45% of CIF in total. File on customs' SYDAM Auto platform before loading.
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Indicative figures: exchange rates, freight and tax rules change. If our rules library is wrong we recompute for free; liability is capped at the subscription fee — see Terms.