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Geely Coolray to Mali: what it costs landed
Today’s quote: from $8,928 FOB China port (new car, quoted 09-30). Below: every step from there to a registered car in Mali, computed by our rules engine — sources and verification dates included.
Quoted configuration · 2026-09-30 · 668 MT · Petrol/diesel · 1,500 cc
Cheaper per car when several ship together — quoted per order
| Ex-works price | $7,589 |
| + Export handling (arranged by LandedCar) | $1,339 |
| = FOB | $8,928 |
| + Freight & insurance (insurance 0.8%) | $4,003 |
| CIF · per car | $12,931 |
| + Inland transport in destination | $1,300 |
| DAP · per car | $14,231 |
| + Import duty 20% | $2,586 |
| + Excise 10% | $1,552 |
| + VAT 18% | $3,072 |
| + Statistical fee (RS) 1% | $129 |
| + WAEMU solidarity levy PCS (0.8–1%) (estimate) 1% | $129 |
| + AES (Sahel alliance) import levy (since March 2025) 0.5% | $65 |
| + African Union levy (PUA) 0.2% | $26 |
| + PVI / PMCI import verification fee (on FOB) (estimate) 0.75% | $97 |
| + Transit guarantee fund (estimate) 0.25% | $32 |
| + Dakar / Abidjan transit-port terminal fees, one car (estimate) | $375 |
| + Border scanning fee (estimate) | $25 |
| + Technical inspection report (PV de constatation) (estimate) | $30 |
| + Used-car economic registration fee (used about XOF 260,000 ≈ $430; new cars 0) (estimate) | $0 |
| + Carte grise and plates (Bamako vehicle single window) (estimate) | $110 |
| + Conformity certificate / homologation (estimate) | $60 |
| = Destination taxes and registration fees subtotal | $8,289 |
| + Service fee (LandedCar) | $350 |
| DDP delivered duty paid · per car | $22,870 |
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Can this car get in?
- • Who can import: Individuals and companies may import; a Malian tax ID (NIF) is required, commercial importers need trader status (otherwise a 5% import withholding applies) and a licensed broker files at the Bamako vehicle single window
- • Pre-shipment inspection: PMCI / CET import verification (Bureau Veritas / BIVAC), fee about 0.75% of FOB
- • No used-car age limit, but customs values cars on Argus references and official minimum values
- • Right-hand-drive cars cannot normally be registered; ship left-hand drive only
- • Landlocked: sea freight to Dakar or Abidjan, then about 1,200 km by transit corridor to Bamako; register promptly after clearance (no long-term use of temporary chassis plates)
- • No battery-electric relief; Mali left ECOWAS in 2025 and the ECOWAS levy is replaced by a 0.5% AES levy
Rules and sources
- Malian customs clearance page: CET category table (category 3 final consumer goods 20%), licensed brokers, tax ID and trader-status requirements ↗ official 2026-10-03
- DGI full tax code: VAT 18% (arts. 198–199, 229, base including border taxes); ISCP base art. 243; conditional 5% import withholding (arts. 98B–F) ↗ official 2026-10-03
- Official Gazette index (issue 2025-31 bis, Decree 2025-0732): 10% ISCP special excise on passenger cars 87.03 ↗ official 2026-10-03
- GTAI (German trade agency): Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger charge a 0.5% AES import levy since March 2025 ↗ official 2026-10-03
- Finance Ministry 2020 budget directory (Etat S annex): historical legal basis for 18% VAT and the ISCP base ↗ official 2026-10-03
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