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Import guides / Senegal

Importing a car from the US to Senegal

Duty is 20% of the car, shipping and insurance (CIF), then 18% VAT and other levies.

Shipping from the US
$1,200 to $1,750
At sea
22 to 38 days
Arrives at
Dakar
Sails from
Baltimore, MD, Newark, NJ and 5 more

What it costs

A car loaded at the US port for $6,000 (winning bid, auction fees and towing), shipped for $1,500. A 2.0 litre car, five years old.

Car at the US port$6,000
Shipping$1,500
Insurance (1%)$75
Import duty (20%)$1,515
Statistical levy (1%)$76
WAEMU solidarity levy (0.8%)$61
ECOWAS levy (0.5%)$38
Shippers' council levy (0.4%)$30
VAT (18%)$1,673
Landed, before port and clearing fees$10,968

An estimate from published rates. Port charges, the clearing agent and registration come on top; your agent's quote is the final word.

Rules to know

Find cars worth importing to Senegal. Ladar searches US auctions every day, checks each car's photos for damage and works out its cost delivered, before you bid.

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Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Checked 2026-10-26.