Car Tips – Export Japan Cars

Quelle différence entre C&F, CIF & FOB ?

Lors de l’importation d’un véhicule en provenance du Japon, 3 types de prix vous sont souvent proposés :

FOB – Franco à bord (ou Fret à bord). Cela signifie essentiellement que le coût de livraison le véhicule au port le plus proche du lieu d’envoi est inclus, mais VOUS, en tant qu’acheteur êtes responsable de l’expédition à partir de là et de tous les autres frais associés à la livraison des marchandises à votre pays / adresse.
CIF – Coût, assurance et fret. Dans ce cas, le prix comprend également les frais de transport maritime et d’assurance pour livrer le véhicule à VOTRE port le plus proche. Mais seulement jusqu’au port – à partir de ce point, vous prenez le transport entre vos mains.
CNF – Coût et fret (ou coût du véhicule et fret). Similaire au CIF seulement cette fois-ci l’assurance n’est pas incluse.

What means Eco-Drive Light on my Toyota Dashboard?

Don’t panic, nothing is broken when this light appear.

The small ECO light on left is an indicator that you are driving optimally for best fuel economy. This light goes On and Off in direct relation of how you drive.

How To Know Your Car Tire Age?

Sometimes knowing a vehicle tires age is practical, I describe in this post how to find the tire’s age.

The Year and Week are Printed on it

When buying a second hand vehicle it is wise to check various parts manufacturing date to get a sense of general condition.
For example checking the tires manufacturing date provides a hint about if the tires are originals or been changed.

Which Battery Hybrid battery is on your Toyota?

How to distinguish which Hybrid battery is fitted on your Toyota produced after 2015

Toyota Motor Corp. is selling the Prius hybrid with a choice of newer-generation Lithium ion (li-ion) or more traditional Nickel-Metal (NiMH) Hydrid batteries.

The power packs cost the same to make, deliver basically the same performance and provide almost the same fuel economy.

Used vehicles exports from Japan in March 2019 are down

Report of the March 2019 export of used vehicles from Japan

The official number of used vehicles exported from Japan in March 2019 is 116,939 units which represent a 4.4% drop Vs March 2018.
However, March 2019 exported units are representing the third month increase in a row according to Japan Ministry of Finance’s Trade Statistics.

The sharpest drop are from Sri Lanka, South Africa, Uganda and Pakistan.

The biggest Japanese used cars importer country for the month is Dubai (U.A.E.) with 16,296 units, a 43.3% increase compared to March 2018.
The average price is 263,261 yen FOB per unit.

New Zealand is the second biggest importer with 10,741 units imported with an average price of 437,350 Yen per unit.
It is a 10.4% drop compared with arch 2018.

Third biggest importer is Russia with 10,741 units representing a 3.2% drop Vs March 2018.
Average price per unit is 584,809 Yen FOB.

Chile is fourth with 8,993 units at an average price of 217,415 yen FOB.

Kenya imports rose by 20.5% with 7,148 units at 693,803 yen FOB average price.

Mongolia is sixth with 5,248 units at 392,203 yen fob average.
This is a 32.6% increase compared with March 2018.

Tanzania imported 4,756 units at an average price of 335,456 yen FOB.

Worth mentioning, among the top 30 importing countries big increase of imports have been recorded for Jamaica (+58.5%), Congo Democratic Republic (+250.5%), Georgia (+197.1%), Thailand (+153.6%), Nigeria (+147.6%) and Malta (+116.5%).

In contrast Sri Lanka, South Africa, Myanmar and New Zealand are the biggest decreasing importing countries.
Pakistan imports dropped from 4,690 units in March 2018 down to only 341 units in March 2019 and moved out of the top 30 importing nation of Japanese used vehicles as a result.

For the first quarter of 2019 a total of 299,255 units were exported from Japan, this is a 1.3% drop compared to 2018 1st quarter.