Customs
Clearing a US car into Ukraine in 2026: what the price is made of
Duty, excise, VAT and the pension fund fee: which rates apply, how customs value is built and what to check in your declaration.
Blog
A car broker's practice: customs, margin, auctions
Articles built on the same rules and tables the ImportOS calculator uses. Every figure links to its source.
Customs
Zero duty for US-origin cars in the EU: conditions and pitfalls
EU Regulation 2026/1455: what exactly gives you 0% duty in Poland, Lithuania and Germany, and which documents you need.
Margin
How to calculate margin on a lot: from bid to sale price
The cost structure, the difference between margin and markup, and the thresholds at which to walk away from a lot.
Margin
The maximum bid for your margin: working backwards
How to find the bid above which a lot misses your target margin, and why auction fees make this less trivial than it looks.
Auctions
How not to lose on the buyer fee: what the auction charges on top of your bid
The real Copart fee table for a buyer without a dealer license, with an example at five lot prices.
Auctions
How to read a title: what the statuses of a car's title mean
Clean, salvage, rebuilt and others: how they affect fees, resale and risk, and what to check before you bid.
Customs
Customs value in the EU: what goes into the base for duty, excise and VAT
CIF to the EU border, and the VAT and excise bases in Poland: which costs enter the calculation and which do not.
Customs
Why we flag rates as unverified
The case of Georgia: what to do when sources contradict each other, and how that shows up in a calculation.
Operations
How to collect your own logistics tariffs for an accurate calculation
Which numbers you need from carriers and ports, and why typical tariffs cannot replace yours.
Operations
How to cut the number of "where is my car" calls
What data clients want to see, what you can show publicly and what you cannot, and how to set up notifications.