Depending on the type of device that you have, you can clearly learn how to use the ZIM DUTY CALCULATOR for VEHICLES to estimate the amount of duty you MIGHT be charged when importing goods.
For example, you want to find out the import duty you would be charged on a 2014 Mercedes Benz ML250 that you want to buy from www.autorader.co.uk. The car is in the United Kingdom with an invoice value of £17,940 and it will arrive at Walvis Bay port. The first thing you need to ascertain is the location of the car and how it
will be able to reach the port where it will be loaded into the shipping vessel destined for Africa. 
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The steps are outlined below:
- Gather as much information about the car as possible before you can proceed to use the calculator. Gather information like
- Type of vehicle – SUV
- Invoice value – £17,940
- Any costs associated with taking the vehicle to the vessel carrying it out of the country – £100 as carriage to port
- Sea freight – £1000
- Any port handling charges – NAD4500 (NAD- Namibian Dollar)
- Any road carriage to the border post – NAD9000
- After ascertaining the above things, open zimdutycalculator.co.zw . The following page will pop up if you are using a desktop computer.
- We need to convert all currencies to USD using the Currency converter.
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- Highlight or click on Vehicle Duty Calculator
- Select your vehicle
- Select vehicle type
After you select a picture, a pictorial drop down screen appears and shows you the model of vehicles you have selected.
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- Slide to choose year of manufacture
- Enter FOB plus carriage, i.e., £17940+£100 = £18940, remember the conversions you made earlier on using the currency convertor. Also enter Ocean freight of £1000, but first convert it to US dollar to get $1271.75. Also enter the USD equivalent of NAD4500 in the other charges box which is $325.29 and finally the road freight charges’ USD equivalent of NAD9000 which is $650.57.
- After entering the above details the calculator automatically calculates the duty including surtax and VAT and gives a summary.
After this you are home and dry. You can even print the whole page.
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