Import your next car from China, at a fair, direct price, delivered clean to your door.

Most people shopping for a China-import car are quoted inflated prices by sellers they can't verify. We do it differently. We find the actual car, verify the seller directly, and send you photos and video of the vehicle we source. You get a firm quote for the car, shipping, and delivery before you commit — and an honest estimate range for clearing, the one cost customs sets at arrival.

Handing over the keys to a car imported from China

A China-sourced car, without the local markup.

Every hand a car passes through on its way to a Nigerian car stand adds its own margin. Buying at the source skips that chain.

We buy directly from source. We confirm the exact same vehicle, the seller, and that it's legally exportable, so you're paying for the car, not for all the middlemen who touched it before you.

Get a real quote for your car

One team, from the China lot to your door.

  1. 1

    Start with a refundable deposit.

    We begin sourcing after a small refundable deposit — returned when you place your order. The deposit is there so we only spend sourcing time on serious requests.

  2. 2

    We source and verify.

    We find the car, contact the seller directly, and confirm the seller and the vehicle are real. You see photos and video of the actual car we've found.

  3. 3

    You pay for the vehicle and shipping.

    Once you approve the quote — car, shipping, and delivery, one firm number — you pay in naira and we handle the China side.

  4. 4

    We ship.

    The car is inspected, taken to the shipping center, and its export license is processed (every car leaving China needs one). Then it sails. Plan for 45–60 days at sea.

  5. 5

    Arrival and clearing.

    The car lands in Nigeria and our clearing agent gets it out. Clearing is billed at what customs actually assesses — we quote you the range upfront and walk you through the final figures.

  6. 6

    Fixed up, then delivered.

    Container loading is rough on cars, and transit dents happen. If yours picks one up, we fix it before you take delivery. Clean before you even see it.

Yodo's founder with our rep at a car dealership in China
Our rep at a dealership in China, confirming a car for a customer.

One team is accountable for your car the whole way: you deal with us in naira, we deal with China.

What a car actually costs to land in Nigeria.

The price on a car in China is never the whole number. Here is every major charge, in plain English, in the order it stacks up. One term first: customs works everything out on the car’s customs value — roughly the car’s price plus insurance and freight (you’ll see this called “CIF”). Customs uses its own database for that value, and it often comes in higher than what you actually paid.

  • The vehicle pricethe car itself, bought at the source.
  • ShippingRoRo or container isn't about the route — it's about the car. RoRo (roll-on/roll-off: the car is driven onto the ship) is usually cheaper and suits any car that runs. A container costs more and suits non-running or higher-value cars.
  • Import duty — 20%of the customs value. Duty is the government's tax for bringing the car into the country — the biggest single charge on this list.
  • NAC levy — 5%a government vehicle levy, also on the customs value.
  • ECOWAS levy — 0.5%a small West African trade levy, also on the customs value.
  • Surcharge — 7% of the dutycharged on the duty amount, not the car — it works out to about 1.4% of the car's value.
  • Inspection levy (CISS) — about 1%of the car's price before freight is added.
  • Green surcharge — petrol/diesel 2.0L and up2% for engines 2.0–3.9L, 4% for 4.0L and above. Electric cars don't pay this.
  • VAT — 7.5%charged on the running total: the car's customs value plus all the charges above, not on the car alone.
  • Clearing and deliverythe clearing agent's work at the port, then transport to your door. This is the estimate-range line — see "What's firm, and what isn't."

An illustration, not a quote: take a used car that customs values at $4,500. At roughly ₦1,375 to the dollar, the customs charges alone — duty, levies, surcharge, and VAT — come to about ₦2.3M, on top of the car and the shipping. Two things move this number: the exchange rate on the day, and customs’ own valuation, which often lands well above what you actually paid for the car. Treat any formula as a direction, not a promise — we confirm the live figure for your specific car.

One rule to know before you fall in love with a car: used imports must be under 12 years old, counted from the year of manufacture. In practice, some ports enforce closer to 10 years. If the car you want is 10 or older, talk to us before you buy it.

A note on electric vehicles

Nigeria has cut the import duty on electric cars to 0%. The cut arrived in April 2026, and it comes with a VAT exemption too. EVs also skip the green surcharge that big petrol engines pay, though they follow the same age rules as any other used car.

The honest caveat: a relief announced on paper and a relief honored at the port are not automatically the same thing. The tariff book doesn’t yet spell out EV codes clearly, eligibility can come with paperwork conditions, and getting the 0% comes down to the clearing agent classifying the car correctly.

Rules like this also change. So we don’t ask you to budget on the relief sight unseen — before you commit, we confirm the current position, and the paperwork, for your specific car.

What’s firm, and what isn’t. Before you commit, we quote the vehicle, shipping, and delivery to your door as one firm number. Customs clearing is different. Nobody in Nigeria can honestly lock a clearing figure months in advance — customs sets the assessment when the car lands, and assessments change. So we give you a realistic estimate range for clearing upfront, and you pay the actual clearing bill at arrival. If someone promises you a fixed customs number before the car has even shipped, be careful with that promise.

Get the numbers for your car

The ways a car deal usually goes wrong, and how we handle each one.

  • A car that can't legally leave China.

    A car can only leave China with an export license. Handling that license is part of the shipping we manage — you're never left to chase paperwork with a stranger.

  • A seller who stops answering.

    You're not messaging a stranger's WhatsApp: there's one accountable, registered team on both ends of the transaction.

  • A car that arrives dented or scratched.

    We inspect before shipment — and because rough container loading is real, if the car picks up a dent or scratch in transit, we fix it before you take delivery.

  • A customs bill that doesn't match the quote.

    We won't pretend customs can be locked in advance — nobody can honestly promise that. We quote you a realistic clearing range upfront, tell you what moves it, and bill clearing at what customs actually assesses. No invented certainty.

Get the car you actually want, at a fair, direct price.

Whatever you're bringing in (a family car, an upgrade, a car for the business) you get the actual car you chose, delivered clean to your door, with every cost explained before you commit.

Who you're buying through.

Yodo Importation Service, RC 9204391 — a registered company with a shop you can walk into in Wuse 2, Abuja, and our own company in Guangzhou handling the China side of your car.

Meet the team behind your order.

Dozie, our founder, at a vehicle shipping yard in China.

Thinking of importing a car? Tell us what you're after.

Message us on WhatsApp with the make, model, or a link to the car you've found. We'll confirm it's real and send you a firm quote for the car, shipping, and delivery — plus an honest range for clearing. Messaging us costs nothing. When you're ready for us to start sourcing, a small refundable deposit gets it moving — it's returned when you place your order.