🇨🇷 Importing a car to Costa Rica

Emerging LHD drive CRC

Who may import — the lanes

everyone — no age ban ⚠ Verify before you ship

Taxes: age-tiered total tax on customs value (Hacienda 'autovalor' database sets the base): roughly 52% (≤3yr) / 64% (4-5yr) / 79% (6+yr) — brackets long-stable but verify current before shipping

Shipping from Europe

Antwerp/Bremerhaven → Puerto Limón · ~14-21 days at sea · get a quote

container or RoRo via US transshipment — quote per unit ⚠ Verify before you ship

Ports: Puerto Limón, Caldera

On the ground

Where the cars come from: US used stock dominates supply (proximity + LHD/US-spec culture); EU cars land but are the niche

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