Import cars from Australia

You can import a car from Australia with its finance and write-off record checked first. Our Australia team finds the car through dealers and fleet disposals, runs a PPSR check, inspects it before your money moves and ships it to your port on one all-in landed price.

Get your landed quote Our Australia team

What you get when you import a car from Australia with us

Importing a car from Australia at a glance
Drive side	Right-hand drive, built to Australian Design Rules
Where we buy	Dealer networks and fleet disposals
History check	PPSR check for finance owing, write-off and stolen markers against the VIN
Export ports	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle, Adelaide
Typical sea transit	Roughly 2–4 weeks across Oceania, 4–7 weeks to Africa and Europe
Where we ship	New Zealand, the Pacific, Papua New Guinea, southern and eastern Africa, South and South-East Asia

Import your car from Australia in five steps

Tell us the car and your country
Send the make, model, year and budget, and the country it is going to. We confirm that country's import rules — age limit, drive side, any pre-shipment inspection — before anything is bought.
We find it in Australia
Our Australia team works dealer networks and fleet disposals, and runs a PPSR check for finance owing, write-off and stolen markers before a car reaches your shortlist.
We inspect it before you pay
Every car gets the same multi-point physical inspection from our own team, whichever country it is bought in — engine, transmission, underbody, electronics, bodywork and interior — photographed and sent to you before your payment is released. If it does not match the description you approved, it does not ship, and you are not charged. A car with finance owing or a written-off marker never reaches your shortlist.
We clear it for export and ship it
Our Australia team prepares the export documents, and the car sails from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Adelaide under marine insurance, with tracking updates until it reaches your port.
You receive it at your port
The car arrives at your port with its full document pack. We support your customs clearance; the import entry and registration are made in your name.

Researching first? Read our guide, How to Import a Car From Australia.

Your landed quote covers five costs

We add them up into one all-in figure to your port before you commit, so you decide on the real number. Duty and taxes depend on your own country, so we calculate them for yours.

The car's purchase price in Australia
Export costs in Australia: inspection, deregistration and export paperwork
Sea freight from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Adelaide to your port, and marine insurance
Your country's import duty and taxes — calculated in your quote, paid in your name
Port and clearance charges when the car arrives

Read the full breakdown: What It Costs to Import a Car From Australia

The documents that come with a car from Australia

Our Australia team prepares the export side; you receive the whole pack before the car arrives, ready for your clearance agent.

State deregistration and plate surrender
Proof of ownership
Customs export declaration
Biosecurity cleaning record where your country requires one
Bill of lading
Commercial invoice
Marine insurance certificate

Cars people commonly import from Australia

Choose one to start your inquiry with it filled in, or tell us any other car in the form.

You deal directly with our own team in Australia

Providence Auto Australia

Address: Full address available on request — ask the team when you enquire.
Phone: +44 208 004 3000Group line — routed to the Australia team
Email: [email protected]

What our Australia team does

Finding cars through dealer networks and fleet disposals
PPSR provenance checks and physical pre-export inspection
State deregistration, export declarations and biosecurity cleaning
Freight coordination for Pacific, Asian and African destinations

Tell us the car you want to import from Australia

One all-in landed price to your port, quoted before you commit.

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Your questions about importing a car from Australia, answered

Can I import a car from Australia?

Yes. You choose the car, and our own team in Australia finds it, inspects it before your money moves, clears it for export and ships it to your port. Whether it can be registered is set by your own country — its age limit, drive side and inspection rules — and we confirm those before anything is bought.

How do I get a quote to import a car from Australia?

Send the make, model, year and your country through the form on this page. A named consultant replies with one all-in landed price to your port — the car, export costs in Australia, freight, marine insurance and your country's import charges — before you commit to anything.

Do I pay before the car is inspected?

No. Our own team inspects the car first and sends you the photographs and report. Your payment is released only once the car is confirmed, inspected and cleared for shipment; if it does not match what you approved, it does not ship and you are not charged.

How long does it take to ship a car from Australia?

Sea transit from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Adelaide is roughly 2–4 weeks across Oceania, 4–7 weeks to Africa and Europe. Allow time before that to find and inspect the right car and prepare the export paperwork. Your consultant gives you the sailing date and tracking updates once the car is booked on a vessel.

Do you deliver the car to my door?

We ship it to your port rather than your door — CNF, in every market. When it arrives you have the full document pack and our support through customs clearance; the import entry and registration are made in your name, and the last leg from the port is yours to arrange.

Will I see the PPSR result before I pay?

Yes. We run a PPSR check against the car's VIN for finance owing, write-off and stolen markers before it reaches your shortlist, and send you the result with the inspection report. Anything flagged is rejected before your money moves.