Import cars from the UAE

You can import a car from Dubai and the wider UAE, where most of the stock we buy is one to three years old and left-hand drive to GCC specification. Our UAE team screens each car's history, inspects it before your money moves and ships it from Jebel Ali on one landed price.

Get your landed quote Our UAE team

What you get when you import a car from the UAE with us

Importing a car from the UAE at a glance
Drive side	Left-hand drive, GCC specification
Where we buy	Main-dealer trade-ins and export dealers
History check	Registration and inspection history, screened for accident and flood markers
Export ports	Jebel Ali, Port Rashid, Khalifa Port
Typical sea transit	Roughly 1–2 weeks to South Asia and East Africa, 3–5 weeks further afield
Where we ship	East and West Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the CIS and Central Asia, the wider Middle East, and the Mediterranean

Import your car from the UAE 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 the UAE
Our UAE team works main-dealer trade-ins and export dealers, and checks each car's registration and inspection history for accident and flood markers before it 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. The cooling system and air conditioning are tested as standard, with paint-depth readings on every panel.
We clear it for export and ship it
Our UAE team prepares the export documents, and the car sails from Jebel Ali, Port Rashid and Khalifa Port 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 Japanese Car From the UAE.

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 the UAE
Export costs in the UAE: inspection, deregistration and export paperwork
Sea freight from Jebel Ali, Port Rashid and Khalifa Port 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 the UAE

The documents that come with a car from the UAE

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

Export certificate
Customs clearance through the free zone
Chassis and engine number verification
Confirmation that GCC specification meets your country's requirements
Bill of lading
Commercial invoice
Marine insurance certificate

Cars people commonly import from the UAE

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 the UAE

Providence Auto UAE

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

What our UAE team does

Finding cars through main dealers and export dealers
Registration and accident-history screening before purchase
Physical inspection with cooling, AC and paint-depth checks
Free-zone customs clearance and Jebel Ali freight coordination

Tell us the car you want to import from the UAE

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

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Your questions about importing a car from the UAE, answered

Can I import a car from the UAE?

Yes. You choose the car, and our own team in the UAE 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 the UAE?

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 the UAE, 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 the UAE?

Sea transit from Jebel Ali, Port Rashid and Khalifa Port is roughly 1–2 weeks to South Asia and East Africa, 3–5 weeks further afield. 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 you confirm a GCC-spec car suits my country before I buy?

Yes. GCC specification differs from European and Japanese cars on cooling and, on some models, on emissions and lighting equipment, so we check the exact car against your country's requirements before purchase — not after it has shipped.