Car/Vehicle Shipping Cost from China to Florida

Taxes & Duties for Importing Cars to the United States Generally, foreign-made vehicles imported for personal use or sale are dutiable at the following rates: Auto: 2.5% Trucks: 25% Motorcycles: free or 2.4%

The longest or slowest transit time to ship a car from China to USA is from the port of Guangzhou China to New York, with an estimated average transit time between 40 and 42 days. The next longest route is from the port of Shenzhen to Savannah, with an average transit time of 40 days.

Chinese cars are cheap due to a mix of massive government subsidies, an integrated supply chain with low material/labor costs, huge domestic demand creating economies of scale, fierce market competition, and innovative, cost-cutting manufacturing techniques, especially in the booming EV sector, allowing huge production volumes and lower R&D per unit.