Car/Vehicle Shipping Cost from Singapore to Shanghai

Singapore's car law centers on the 10-year Certificate of Entitlement (COE), a quota license allowing vehicle ownership, which expires after a decade, requiring owners to either renew it (for 5 or 10 years), sell the car, or deregister it, with renewals costing the Prevailing Quota Premium (PQP) and older cars facing road tax surcharges and eventually no more renewal options after a certain age.

Shipping from China to Singapore via air takes about 5 to 14 days, while sea freight takes about 6 to 31 days. Thus, if you have any urgent deliveries or perishable goods, air freight is the way to go. To maximize savings for larger volumes of cargo that are not time-sensitive, go for sea freight.

The 25-Year Rule in the U.S. allows vehicles not originally made for the American market (like many JDM or Euro cars) to be imported without meeting full DOT/EPA standards once they are at least 25 years old from their manufacture date, bypassing costly modifications and complex certification. It makes importing classic and foreign-market cars simpler for enthusiasts, requiring forms like the HS-7 and proving the vehicle's age, but state emissions rules (like California's) can still apply.