Importing & Customs
What Happens When Your Korean Import Gets Recalled After It Lands in Lagos or Tema?
You cleared customs. The vehicle registered fine at the DVLA or FRSC. Then, eight months later, you see…
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Importing & Customs
Financing a Korean Import: Hire-Purchase, Bank Loans, and the Financing Gap Nobody Talks About
Most guides to importing a Korean-sourced vehicle into West Africa assume the buyer is paying cash — wire…
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Importing & Customs
The Age-Limit Clock: Which Date Your Destination Actually Measures
Every importer knows their destination’s age limit as a number of years. Very few can say which date…
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Importing Korean Vehicles Into Sierra Leone: Freetown, the NRA and a Thin Clearing Market
Sierra Leone is a small market with an unusually favourable structural fit for Korean used vehicles. The country…
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Importing & Customs
Korean Vehicles Into Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger: The Corridors and the Regime Change
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger all drive on the right, which means left-hand-drive Korean auction stock — the…
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Importing & Customs
After Customs Release: Registering an Imported Korean Vehicle and Getting Plates
Customs release is not the end of the import. It is the point at which a different set…
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Importing & Customs
PVoC and Conformity Certificates: The Document You Cannot Buy After Sailing
Most of the paperwork on a vehicle import can be fixed late. An invoice can be amended, a…
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Importing & Customs
Pre-Export Roadworthiness Inspection: What Gets Checked in Korea Before the Vehicle Sails
A conformity certificate says the product meets a standard. A pre-export roadworthiness inspection says something different and more…
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Personal Effects Inside an Imported Vehicle: Why the Boot Should Be Empty
A Korean export yard loads a Hyundai Grand Starex into a container. Somebody puts a few boxes of…
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Parts Depth Decides Resale: Checking Before You Import a Korean Model
An importer lands a well-chosen Korean unit at a good landed cost and cannot sell it, or sells…
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