How much to bring in a crew-cab van from the UK
Hi,
I am just wondering if you could advise me on the cost of importing a crew cab van from the UK to Ireland. Ideally a 1.6 diesel Renault Trafic LWB with six seats, 2019ish with approx. 80,000km on the clock (priced at £13,000).
The Revenue website does not seem to have a drop down menu for this exact type of van and I'd like to somehow get a close cost of what this van would cost me in total to bring it into Ireland before I begin the process of purchasing one.
Tomas (Waterford)Feb 2026 Filed under: importing
Expert answer
Hi Tomas,
Revenue's website is only ever a guide in any case, so you should always do your own calculations, so you have an estimate. We can help with that but be aware that all figures below are only estimates.
First up, we're assuming you mean “GB” – i.e. England, Scotland and Wales – as opposed to “UK”, as the latter would include Northern Ireland as well. If the van is coming from Northern Ireland, the treatment of import duty and VAT is different.
Coming from GB, however, you will have to pay 10 per cent import duty and 23 per cent VAT.
The duty is calculated on the “customs value”, which is the price paid, transport and insurance together. If the van is £13,000, that's about €15,000, so the import duty would be a minimum of €1,500 before any allocation for transport or insurance.
VAT is charged on the sum of the import duty and the customs value. So if import duty is €1,500 in this case, and the customs value is €15,000, that's a total of €16,500. VAT is 23 per cent of that, at €3,795.
Unfortunately, regardless of where you are importing the van from, Revenue will treat a six-seat crew cab van as Category A for VRT, which means you'll have to pay the NOx levy (could be as high as €4,850 for a 2019 Trafic) and VRT based on its CO2 emissions.
You'll need to get the official figures for this van, but if say the CO2 emissions rating is 171-190g/km, then it's in Band 19 for VRT, at 35 per cent of the so-called OMSP.
That's the Open Market Selling Price, a value Revenue believes the van to be worth after registration in Ireland. It's not easy to guess. If it's €20,000, then the VRT would be 35 per cent of that, or €7,000.
This is all looking very costly, I'm sure you agree.
Shane O' Donoghue - Complete Car Advisor