Where we ship.

Since 2005 Dapex has shipped cars to more than 100 countries and counting. Each guide below covers a market in full: the ports, the age caps, the duty math, and the honest answer where a market is closed. If yours is not listed, ask the desk. The network is bigger than this list.

46 documented lanes5 regions6 US container warehouses5 RoRo terminals4 language desks

These pages are for reference only. Regulations, duty rates, and procedures change constantly. Verify every requirement for your specific shipment with the desk before you book.

Container origins (6)NY/NJSavannahMiamiHoustonLong BeachSeattleloaded by our crews, four to a 40HC in the common caseRoRo terminals (5)BaltimoreBrunswickGalvestonJacksonvillePort Huenemeevery lane below is quoted from the origin that fits your freight

A Wallenius Wilhelmsen RoRo car carrier berthed beside a pier with an assisting tug

Arabic-speaking desk

Middle East

10 lanes

The core of the network. East Coast origins run via Suez, the UAE free zones feed 30+ onward markets, and GCC clearance runs on conformity certificates the desk coordinates before sailing.

United Arab Emirates4 discharge ports, Jebel Ali primaryregistration or free-zone re-exportthe region's hub lane Saudi ArabiaJeddah + Dammam + King AbdullahSABER pre-certification coordinatedcontainer + RoRo IraqUmm Qasr for federal IraqMersin to Habur for the KRItwo customs authorities, two lanes JordanAqaba, the sole Jordanian portPSI coordinatedZarqa Free Zone trade KuwaitShuwaikh or Shuaiba direct5-year cap, no salvage or RHDGCC 5% duty QatarHamad Port direct5-year cap, no salvageFAHES conformity BahrainKhalifa bin Salman directage cap raised to 10 yearsGCC 5% duty OmanSalalah, Sohar or MuscatLHD only, no salvageGCC conformity LebanonBeirut or Tripoli direct8-year cap, no used dieseldollar-denominated trade YemenAden only, no Houthi-controlled portsOFAC screening on the consigneedirect or Salalah routing

New export cars lined up at a port with cruise ships and freight trailers in the background

West Africa desk · Arabic desk (Maghreb)

West & North Africa

9 lanes

The West Africa desk runs the coastal lanes in French and English. Maghreb accounts run through the Arabic desk. Age caps and inspection regimes differ port to port, and two of these pages exist to tell you which neighbor actually clears your car.

NigeriaApapa + Tin Can IslandForm M, PAAR, SONCAP coordinatedthe region's volume lane GhanaTema direct10-year cap, then overage penaltyICUMS clearance SenegalDakar directage cap raised to 10 yearsECOWAS duty + 18% VAT Côte d'IvoireAbidjan directstrict 5-year cap, enforcedpre-shipment inspection required CameroonDouala directheavy duty on assessed valuegateway to Chad and CAR TogoTransit hubLomé directtransshipment hub, not a marketwe route to where it clears BeninTransit hubCotonou directmostly a re-export hubwe route to where it clears MoroccoCasablanca or Tanger Medunder 5 years, enforcedUS FTA can cut the duty AlgeriaRestrictedResidents only, under 3 yearsno diesel, no dealer tradereal tax break on EVs

Rows of new SUVs staged at a port with container gantry cranes behind

Russian-speaking desk · US desk (EU lanes)

Eastern Europe & Caucasus

8 lanes

Poti is the gateway for the Caucasus, the Baltic ports for the EU cluster. Sanctions screening runs as standard on the CIS-adjacent lanes, and it is why this trade stays open for everyone using it honestly.

GeorgiaPoti + Batumi directsalvage-friendly, no effective age capthe Caucasus workhorse ArmeniaVia Poti, overland to YerevanEAEU customs + 20% VATscreening standard AzerbaijanVia Poti, overland to BakuLHD only, Euro 4engine-size excise UkraineVia Gdynia or Constanta, then overland10% duty + excise + 20% VATwar-risk lane, run with open eyes PolandGdynia / Gdansk direct10% duty + 23% VAT + akcyzano age cap, emissions gate LithuaniaKlaipeda directEU customs: 10% duty + 21% VATthe Baltic rebuild trade LatviaRiga directEU customs: 10% duty + 21% VATno age cap, emissions gate EstoniaMuuga / Tallinn directEU customs: 10% duty + 22% VATno age cap, emissions gate

Top-down view of new cars parked in numbered rows at a vehicle port terminal

Russian-speaking desk

Central Asia

5 lanes

Landlocked routings through the Caspian corridor and Kazakhstan, never through Russia or Belarus. The desk runs the region in Russian, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan included, with the hardest screening discipline in the network.

KazakhstanCaspian corridor or China railEAEU customs + recycling feescreening standard UzbekistanVia Kazakhstan to Tashkentnot in the EAEUduty favors newer and electric KyrgyzstanVia KazakhstanEAEU customs + 12% VATthe hardest screen we run TajikistanVia Kazakhstan to Dushanbenot in the EAEUEVs duty-free TurkmenistanRestrictedDirect ferry to Turkmenbashiimport by government permissionwe won't book what can't clear

Rows of new cars stretching toward the horizon at a vehicle distribution yard at sunrise

Spanish-speaking desk · US desk (Haiti)

Latin America & Caribbean

14 lanes

The shortest ocean legs in the network: Florida to the Caribbean in under a week, the Gulf to Central America in ten days. CAFTA-DR cuts real duty on US-built cars across the region, and the closed markets get the same straight treatment as the open ones.

Dominican RepublicHaina + Caucedo, 3-7 days from Florida5-year cap, clean title onlyCAFTA-DR preference HaitiPort-au-Prince, Cap-Haitien, Miragoaneno age cap, salvage movesquoted to current conditions JamaicaKingston directimport license before shippingsalvage prohibited GuatemalaQuetzal + Santo Tomas, both coastsdeep rebuild tradeCAFTA-DR preference El SalvadorAcajutla, Pacific gateway8-year window, published each JanuaryCAFTA-DR preference HondurasPuerto Cortes, 5-10 days from the Gulf10-year cap, LHD onlyCAFTA-DR preference NicaraguaCorinto, Pacific gateway10-year cap by tax codeconsignee screening standard ChileFree zoneZOFRI Iquique + Punta Arenasmainland closed by statutezone delivery is the service ParaguayVia Montevideo, then river barge to Asuncion10-year cap, LHDwatch the low-water season ArgentinaRestrictedBuenos Aires directone car per person per yearUS certifications now recognized BoliviaRestrictedVia Arica, overlandnear-new imports only per current rulesthe informal trade is not our business PeruRestrictedCallao direct2-year cap, zero accident historythe 5-year figure online is stale ColombiaRestrictedClosed to used importsclassics, diplomats, returning residents onlystraight answers, not workarounds VenezuelaRestrictedPuerto Cabello, 5-10 days from Florida5-year cap, private importsscreened and quoted case by case

Don't see your market?

100+ countries and counting since 2005. Send your request and the details, and a desk answers same day: whether the lane works, what it takes, and when the rate arrives. On an established lane, you get an itemized quote fast. On a new lane, we tell you the real timeline up front.