Dear SKerians,thank you all for your posts. For all of you who engage in the business of importing vehicles,it is official that the import duty for subarus,the new rav 4 and nissan xtrails has been increased starting last week!! Please be warned. Honestly,I think someone somewhere has failed to meet his or her tax targets. The current retail selling price for these vehicles couldnt have changed,I mean some are 2002 vehicles!

@Tyra: I will be at Times Tower 10th floor tomorrow morning. Thanks

To be or not to be,that is the question

Makes no sense... why wud the DOCKING date be more important than the MANUFACTURING/REGISTRATION date of the vehicle?

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

@jerry - That (docking/importing on time) is an importer problem... As an end-user,I would only buy a properly registered car...

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

@oohay...my car sale side hustle was nipped in the bud 5yrs ago by this very issue... how do you compete...with guys paying lower taxes...hio kazi iko na wenyewe

@oohay: did you know that the impreza wagon comes in two non turbo versions.GG2- 2WD and GG3-4Wd naturally the GG3 is more expensive.KRA bases duty rates on retail prices.from the beginning of the year the Ksh has been stregthening against the US$ but weakening against the Japanese Yen and South African Rand.

Hence,showroom prices for most brand new japanese cars have jumped.If you look at the latest KMI stats they quote impreza's at Ksh 3 million- am not sure if this is the 2WD or 4WD.The duty may be correct.

Sometimes stockskenya is a case of the blind leading the blind.

JK