What does car export to Spain cost? Our rates and the costs there

The package you need depends on how the car travels:

• The car is driven to Spain: the complete package from €150, with export document, indemnification certificate, 14 days of insurance, Green Card and white plates.
• The car goes on a transporter: the export document from €50 is usually enough.
• The car is already deregistered: export insurance with white plates from €100.

The export document includes the export certificate (kentekenbewijs deel II), the indemnification certificate and processing with the RDW. If registration takes longer, each export insurance extension costs from €120 per 14 days. The BPM refund service has a fixed rate of €149. If you arrange everything remotely, the postal rates from the table apply on top. All rates, including postal delivery and caravans or trailers, are in the tables.

Desk rates apply during office hours, Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:30. The price can be higher:

• outside office hours, and on Sundays, when we open by appointment;
• for postal delivery, with the same rate for the Netherlands and abroad;
• for heavy or unusual vehicles, such as a motorhome, van or truck over 2,500 kg;
• for a vehicle with foreign documents, only after checking them.

If the car is already in Spain, we can still arrange the export, through a procedure that runs entirely by post; the postal rates from the table then apply, and you know the price in advance. A written price confirmation always counts. You can pay in cash or by bank transfer.

Registration in Spain brings its own costs. We do not calculate or collect them, but this is what to expect:

• DGT fee (tasa 1.1): 99.77 euro, according to the DGT.
• Registration tax IEDMT: standard rate 0 percent up to 120 g/km CO2, 4.75 percent below 160 g/km, 9.75 percent below 200 g/km and 14.75 percent from 200 g/km, on the value from the Spanish tax tables. Regions may set their own rates.
• Road tax IVTM: annual, paid to the town hall where the owner lives; the amount differs per municipality.
• ITV inspection before registration: the price depends on the station.
• ITP: transfer tax if you bought the car from a private seller.
• VAT: only if the car counts as new, meaning under 6 months old or no more than 6,000 km.
• If needed: a ficha reducida when the CoC is missing, and a gestoría if you hand over the registration.

After that come Spanish number plates and Spanish insurance. The procedure itself is on registering a car in Spain.

A few decisions in advance save money. If the CoC is with the papers, no ficha reducida is needed. Apply for registration within 30 days of starting to use the car in the country, because after that the use itself becomes taxable. If you move with your own car, the relocation exemption may apply, with a 60-day limit. And to reclaim BPM, the car must be registered there within 13 weeks of deregistration, so book the ITV inspection and Tráfico straight after you arrive.