toxic waste in the e.u. taking the liquid out costs two hundred euros per car and it's not the only expense when importing u.s. vehicles. and as it once you've got the maritime transport with all its cost packing unpacking handling customs clearance then you have a ten percent levy on the purchase price and the maritime transport and then one thousand percent value added tax on that total price plus the retrofitting. friederich count often lived in the u.s. for years and has close connections to car dealers his company doesn't only handle new cars but also classic models for enthusiastic if the paperwork is ok importing them is no problem. but some years we have forty percent new cars sometimes sixty percent the rest is from ex-pats or used cars. the small firm imports about one thousand cars per year the vehicles have to be retrofitted to comply with the