Suydan's Imports and Exports

The way custom orders work is everything is pay as you go. All I do is forward you the bills as they come in and you have 48 hours to pay them. The only thing you pay upfront is my import fee.

Whenever you originally contact me about potentially inporting a vehicle, I will provide you with an quote showing you a breakdown of all the costs and an estimate of what the total cost would be to import the vehicle of your choosing.

If everything looks good to you, I’ll then send an invoice for my import fee. The import fee is fully refundable if I dont find you a vehicle that meets the criteria youre looking for within 30 days of you paying the import fee.

Once the import fee is paid, I’ll start sending you vehicles that match what you’re looking for. If you find a vehicle you would like to potentially move forward with, then we can request a car history report on it which will tell you that specific vehicles specs as well as if the odometer has been rolled back, if it’s ever been in an accident and what kind of accident, if it’s ever been exposed to a contamination zone, how many owners it’s had, if it had any recalls, and if it has been auctioned off in the past. If it has been auctioned off in the past, it will have auction sheets attached to it which I can have translated that way you can see a 3rd party inspectors notes on it.

If you would like to continue on with that vehicle, I will then give you the option to have an inspector in Japan go look over the vehicle for you. They aren’t cheap but they provide you with 90-120 pictures, 20-30 minutes worth of videos, and you can even videochat with the inspector so you can see every little scratch it has before purchasing it. That way there’s no surprises when it gets stateside.

As long as everything still looks good, we will then request an invoice for the vehicle that I will forward to you. Once that’s paid, freight shipping will be arranged. I will let you know once we receive the schedule and then again once it ships out.

I’ll receive an arrival notice from the shipping company 1-2 weeks before it lands which will have the date on it that it’s supposed to land at port.

Once it arrives at port, it takes 1-2 business days for them to unload it off the ship and 1-3 days for customs to clear it. After customs clears it, I will go down to port to pick it up and transport it back to Williamsport to have the vin inspected/verified for the title paperwork.

If the vehicle is being purchased with a US title, it takes roughly 3-5 weeks for the title to come in but the plate comes in 1-2 weeks so you can start driving it right away.

If the vehicle is being purchased with just import paperwork than you’re welcome to meet me at port to pick up the vehicle. I’m a certified TWIC agent and can escort anyone into port if needed.

The entire process is currently taking roughly 8-10 weeks from the time you pay to the time you receive the vehicle.