Import Duty on Vehicles

General information

Import duty on vehicles is a duty that must be paid when you purchase a vehicle outside Greenland and bring it into Greenland. The import duty must be paid within 14 days of the vehicle's arrival in Greenland or when it is delivered to the Port of Greenland in Aalborg.

Payment

Private individuals importing vehicles are subject to the payment terms of the shipping company or freight forwarder. Payment terms for businesses may also vary.

If you purchase spare parts together with the vehicle, you must also pay import duty on the spare parts.

The amount of import duty depends on the type of vehicle being imported. For passenger cars and vans weighing less than 4 tonnes, the import duty is calculated on the basis of the vehicle's purchase price, referred to as the invoice value.

Certain vehicles are exempt from import duty.

Invoice Value

The invoice value includes, among other things:

• Domestic transport costs

• Storage costs

• Loading costs

• Insurance

• Administrative costs

• Spare parts

• Refurbishment costs

The invoice value does not include:

• Other duties and taxes

• VAT

• Sea freight

Rates

The import duty depends on the type of vehicle you import:

• Mopeds – The duty is DKK 2,530.

• Passenger cars – The minimum duty is DKK 50,000. If the invoice value is between DKK 50,000 and DKK 150,000, the duty is equal to the invoice value. If the invoice value exceeds DKK 150,000, an additional 125% of the invoice value exceeding DKK 150,000 is added.

• Vans under 4 tonnes – The minimum duty is DKK 50,000. If the invoice value exceeds DKK 50,000, an additional 50% of the invoice value exceeding DKK 50,000 is added.

• Trucks, buses and vans over 4 tonnes – The duty is DKK 50,000.

• Snowmobiles – The duty is DKK 22,000.

• Personal watercraft – The duty is DKK 30,000.

• Small off-road vehicles – The duty is DKK 5,000.

You can calculate the import duty on your passenger car or van under 4 tonnes using the calculation spreadsheet.

Calculation spreadsheet (Danish Excel)

Calculation spreadsheet (Greenlandic Excel)  

Definition of Vehicles

A passenger car is defined as a vehicle with front and rear seats.

A van is defined as a vehicle with front seats and a cargo bed.

Off-road vehicles include, for example, ATVs and tracked vehicles.

If the vehicle owner and the Greenland Tax Agency disagree on the classification of a vehicle, the case will be referred by the police to the transport authority, which will make the final determination.

The following vehicles are exempt from import duty:

• Electric, hydrogen-powered and plug-in hybrid vehicles – exempt from import duty until 31 December 2026

• Ambulances

• Police vehicles

• Fire engines

• Diplomatic vehicles

• Construction machinery

• Hearses

• Tractors