Importing a car into Ghana means duty, VAT, NHIL, GETFund and six more levies — typically 30–50% of the car's value, and more if it's over 10 years old. Most importers find out the real number at the port. Ghana Duty Calculator tells you before you buy: paste a VIN or pick the specs, and get every GRA/ICUMS charge itemised in cedis at live exchange rates. Compare model years to dodge the age penalty, browse duty for 1,800+models, or embed the whole calculator on your dealership site for free.
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Hi PH 👋 I'm David Kwame Amo, building tools for African markets at CurioLabs.
I built this because Ghana's duty system is genuinely hard to predict:
Customs values your car from a VIN reference price (not what you paid), the duty rate depends on engine size AND fuel type, VAT stacks on top of duty, and a car over 10 years old triggers a penalty of up to 50% of its value. People routinely budget for the car and get blindsided by the port.
The calculator mirrors the actual GRA/ICUMS schedules line by line. It's free — the paid tier is for dealers who need bulk tools and client management. Would love feedback, especially from anyone who's shipped a car to West Africa. AMA about how the duty math works!
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How do you keep the exchange rates and duty percentages current when GRA updates them, and is that something your API handles automatically or would we need to refresh it ourselves?
Pasted a VIN from a 2012 car and got a full breakdown that matched what my friend actually paid at Tema port last year. The age penalty comparison between 2009 and 2011 was eye-opening, almost a third more duty just for those two years.
How do you keep the exchange rates and duty percentages current when GRA updates them, and is that something your API handles automatically or would we need to refresh it ourselves?
@abdullahltcajr It's handled automatically.
Pasted a VIN from a 2012 car and got a full breakdown that matched what my friend actually paid at Tema port last year. The age penalty comparison between 2009 and 2011 was eye-opening, almost a third more duty just for those two years.