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Germany → Republika Srpska car import calculator

Estimate what importing a used car from Germany to Republika Srpska costs: the car, export plates, tolls, customs duty, 17% VAT, homologation and first registration. Every fee is prefilled with September 2026 rates and can be edited. The result is an estimate, not a quote.

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Customs base, netMore about: Customs base, net (€)
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An export sale is free of the 19% German VAT once the dealer has the export proof; if you or a carrier you hire collect the car, only if you live outside Germany. The customs base is then the net amount: the advertised price divided by 1.19. Many dealers keep 19% as a deposit until they have the export proof (Ausgangsvermerk), and refund it on terms agreed in writing. It's cash flow, not a cost.

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Where the factory is, not where you buy the car, and the exporter must be able to document the EU origin. With an EUR.1 certificate an EU-built car pays no duty; one built in Japan, Korea, China, the USA or the UK cannot get EUR.1 and pays 15%. A car built in Türkiye may keep its Turkish origin; whether that brings 0% duty on a car bought in Germany is not confirmed, so ask a customs agent.

Engine size, year of manufacture and drivetrain set the RS vehicle-use tax, and engine size and drivetrain the RS environmental fee; the RS road fee is an estimate you can change in the Registration section. The registration entity (FBiH or RS) is chosen in the menu at the top. Power sets the compulsory-insurance premium, by engine kW; enter that amount yourself in the Registration section.

Dealer's charge for filing the export with German customs and getting the EUR.1 stamped. Some include it, some charge more; the default is an estimate, so ask for the price in writing. Without EUR.1 you pay 15% duty.

Only if the seller won't file the export declaration and apply for the EUR.1 (usual with a private seller). The default is an estimate; ask for a quote.

Serbian customs require the seller's signature on a private contract to be certified; in Germany a notary does it, from about €29. A dealer's original invoice needs no certification. BiH customs publish no such rule.

Free when the CoC comes with the car. Only the manufacturer issues a duplicate, usually for €70 to €180 (ADAC), and it is bound to do so only for 10 years after manufacture, so ask before you travel.

The plates are valid only as long as this insurance. The default, €80, buys about 15 days at September 2026 broker prices; ask the insurer. You get a paper Doppelkarte, not an eVB number, and a green card: check that Bosnia (BIH) is covered on it.

The registration office fee for export plates, €31.40 under the federal fee schedule (GebOSt no. 221.3). The car needs a valid HU (TÜV) for the whole plate period, shown at the office.

Made by a private plate maker, not included in the office fee; ADAC puts them at about €20 to €40. Export plates have a black border and a red field with the expiry date. Yellow short-term plates are not valid outside Germany.

German road tax for the plate periodMore about: German road tax for the plate period (€)auto
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Owed for at least one month, even when the plates are valid for less; worked out from engine size, CO₂ and year when you press Calculate.

Not needed on this route: every country from Germany to Serbia or BiH recognises the German Part I. Offices issue it with export plates on request for €10.20 to €11.40.

Your bank's fee for an international transfer from BiH. UniCredit Bank d.d. (FBiH, from 18 September 2026) charges 0.40% online or 0.70% at a branch, at most 900 KM, plus 1% if it converts KM into euros; the default is its online fee on about €23,800. Enter your own bank's price. A resident may take no more than about €10,000 in cash out of BiH without the entity Ministry of Finance's approval, so agree a bank transfer with the dealer before you sign.

Press Calculate to see what you pay in Germany.

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How the car gets homeMore about: How the car gets home

Driving it yourself needs export plates, fuel and tolls. With a transport service the car travels as cargo, so those fall away and one transport price replaces them.

Fuel for the drive homeMore about: Fuel for the drive home (€)auto
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German pumps averaged €2.35 for petrol and €2.46 for diesel on 21 September 2026 (EU Weekly Oil Bulletin); Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia were cheaper, so fill up after the border.

Tied to the plate number. The 18-day wait for vignettes bought online applies only to the annual and 2-month ones. The Tauern and Karawanken sections below are charged separately.

Tauern and Katschberg tunnels, one trip for a car: €15.00 in 2026 (ASFINAG).

Into Slovenia. One trip for a car: €9.00 in 2026 (ASFINAG).

Class 2A, €16.00 in 2026 on the DARS e-vignette site; tied to the plate number.

Category I car: €1.00 at Bregana plus €11.90 to €12.70 from Zagreb istok to the Slavonski Brod exits, on the HAC price list; paid at the toll gates.

Estimate for the motorway sections on the way; each motorway operator publishes its own price list.

Your own outbound trip. Off by default so the total matches the car's landed cost.

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Customs valueMore about: Customs value (€)auto
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Invoice price plus the fuel for the whole drive and the tolls abroad, which stand in here for the transport to the border that the law adds. Counting all the fuel slightly overstates the duty when there is no proof of EU origin. If customs doubt a low price, they first ask for proof and only then use another method, in the order the law sets: first the accepted value of an identical car, then of a similar one.

Leave at 0 unless you expect customs to change the value. It changes duty and VAT.

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With EUR.1 the duty is 0%. Without it, 15% of the customs value. An origin statement on the invoice can replace EUR.1 up to €6,000, or at any value when the seller is an approved exporter. Origin follows the origin rules, not where you buy: a car built in Japan, China, Korea, the USA or the UK cannot get a valid EUR.1 and pays 15%, and an EU-built car qualifies only if the exporter can document its origin. A Council of Ministers decision (Službeni glasnik BiH 22/26) lowers or suspends the duty on new electric, hybrid and CNG/LPG cars until 31 December 2026. It covers new cars only; a used car without a proof of origin pays 15%, or 5% if it is fully electric.

Import dutyMore about: Import duty (€)auto
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VAT, 17%More about: VAT, 17% (€)auto
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17% of the customs value, the duty and the costs up to the first destination in BiH. Paid in KM at the customs terminal before the car is released.

At the border the car goes into transit to an inland customs terminal; the agent files the transit and the JCI. Homologation happens before final clearance. The default is an estimate: get two or three quotes.

The 2022 price list (Službeni glasnik BiH 50/22): homologation 170 KM plus VAT, 198.90 KM, the CoC check 35.10 KM with VAT and the 10 KM state tax: 244.00 KM with a CoC, 267.40 KM with a manufacturer's certificate instead. A used petrol or diesel car must meet at least Euro 5 (Službeni glasnik BiH 23/19), or it cannot be cleared or registered.

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Technical inspectionMore about: Technical inspection (KM)auto
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Every station charges 47 KM plus VAT, 54.99 KM, for a passenger car. In FBiH petrol and diesel cars also take the EKO exhaust test, 32 KM (petrol) or 36 KM (diesel); hybrids and electric cars do not. FBiH MUPs accept only inspections from FBiH stations.

Priced by engine power in kW (in FBiH as written in the registration certificate) and bonus-malus class. A first policy for the imported car is in the neutral class: over 110 kW, 887.02 KM under Republika Srpska's joint tariff (2025) and 883 KM under the last FBiH agency tariff (2023). FBiH insurers now apply their own approved tariffs, so get a quote.

Vehicle-use tax (RS)More about: Vehicle-use tax (RS) (KM)auto
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30 to 1,000 KM a year by engine size (75 KM for 1,601 to 2,000 cm³), less 5% for every full year of age, at most 50% (Zakon o porezima na upotrebu, držanje i nošenje dobara, article 4). The law gives an electric car no band, so the lowest is used; that is not confirmed.

The 2016 decree (Službeni glasnik RS 55/16 and 90/16) still applies, but its amounts could not be read in an official text; the default is the 85 KM a domestic calculator gives for 1,601 to 2,000 cm³. It sets no fee for electric cars and hybrids, and how they are charged in practice is not confirmed. A draft put to consultation from 26 February to 15 March 2026 has not been adopted. Ask the inspection station.

Water feeMore about: Water fee (KM)auto
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2.00 KM a month per equivalent inhabitant, times what a car counts for. FBiH: 0.83 for a car running on oil products, 19.92 KM a year (Službene novine FBiH 46/07); electric cars fall outside it, which is not confirmed in practice. RS: 1.40 for petrol or diesel, 0.80 for a hybrid, 0.40 for an electric car, so 33.60, 19.20 or 9.60 KM (Službeni glasnik RS 53/11 and the 2025 code list). Our calculation from the acts.

Environmental fee (RS)More about: Environmental fee (RS) (KM)auto
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5 KM × fuel factor (petrol and diesel 1.0, hybrid 0.7, electric 0.2) × engine factor (0.95 for 751 to 1,400 cm³, 1.00 to 2,000, 1.20 to 4,000; 1.00 for hybrids and electric cars) × Euro factor (1.0 for Euro 5 and 6; 2.0 for an electric car, which has no class) (Službeni glasnik RS 116/18 and 119/18). An amendment of December 2025 (115/25) could not be read.

Sticker, AMS fee and administrative taxMore about: Sticker, AMS fee and administrative tax (KM)auto
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Sticker 5 KM (Službeni glasnik BiH 20/24), the AMS RS special fee, about 12 KM (the amount is not confirmed), and the administrative tax, 5 KM at a first registration and 2 KM later (Službeni glasnik RS 108/25). There is no 15 KM SUP fee.

Plates, registration and ownership certificatesMore about: Plates, registration and ownership certificates (KM)auto
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First registration only: plates 20 KM and the two certificates 5 KM each, the same in both entities (Službeni glasnik BiH 20/24).

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Summary

Enter the advertised price and press Calculate to see the estimated total cost.
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Cost above the net price: -

  • Paid in Germany, with the refundable deposit-
  • Paid at home: customs, VAT, registration-
  • Taxes and fees each later year, without insurance and inspection-

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to import a car from Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina?

With proof of EU origin (EUR.1, or an origin statement on the invoice) the duty is 0%, and 17% VAT is charged on the customs value, the duty and the costs up to the first destination in BiH. Without the proof the duty is 15%, or 5% for an electric car. Homologation, the customs agent, tolls and registration come on top; the calculator adds them all.More about: How much does it cost to import a car from Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Is the duty lower for a used hybrid or electric car?

For a used hybrid, only through origin: with EUR.1 it is 0%, as for any car of proven EU origin, and without a proof of origin 15%. A used fully electric car pays 5% even without one. The temporary duty cut for electric, hybrid and CNG/LPG cars (Službeni glasnik BiH 22/26, until 31 December 2026) covers new cars only.More about: Is the duty lower for a used hybrid or electric car?

Are there registration discounts for hybrids in BiH?

Small ones: in Republika Srpska a hybrid pays a lower environmental fee (factor 0.7) and water fee (19.20 KM instead of 33.60 KM), and Tuzla Canton halves its cantonal tax for hybrids. In FBiH hybrids skip the EKO exhaust test (32 KM for petrol, 36 KM for diesel) but pay a 25% higher road fee under the 2016 decree.More about: Are there registration discounts for hybrids in BiH?

Which Euro standard does an imported car need?

A used petrol or diesel car must meet at least Euro 5 (Službeni glasnik BiH 23/19), or it fails homologation and cannot be cleared or registered; how the rule applies to hybrids is not confirmed. Oldtimers, cars brought when moving to BiH, cars inherited under a final court decision and cars adapted for disabled persons can be exempted from homologation on request (Službeni glasnik BiH 83/20, article 8).More about: Which Euro standard does an imported car need?

Which fees does registration in Republika Srpska add?

The vehicle-use tax (30 to 1,000 KM by engine size, less 5% a year of age, at most 50%), the road fee (2016 decree, amount not confirmed), the environmental fee (5 KM for a 1.4 to 2.0 L Euro 5 car), the water fee (33.60 KM for petrol or diesel), the 5 KM sticker, the AMS RS fee and the 5 KM administrative tax, and at a first registration 30 KM for the plates and two certificates. There is no SUP fee, and the green card is not needed for registration.More about: Which fees does registration in Republika Srpska add?

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