This file focuses on the complete arrival budget. Its approval points are vehicle price, china logistics, freight and cover, with destination and commercial checks kept visible.
Decide the complete arrival budget
Define the valuation basis used by destination customs and whether propulsion, battery capacity, origin, age or engine size changes duty or incentives. The PHEV and BEV may receive different treatment.
Use the section outcome to decide whether vehicle price is confirmed or needs another document before the candidate advances.
Evidence for the complete arrival budget
The the complete arrival budget evidence file should connect Vehicle price, China logistics and Freight and cover to one VIN and one capture date. Screenshots without that link remain leads, not approval evidence.
Save the supporting file under the candidate VIN and label how it establishes china logistics; do not rely on an unreferenced chat image.
Destination test for the complete arrival budget
Test the complete arrival budget against destination rules for Duty and tax, Compliance/registration and local support. Confirm assumptions with the exact year and documents before payment.
Record who will confirm duty and tax and by what date, because unresolved destination assumptions become expensive after loading.
Commercial control for the complete arrival budget
Keep best-case and conservative scenarios. Include storage, demurrage, exchange movement, charging equipment, first service and rejected-candidate inspection costs.
State the accepted result for duty and tax in the written approval record.
Apply the complete arrival budget to a candidate
Use dated inputs and show their source. The vehicle and China-side service quotation should state currency and tax basis; freight should identify port pair, mode and validity; destination duty and tax should cite the applicable valuation method; local fees should separate port, broker, inspection, conformity, registration and delivery. Add a correction budget for tyres, cable, wallbox, first service or software limitations. Then stress-test the total with exchange movement, delayed clearance and storage. Compare the resulting range with an officially supported local alternative. An import remains attractive only if its cost advantage survives realistic uncertainty and the vehicle can be registered and maintained.
Turn this field method into a dated worksheet and keep it with the candidate record so a later reviewer can reproduce the decision.
Approve or reject the complete arrival budget
Update actual costs after clearance. The variance is useful evidence for the next shipment, but not a permanent tariff because rates and customs treatment can change.
Retain the final outcome with the VIN file and reopen the review if the candidate, destination or commercial boundary changes.
Record the approval decision
Approve the complete arrival budget only when vehicle price, china logistics, freight and cover are supported by candidate-specific evidence and duty and tax, compliance/registration, contingency have an identified owner. Pause if the seller will not connect the VIN to the vehicle, documents or condition record, or if the destination answer depends only on another market's brochure. Record the precise missing test, quotation line or document. Resolve it before payment or reject the candidate; do not carry an undefined technical or commercial issue into shipping.
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Buyer approval checklist
Use these fields as a candidate-specific decision record. Assign each unresolved item before approving payment or shipment.
- Vehicle price
- China logistics
- Freight and cover
- Duty and tax
- Compliance/registration
- Contingency
Calculate Changan Q05 Landed Cost: buyer questions
Which costs belong in landed cost?
Vehicle, inspection, preparation, inland logistics, export, freight, insurance, duty, tax, port, broker, compliance, registration and contingency.
Can BEV and PHEV taxes be assumed equal?
No. Destination rules may distinguish propulsion, battery, engine size, age, value basis and origin.
Why use a conservative scenario?
Storage, exchange movement, inspection rejection, charging equipment and compliance work can move beyond the first estimate.