What about models built in two countries at once?

That is a common case, and it is exactly where the VIN becomes essential. Two Silverado 3500 cars from the same model year can carry different rates, 0% and 10%, because they came off lines on different continents.

Can I check a car before the auction ends?

Yes, and that is the point of doing it. Enter the VIN from the lot while bidding is still open, read the assembly plant, and you know whether to count on 0% or 10% before you set the highest figure you are willing to go to.

Does a Silverado 3500 get zero duty?

It depends on the car. The preference covers cars finally assembled in the States, and the Silverado 3500 is also produced outside the USA. Type in the VIN and we read the country and city of the assembly plant, so you see whether this car meets the 0% condition.

Is a VIN prefix enough to establish the rate?

No. The first three characters point to the manufacturer and the country, but one prefix can cover several plants. The rate needs the country of final assembly tied to the full number, and that is exactly the reading you get after entering a VIN.

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 from the USA — 0% duty or 10%

Q: Where is the Chevrolet Silverado 3500 assembled?

We read plants from the production data of cars that have passed through our database, so the list shows the real origin of individual cars rather than a manufacturer's plan. One model can have plants on two continents, which is why the country is checked for a specific VIN.

US-assembled Chevrolet Silverado 3500 cars usually reach us from the plant in Flint. If your car came off that line, duty is 0% instead of 10%; if it came from a plant in another country, the preference does not apply. The split runs by single VIN, not by model.

Where is the Chevrolet Silverado 3500 assembled?

Production of the Chevrolet Silverado 3500 is often spread across continents, which is why the question of where it is built has several answers at once. For duty, only the country of the plant your car came off matters: the States mean 0%, any other country 10%. Model history and target market change nothing.

Plant	Country	VIN prefix	Cars in our database	Duty
Flint	United States	1GB, 1GC	489	0% duty
Pontiac	United States	1GB, 1GC	204	0% duty
Arlington	United States	1GC	21	0% duty
Roanoke	United States	1GB, 1GC	15	0% duty
Oshawa Truck	Canada	2GB, 2GC	13	10%
Oshawa	Canada	2GC	9	10%
Fort Wayne	United States	1GB, 1GC	9	0% duty
Janesville	United States	1GB, 1GC	4	0% duty
St. Louis	United States	1GC	4	0% duty

Made in USA • Tax 0%

How do you check a specific car?

Type in the VIN of your Silverado 3500 and we read the country and city of the assembly plant from the manufacturer's data. A plant in the States means the car qualifies for 0% duty; any other country means 10%. Do it before you bid, because the rate moves the sensible limit.

How much will you save?

The zero rate works in two places at once: 10% of duty disappears and the base for 23% VAT falls with it. That is why the difference across the whole bill on a US-assembled Silverado 3500 is larger than duty alone. The result follows customs value, so put yours into the calculator.

Work out the import cost

What the import cost is made of

The bill is made of a few fixed percentages and one variable, which is the customs value of the car. Duty is 0% on a Silverado 3500 assembled in the USA and 10% on the rest, excise is 3.1% or 18.6% by engine size, and 23% VAT is charged on the value with duty and excise added.

Component	Rate
Duty — car assembled in the USA	0%
Duty — everything else	10%
Excise	3.1% up to 2.0 l, 18.6% above 3.5 l
VAT	23%

Rates, not amounts — the calculator works the sum out on current data.

Zero-duty paperwork — our job

Zero-duty paperwork is our half of the job. We read the assembly plant from production data, prepare the customs declaration and deal with the agency on your behalf. You pick a Silverado 3500 and bid — we run the procedure.

What to watch for when buying at auction

The most common damage on a Silverado 3500 in our database is features.lots.characteristics.damage_type.front_end, so start the photos and the report there. Repairing that area can eat the whole advantage of 0% instead of 10%, which is why you count it together with duty rather than separately.

Damage	Cars in our database
Front end	264
Side	90
Rear end	80

From the USA or from Europe?

The key difference is procedural rather than a matter of badge. A car from the European market goes through no import, a car from the States does — and then the assembly country counts: an American line means 0%, any other 10%, with excise and 23% VAT on top. For a Silverado 3500, the check starts at the VIN.

See current listings: Chevrolet Silverado 3500