Does a Ram get zero duty?

It depends on the car. The preference covers cars finally assembled in the States, and the Ram 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.

What if the Ram came off a line in Canada?

Then the car does not use the preference and enters the EU at 10% duty. Canada and Mexico are the most common source of confusion, because cars from there reach sales in the States on equal terms with cars of American production.

Does zero duty also lower VAT?

Indirectly. VAT at 23% is charged on customs value with duty added, so 0% instead of 10% shrinks the tax base. Excise is worked out separately by engine size and comes to 3.1% or 18.6% either way.

Dodge Ram: where the car was built and what it pays

Q: Where is the Dodge Ram 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 Dodge Ram cars usually reach us from the plant in Fenton. 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 Dodge Ram assembled?

Production of the Dodge Ram 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
Saltillo	Mexico	3B7, 3C6, 3C7, 3D2, 3D3, 3D6, 3D7	371	10%
Windsor	Canada	2B4, 2B5, 2B6, 2B7, 2D6, 2D7	92	10%
Fenton	United States	1B3, 1B6, 1B7, 1D3, 1D7	78	0% duty
Mexico City	Mexico	3B6, 3B7	59	10%
Windsor	United States	2B4, 2B5, 2B6, 2B7	46	0% duty
Warren	United States	1B6, 1B7, 1C6, 1D3	27	0% duty
Nagoya	Japan	JB7	25	10%
Detroit	United States	1B6, 1B7	24	0% duty

Made in USA • Tax 0%

How do you check a specific car?

The VIN settles the matter in seconds. Ram cars from plants in the USA carry the prefixes 1B3, 1B6, 1B7, 1C6, 1D3, 1D7, 2B4, 2B5, 2B6, 2B7 here, but we look deeper — at the final assembly plant tied to the whole number. Only that answers the question of 0% or 10%.

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 Ram 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

You get the rates here, not a finished figure — the calculator produces that on current data. Since 2026-07-01, duty on cars finally assembled in the States is 0% and 10% on everything else. Excise (3.1% or 18.6%) and 23% VAT are charged whatever the origin of the Ram.

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

Proof of origin and clearance are on us. For a Ram that the VIN places on an American line, we assemble the plant documentation and declare the car at the 0% rate. What we need from you is the car you picked and its VIN.

What to watch for when buying at auction

An auction description talks about damage, not about origin, and the other way round. A Ram with a wrecked front can be assembled in the USA and come in at 0%, while an untouched car from the same sale comes from Mexico and pays 10%. Check both separately.

Damage	Cars in our database
Front end	50
Normal wear	24
Rear end	24

From the USA or from Europe?

The comparison only means something after a VIN check. The same Dodge Ram bought in the States can come in at 0% or 10% depending on the assembly plant, so a car from the USA is not one cost category. On the European side clearance falls away, and usually so does the choice of versions.

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