Car import customs in Russia 2026: duty and recycling fee calculator

How it is calculated

Duty. An individual importing a passenger car for personal use from outside the EAEU pays a unified rate (EEC Council Decision No. 107, Annex 2, Table 2) that already covers duty, VAT and excise. Cars up to 3 years old pay a share of the price but no less than a minimum per cm³: up to €8,500 — 54%, at least €2.5/cm³; €8,500–16,700 — 48%, at least €3.5/cm³; €16,700–42,300 — 48%, at least €5.5/cm³; €42,300–84,500 — 48%, at least €7.5/cm³; €84,500–169,000 — 48%, at least €15/cm³; over €169,000 — 48%, at least €20/cm³.

Cars 3 to 5 years old pay by engine size only: up to 1,000 cm³ — €1.5/cm³; 1,001–1,500 — €1.7; 1,501–1,800 — €2.5; 1,801–2,300 — €2.7; 2,301–3,000 — €3; over 3,000 — €3.6/cm³. Over 5 years: €3, 3.2, 3.5, 4.8, 5 and 5.7/cm³ in the same bands. The duty in euros is converted at the rate in the “Euro exchange rate” field; 0 means the national bank's official rate on 31 October 2026.

Customs fee. Belarus — BYN 120 per vehicle for personal use (Presidential Decree No. 443). Russia — by customs value in roubles, rates from 1 January 2026 (Government Resolutions No. 1637 and No. 1638): up to RUB 200k — 1,231; up to 450k — 2,462; up to 1.2m — 4,924; up to 2.7m — 13,541; up to 4.2m — 18,465; up to 5.5m — 21,344; up to 10m — 49,240; above — RUB 73,860. Kazakhstan — Government Resolution No. 171 sets no fee for the passenger customs declaration (its 6 MCI fee is for the goods declaration), so no fee is added.

Recycling fee. Belarus (Council of Ministers Resolution No. 195, item 1.3): for individuals BYN 624.92 for a car up to 3 years old inclusive and BYN 1,282.02 for an older one. Russia (Resolution No. 1291 as amended by No. 1713, 2026 rates): base RUB 20,000 × a coefficient; for personal use with up to 160 hp (117.68 kW) and up to 3,000 cm³ — 0.17 (RUB 3,400) up to 3 years and 0.26 (RUB 5,200) older. Above 160 hp or 3,000 cm³ the coefficient comes from the engine-size-and-power table, e.g. 45 and 74.64 (RUB 900,000 and 1,492,800) for 1–2 litres and 161–190 hp. Kazakhstan (Recycling Payment Methodology, Annex 4): 50 MCI (KZT 4,325 in 2026) × a coefficient by engine size: up to 1,000 cm³ — 1.5; 1,001–2,000 — 3.5; 2,001–3,000 — 5; above — 11.5; age does not matter.

Not included. Battery-electric cars pay a combined customs payment under each country's own rules and reliefs instead of the unified rate; we could not verify all of those 2026 rules in official texts, so the calculator does not cover electric cars. A hybrid is treated as a combustion car by engine size. Shipping, Kazakhstan's recycling fee for cars from Russia or Belarus (a different coefficient), registration, a customs revaluation of the price and broker fees are not included.