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Chery
Chery Tiggo 8
The seven-seat SUV a family can actually afford: new-unit warranty, a cabin that reads premium, and dealer support in most of these markets now.
7 · Front-wheel drive · 1,598 cc
Other LHD markets · Ethiopia
The best Chinese cars to import into Ethiopia
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Ethiopia. Each pick below is quoted with its own landed-cost calculation for this market, from the duty band its engine falls into to the port where it clears.
The five we would put on the water
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BYD
BYD Atto 3
The EV that settled the price argument: a compact SUV with an LFP battery, dealer service in the Gulf, and a duty bill of 5% of CIF where electrics are favoured.
5 · Front-wheel drive · Electric (EV)
- 03
BYD
BYD Song Plus DM-i
A plug-in hybrid for buyers who pay for fuel at the pump: roughly 100 km of electric range on the commute and no range anxiety on the inter-city run.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,498 cc
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Geely
Geely Coolray
The small SUV that made Chinese cars normal in Algiers and Riyadh: 1.5 turbo, low duty band, and a cabin that still feels new at five years old.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,477 cc
- 05
HAVAL
HAVAL H6
A volume crossover with a long model run, so parts and diagnostics are already familiar across the Gulf and Africa.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,497 cc
Three of the five are current stock; the other two are sourced to order. Say which one and the year, and the FOB and CIF figures come back the same day.
Checked September 24, 2026
Stock ready for Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2019 C200
- Model Year
- 2019
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Petrol
- Transmission
- 9G-TRONIC automatic
Price on Request
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Lexus
Lexus RX 350 2019
- Model Year
- 2019
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Petrol
- Transmission
- 8-speed automatic
Price on Request
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BYD
BYD Song Plus DM-i 2022 110km
- Model Year
- 2022
- Seats
- 5
- Power Type
- Hybrid (HEV)
- Transmission
- E-CVT
Price on Request
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What buyers ask before they choose
- how much does it cost to import a car to ethiopia
- Ethiopia’s import regime is both restrictive and changeable: passenger-car entries are tightly limited outside the schemes that permit them, and excise plus VAT apply on top of duty. Confirm the rule that applies to the buyer before ordering anything, because that rule, not the freight, is the binding constraint.
- how to import car from china to ethiopia
- The route is Djibouti by sea, then road to Addis Ababa. The paperwork and the current regime matter more than the freight price, so the first step is establishing which entry channel the buyer qualifies for.
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Ethiopia?
- Fuel-burning vehicles cannot be imported. Only battery-electric vehicles are admitted, and the compliance route for those is confirmed per model.
- Do Chinese left-hand-drive cars work in Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia drives on the right, so a left-hand-drive car is the correct vehicle type: the steering wheel is on the side the road requires. Every car we ship is left-hand drive. Fuel-burning vehicles cannot be imported. Only battery-electric vehicles are admitted, and the compliance route for those is confirmed per model.
Other LHD markets · Landlocked
Get a Ethiopia landed-cost quote
Send the model, model year and destination port. You get an FOB or CIF price, the document list this market requires, and the next sailing we can load.