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MG
MG ZS
The cheapest way into a new compact SUV with a real dealer network — the reason it outsells objectively better cars in Riyadh and Amman.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,498 cc
Middle East · Iraq
The best Chinese cars to import into Iraq
This is the answer we give when a buyer asks the question in one line: which Chinese cars are actually worth importing into Iraq. 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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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
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Jetour
Jetour X70
Seven seats adults can actually use, at a price a Hilux buyer would call cheap. The value pick wherever three rows are non-negotiable.
7 · Front-wheel drive · 1,498 cc
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Changan
Changan CS75 Plus
The family SUV with the strongest service footprint in the Gulf and West Africa, and a 1.5 turbo that keeps the duty band down.
5 · Front-wheel drive · 1,499 cc
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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)
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 Iraq
Iraq
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
- best chinese cars in iraq
- Kia and Toyota still own the roads, but Chery, Geely and MG have moved into the new-car price band. For work, a Hilux or a GWM Poer clears more easily than any SUV, and the parts network is older.
- buy car in iraq
- Buy on the customs paperwork, not on the advert. Iraq assesses duty on the customs value, and a unit whose documents were raised in China travels through Umm Qasr far more smoothly than one whose year was rewritten to fit the entry.
- customs duty in iraq
- Passenger cars are assessed on customs value with the tariff applied by engine size, plus the reconstruction levy and the port charges, and the entry is cleared at Umm Qasr for most of the country. The valuation, not the sailing, is where the timing risk sits.
- What is the vehicle age limit for importing a car into Iraq?
- Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region apply different rules, and the Kurdish region’s gates in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah are the lower bar. Route choice therefore determines whether the unit clears at all.
- Do Chinese left-hand-drive cars work in Iraq?
- Iraq 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. Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region apply different rules, and the Kurdish region’s gates in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah are the lower bar. Route choice therefore determines whether the unit clears at all.
Middle East · Umm Qasr, or overland via Aqaba in Jordan
Get a Iraq 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.