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Q: What is the breakdown of the "FOB Charge".

Our FOB charge covers our commission, translation services, pre and post auction inspections, auction purchase fees, storage charges (up to a certain number of days depending on the storage yard involved), customs clearance charges, documentation charges, and a portion of the transportation charges. The fees covered by our FOB charge are as follows:

Auction Purchase Fee¥ 10,000Fee paid to the auction hall upon successful purchase of the vehicle.
Custom Clearance Charge¥ 15,000Fee required to clear the vehicle through customs upon export from Japan.
Documentation Charge¥ 5,000Fee required to transfer the ownership of the vehicle and to declare exportation of the vehicle.
Transportation Charge¥ 3,000Yen 3,000 of the inland transportation cost from the auction hall where the vehicle was purchased to the port of shipment.
Storage ChargeVariableDetermined by the number of days the vehicle is in the storage yard and depending on the storage yard involved.
Document Postal Fee¥ 2,000Documents such as Bills of Lading, Invoices, Vehicle Registration Certificates will be posted using DHL.
CommissionRemainderCovers our pre & post-auction inspections, translation and other customer services available 24 hours a day.

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