A STUDY OF THE PROFITABILITY OF A CAR IMPORT TO FINLAND

Abstract

Cars are imported to Finland from other EU member countries on a daily basis. There has been a conversation about the profitability of the car import and my objective was to find out the current situation. The author have imported several cars to Finland and have noticed that the margin of profit has at least diminished. The author carried out this study in order to make known all the expenses, which concerns the import of a car. As countries from where the import took place, was used Germany and Sweden.

The theory focused on the import methods and their expenses, on the purchase process on both of the chosen countries and on the current situation of car taxation in Finland. In order to find out these matters the author used expertise of his own and the acknowledgement, which was available on the internet and on the literature.

As a research method was used empirical research method. The author had experience from importing a car from Germany but Sweden was an unknown territory. Therefore the information had to be gathered from different sources.

The result of the study was that the car import is still profitable if the import is done with the car brand and model in question. The important matter was to compare cars with low Co2 emission and cars with high Co2 emission, because the car taxation is based on emissions. The aim of the study was to give hints and guidelines for the car importation.

The place of purchase, the car brand and model and the import method effects to the profitability. It would be interesting to find out what would be the importation methods and the overall costs when the import takes place from other EU member countries such as France or Belgium.

Tämän opinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli löytää kaikki henkilöauton maahantuontiin liittyvät kulut ja kustannukset. Tarkoituksena oli selvittää autojen maahantuonnin kannattavuus. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli löytää ja antaa vinkkejä ja ohjeita henkilöauton tuontiin. Maat tutkimuksen perustana olivat Saksa ja Ruotsi.

Teoriaosuus keskittyi kuvaamaan maahantuontitavat ja niiden kulut, ostoprosessin molemmissa kohdemaissa ja autoverotuksen tämänhetkiseen tilan Suomessa. Lähteinä käytettiin maahantuojan kokemuksia ja kirjallisia aineistoja

Tutkimusmenetelmä oli empiirinen

Tutkimuksen lopputuloksena oli, että maahantuonti on kannattavaa, kun kyseessä on tutkimuksessa käytetty automerkki ja – malli. Tutkimuksessa verrattiin henkilöautoja, joilla oli pienet ja suuret Co2-päästöt, koska henkilöauton verotus Suomessa perustuu Co2-päästöihin. Henkilöauton ostopaikka, merkki ja malli, sekä maahantuontimenetelmä vaikuttavat kannattavuuteen.