Switzerland and Liechtenstein
The BAZG file for a Japanese truck
BAZG is the Swiss customs office. Switzerland and Liechtenstein share that customs area. The ship lands at Genoa, Hamburg, or Antwerp, then the truck moves by land. We buy the truck in Japan and book the ocean leg. Your representative files BAZG. We do not ship to Iran or Russia.
Water track · Mediterranean
35.465°N 139.679°E → 44.405°N 8.925°E
Ocean track from Daikoku Pier, Yokohama. The booked ship sets the berth.
Declare the truck to BAZG
BAZG takes the customs declaration when a vehicle enters the Swiss customs area from outside it. Japan is outside that area. Switzerland has no ocean vehicle terminal, and neither does Liechtenstein. The ship lands at Genoa, Hamburg, or Antwerp, then the truck moves by land.
VAT and the clearance certificate
BAZG prints value added tax on a vehicle import at 8.1% of the consideration paid, including the purchase price. The customs clearance certificate is CHF 20 on that same page. Those figures are BAZG’s. They are not a Japan Direct Trucks invoice. The US$500 card payment starts an order toward the vehicle. It does not reserve the truck and it does not pay ocean freight.
Automobile tax, only for the classes BAZG names
BAZG’s automobile tax is 4% of value for passenger vehicles regardless of weight, and for minibuses and delivery vans with a unit weight of no more than 1,600 kg. A heavier goods truck may sit outside that tax. Confirm the class with BAZG before anyone treats 4% as the truck’s bill.
Form 13.20A, then the canton or Vaduz
BAZG form 13.20A, with the customs stamp, is the paper the cantonal vehicle office asks for. In Liechtenstein, Amt für Strassenverkehr uses that same Swiss customs paper before the individual inspection in Vaduz. Direct imports for own use generally take that inspection rather than a type approval. ASTRA is the federal roads office when the vehicle is still in the CO₂ class.