Y7 Group · import from the USA
One coordinator from the bid to the port of Poti. Auction access and ocean carriage come from licensed partners of Y7 Group under your direct agreements with them; Y7 Logistics runs the US inland leg as a licensed FMCSA broker. Every line of the cost is published below.
A dealer in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia or Kazakhstan buys a car at Copart, IAAI or Manheim and receives it at the port of Poti. Example: a $37,500 Copart car at the typical distance (336 mi) comes to ≈ $41,514 at Poti via Savannah. Licensed partner forwarders carry the ocean leg; Y7 Logistics (MC #1741537) runs the US inland leg and coordinates the whole chain, listed leg by leg below.
Updated · Sergii Vorotyntsev, Founder, Licensed & Bonded FMCSA Broker, MC #1741537
Y7 Logistics is a Licensed & Bonded FMCSA Broker, not a carrier: the carrier insures the cargo, and Y7 checks the carrier’s authority and insurance before dispatch.
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Before the first car
Your clients and your volumes stay yours. If you prefer, ask for the NDA in the form and the coordinator sends it before we discuss terms.
A change of tariff applies to cars bought after it. A car already bought or on its way keeps the rate it was bought on.
Every charge is on this page, with where it is paid. If a line is not here, it is not on your bill.
Calculator
Start with the lot price. The rest is added step by step: auction fees, the auto-hauler to the port, the container and the partner forwarders' ocean leg. The bill updates as you type.
The chain
Who does what, and how long each step takes when nothing is unusual.
Access to Copart, IAAI and Manheim through a licensed partner of the group, under your direct agreement with it.
about 2 business days after your paperwork with the auction partner is signed
You pay the auction invoice through the partner; the transfer fee is a fixed line of the tariff.
by the auction's deadline
Y7 Logistics books a carrier from its network of 900+, checked before each dispatch, and follows the car to the hub's warehouse.
carrier typically in 1–2 days; pickup typically 1–3 days after the release slot
Loading 1/4 or 1/3, documents, and ocean carriage by a licensed partner of the group, under your direct agreement with it.
by the sailing schedule
Unloading, THC and the forwarder in Poti. Port services and parking are paid in Georgia.
on arrival| Leg | Who | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Auction win → yard pickup | Y7 Logistics | a carrier typically in 1–2 days; pickup typically 1–3 days after the release slot |
| Yard → US export hub | Y7 Logistics | by the distance; the calculator shows the miles for your yard and port |
| Hub → sailing | Partner forwarder | by the forwarder's schedule: container loading, documents, the next sailing |
| Ocean to Poti | Partner forwarder | by the forwarder's schedule and the route from the US port |
| Poti: unloading and customs | Port and your customs broker | by the port and your customs broker |
Numbers only where Y7 has its own data (the US inland leg, dispatch data May–July 2026); the ocean legs run by the forwarder's schedule and the port by its own.
After Poti
Y7's part ends at the port of Poti. What follows depends on where you clear the car: in Georgia at the port, or in transit to Azerbaijan, Armenia or Kazakhstan. In every case customs and everything after the port are your customs broker's work under that country's rules; the notes below describe each route and link the official calculator.
Clearance at the port itself: the container is stripped at the Poti terminal, the vehicle declaration is lodged electronically and your customs broker handles the payments and the release.
From Poti the car moves under Georgian transit to the Red Bridge crossing or by rail to Baku, where your customs broker clears it. Import duty is set per cm³ of engine, and Euro-4 is the minimum standard.
Poti to Tbilisi, then the Sadakhlo / Bagratashen crossing and Yerevan, under Georgian transit. Your customs broker clears the car in Armenia under the EAEU unified rates, with Armenian VAT at 20% on top.
The Trans-Caspian route: Poti to Baku, the Alat ferry to Aktau or Kuryk, then road or rail, and the same way on to Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan. Your customs broker clears the car in Kazakhstan; VAT is 16% and the recycling and registration fees are set in MRP.
The full guide: cars from US auctions to Poti in 2026, step by step
Tariff
The ocean lines are the licensed partner forwarders' tariff, under your direct agreement with them. The auto-hauler line is an estimate from real dispatch data, May–July 2026.
Effective from October 1, 2026
Auction account in your company’s name, bidding, paying the lot, release documents. Per car; the price depends on how many cars you buy a month.
At 10 cars a month: $150 per car. From the 21st car a month: $100 per car.
4 per container is the usual loading; 3 per container is for pickups and large SUVs.
| US port | 4 per container1/4 of a container | 3 per container1/3 of a container |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey / New York | $900 | $1,200 |
| Savannahcheapest | $800 | $1,000 |
| Houston | $1,150 | $1,500 |
| Los Angeles | $1,150 | $2,000 |
Up to 50 cars a month per loading type.
| Cost | Amount | How it is paid |
|---|---|---|
| Payment transfer to the auction | $35 | in the totalper transfer |
| Container loading and documents | $100 | in the total |
| Terminal and forwarder in Poti (THC) | $200–$250 | in the totalpaid in Georgia |
| Port and storage in Poti | $100–$150 | in Georgianot in the total |
| Insurance from the US warehouse to unloading | 1%, min $150 | optionalof the lot with auction fees |
Per car. The auto-hauler from the auction to the port is priced by distance in the calculator, with its range.
Examples
Example on the current tariff; lot price is an example.
How this bill is built, line by line: the price of a car from the USA to Poti, taken apart (in Russian)
3.0L Turbo · 375 hp · RWD · clean title · 59,855 mi
Copart Nashville → New Jersey / New York → Poti · tier 51+ cars a month
Insurance from the US warehouse to unloading: $399.31
2.9L Twin-Turbo · 434 hp · AWD · salvage title · 27,030 mi
IAA Chicago → New Jersey / New York → Poti · tier 51+ cars a month
Insurance from the US warehouse to unloading: $480.30
Dealer account
Once you work with us, you get an account that shows each car from the bid to the port of Poti, with the partners' documents in one place.
Spend per month, example data
Sep: $24,120. Example data.
Recent cars
Why a group
The tariff is public and the calculator uses it as is. Nothing is folded into one opaque number.
Y7 does one thing: auction to port, with 900+ carriers and a top rating on Central Dispatch. Auctions and the ocean are run by licensed partners who do only that.
One person answers for the whole chain. Your agreements stay direct with each licensed partner.
The total is the lot, the auction fees and the licensed partners' tariff lines: ocean freight from $800 per car (Savannah, 4 cars per container), purchase and handling from $50 to $150 per car by your monthly volume, $100 for container loading and documents, $35 per payment transfer to the auction and THC in Poti, plus the auto-hauler to the port at market carrier prices, from dispatch data for May–July 2026. The calculator above adds them for your car: at a typical distance until you choose the yard, then for that yard and port.
Yes. Auction access opens about 2 business days after your paperwork with the auction partner is signed. A licensed auction partner of Y7 Group provides it under your direct agreement with it; the terms of that account are set in that agreement.
Your car shares a 40-foot container with three others (a quarter of the container) or with two (a third, for pickups and large SUVs). Four per container is cheaper per car, for example $900 against $1,200 from New Jersey.
The total to Poti includes the lot, the auction fees, purchase and handling (the auction account in your company's name, bidding, paying the lot, release documents), the payment transfer, container loading and documents, the auto-hauler to the port, the partner forwarders' ocean freight and THC in Poti. Port and storage in Poti, about $100–$150, are paid in Georgia; customs is handled by your customs broker.
Your client list and volumes are not shared. If you want an NDA, tick it in the request form: a mutual NDA with Y7 Consulting Inc, signed online when the online version is available, otherwise sent by e-mail by the coordinator, before we discuss terms. The agreements with the licensed partners are direct, between you and each of them.
No. A tariff change applies to cars bought after it; a car already bought keeps its rate. Only the US inland leg moves with the car-hauler market, and the calculator shows its range.
A carrier is typically assigned in 1–2 days, and pickup is typically 1–3 days after the auction's release slot; the trip itself depends on the distance. Y7 Logistics books carriers from a network of 900+.
A licensed motor carrier, with its own cargo insurance. Y7 Logistics is a licensed and bonded FMCSA broker (MC #1741537), not a carrier: it checks each carrier's FMCSA authority and certificate of insurance before booking.
Yes. The destination port is Poti for all of them. Y7's part ends at the port of Poti; the transit to your country and the customs clearance there are handled by your customs broker and forwarder under your country's rules, and are not part of this tariff. The country notes above describe each route.
The excise on passenger cars moved to two brackets by the car's age, with separate rules for hybrids, electric cars and right-hand drive. The rates and the amount for your car come from the Revenue Service calculator; ask your customs broker before you bid.
Yes. Instead of clearing in Georgia, the car leaves Poti under Georgian transit and is cleared at the destination by your customs broker under that country's rules: by road or rail to Baku or Yerevan, or across the Caspian to Aktau. Y7's part ends at the port of Poti either way.
A clean title is a normal registration document; salvage means an insurer wrote the car off; rebuilt means a salvage car was repaired and re-inspected in the US. The auction partner needs the title type on the bill of sale, and the title travels with the car. How Georgia treats each type: ask your customs broker.
Tariff · NDA on request
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Y7 Group is a partner network of independent companies. Y7 Consulting Inc (DBA Y7 Logistics), 6 Harding Rd, Natick, MA 01760, is a licensed and bonded FMCSA property broker, MC #1741537, USDOT #4427359: it arranges US inland transport and is not a motor carrier; the carrier insures the cargo. Auction access and ocean carriage are provided by licensed partners of Y7 Group under your direct agreements with them. Y7 Logistics arranges the US inland leg as a licensed FMCSA broker and coordinates the whole chain for you.