Import used engines to Ghana: G-CAP and Tema
Tema is one of the most orderly ports in West Africa — for the importer whose conformity paperwork was arranged before the vessel sailed, not after it berthed.
Wholesale onlyRegular orders are one full container — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or with gearboxes 45 + 45 / 65 + 65. New customers can make their first purchase from 10 engines (10, 20, 30 or 40), with gearboxes and consolidated shipping, at list price, with no first-order surcharge (LCL freight quoted separately): first-order offer. A second order can start from 45 engines, also at list price. We do not sell single units.
More modelsBeyond the models on this page we hold many more — 488 engine and gearbox families in our warehouse list, always subject to inventory changes. Tell us how many units you need so we can give you the best price: full stock list.
The models Ghana actually buys
The Ghanaian parc is a Corolla parc. The 2ZR-FE follows the 2009-onward Corolla population that dominates the taxi and private fleet, the 1NZ-FE serves the earlier generation, and the 2AZ-FE follows the Camry trade.
A first Ghanaian container is usually weighted toward 2ZR and 1NZ, with a tranche of 2AZ on top — all Grade A, complete units, priced at the published per-unit rates.
G-CAP: Ghana's conformity programme
Ghana operates the Ghana Conformity Assessment Programme (G-CAP) under the Ghana Standards Authority. The structure will be familiar to anyone who has shipped to Kenya or Tanzania: regulated goods are inspected before shipment by an approved agency — Bureau Veritas, SGS or Intertek — and the consignment travels with a Certificate of Conformity that Tema customs expects to see. A container that arrives without its certificate does not clear on charm; it waits, and waiting at a port is the most expensive warehouse there is.
One detail that matters for engine buyers: parts are assessed as their own line items, under their own HS headings — 8407 for petrol engines, 8408 for diesel — separate from any vehicle rules. Confirm the current scope and exemptions for used engines with your clearing agent before booking, and tell us what they say: an origin inspection, when required, happens at the Guangzhou warehouse we work from, where the engines are and where the logistics company handling the export documents has its office.
Who does what
The G-CAP certificate is arranged around the exporter's side before shipment; the import declaration, duty and levies are yours, through your clearing agent. Duty rates change with Ghana's budget cycles, so treat any web page quoting them — this one included — as a conversation starter, not a rate card.
What is prepared at origin is what every certificate gets checked against: commercial invoice, a packing list with engine models and quantities referenced to the order photo file, certificate of origin and bill of lading, declared plainly as used engines.
Tema and inland
Tema is the discharge port and serves the Accra-Kumasi corridor that consumes most of the country's engines. If any part of your load is destined for Burkina Faso or the northern transit trade, say so at quotation — transit declarations change the paperwork and are cheaper to arrange before booking.
Sources
- trade.gov — Ghana standards
- Citi Newsroom, Aug 2026
- GSA clarification, 5 Aug 2026
- ENGICOR prices and terms: our own published list, recorded monthly in the used engine price index.
Price a container yourself
Build the mix you want in the online quoter — 90 engines in a 20-ft or 130 in a 40-ft, or 45 + 45 / 65 + 65 with gearboxes — and the FOB total reaches your inbox the same minute, at our published per-unit prices, every engine Grade A. Prefer to ask? Tell us the destination country and the models you need and we reply within one business day, usually within hours.
New customer? Your first order can start with 10, 20, 30 or 40 engines, with gearboxes and consolidated shipping available — first purchase only, at list price, with no first-order surcharge. See the first-order offer →
Frequently asked
Does Ghana require pre-shipment inspection for used engines?
Ghana's G-CAP requires approved-agency inspection and a Certificate of Conformity for regulated goods. Whether your specific consignment falls in scope is your clearing agent's call under the current rules; confirm before the container is booked and we coordinate the origin side.
Which inspection agencies are approved?
Bureau Veritas, SGS and Intertek operate under the programme. Your agent will name the one for your route.
Which engines should a first Ghanaian container carry?
For most buyers: the bulk in 2ZR-FE and 1NZ-FE, with 2AZ-FE on top. Everything ENGICOR supplies is Grade A — cleaned, given a manual crankshaft rotation check and photographed from every side, with the 70% balance settled before shipment.