Salaam All,
Im an Australian/pakistani National moving to Japan for business purposes. Im married there. I was there about 10 yrs ago buying cars for an exporter. My job was strictly buying cars from Wholesalers(as Auctions were not so common back then) so i dont know much about the procedure about exporting which i will be learning as i go along. Im looking for someone on this forum who used to do this kind of work/still doing it.
A lot of Pakistani car exporters in Japan have stopped shipping cars to pakistan as it is too much hassle for them and the profit margin is not so high any more but im interested in Pakistani market. I will be traveling to Japan in August after Ramadan and will be there with my family for 6 weeks and trying to figure out the local market. If I manage to get few orders in and get the balls rolling(so to speak) i will permanently migrate to Japan. I have worked in Automotive industry in Australia in the past and have a fair knowledge about cars and diesels too.
As far as i have realized in the past that most Japaneses exporters(not all) are not honest hence they have made their millions by betraying their customers and that was one of the main reason I left japan in 2002 because i didnt feel right lying to everyone just to make profit for my boss. Alhamdulillah I have firm faith in Allah that if you do your business honestly, He is the best Raziq and thats why i want to do something on my own.
Anyway to cut a long story short, I have few orders from my friends in Australia that i will be looking cars for while in Japan, that will get me started on the track but I am more interested in exporting to Pakistan. If anyone on this forum is kind enough to give me some pointers that will be highly appreciated. plus if anyone who has imported/cleared cars from Port in pakistan and interested in getting some more from japan can contact me also. Rest assured I'm honest and trustworthy and i will be working on minimum profit/commission to get me started.
Jizak Allah Khair.
Wasalam
Syed