Japan damaged-car intelligence for Kenya import arbitrage
What is TAU Tracker?
TAU Trade (tau-trade.com) is one of Japan's largest damaged-vehicle auction platforms —
over 1,000 cars listed daily from crashes, floods, and write-offs.
TAU Tracker pulls those listings every morning, enriches them with live exchange rates,
and gives you a single workspace to identify, evaluate, and plan import deals from Nairobi.
Data updates daily at 08:00 EAT.
Hit Sync (top right) for a manual refresh. Prices shown in ¥ and USD.
KES conversions use live rates.
▲ ROUTE AFix & Export
Buy a lightly damaged, rolling car at auction.
Repair it at a Japanese bodyshop (typically ¥50K–¥300K).
Ship it to Mombasa as a single unit. Clear duty and sell in Kenya
at significantly above landed cost.
Illustrative example
TAU bid price¥350,000 ($2,240)Japan repair¥120,000 ($770)Shipping + CIF$1,100Kenya duty + clearingKES 220,000Total landed cost≈ KES 800,000Kenya resale≈ KES 1,500,000
Margin ≈ KES 700,000
⚙ ROUTE BParts Harvest
Buy a heavily damaged car — not rolling.
Dismantle it in Japan: engine, gearbox, body panels, hybrid battery.
Load a 20ft container and ship to Mombasa.
Sell individual parts through Peach's existing network.
Illustrative example
TAU bid price (x8 cars)¥800,000 ($5,100)Dismantling labour¥200,000 ($1,280)20ft container freight$3,200Kenya clearingKES 85,000Total cost≈ KES 1,500,000Parts resale value≈ KES 3,200,000
Margin ≈ KES 1,700,000
⚡ Quick Estimate
Enter a TAU bid price to see a rough margin estimate for each route.
Use the Container Planner for a full deal model.
TAU Bid Price (¥)
Damage Level
▲ ROUTE A — Fix & Export
⚙ ROUTE B — Parts Harvest
⚠ Estimates only. Actual costs vary by make, model, damage, and market conditions.
Use Container Planner for a full deal model.
📊 — listings tracked
🔴 — live auctions
📅 Updated daily at 08:00 EAT
🛠 Work in progress — prices auto-correct within 7 days of first run
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One-time setup. Generate a fine-grained PAT at github.com/settings/tokens
with Actions: Write on the tau-tracker repo only.
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