You sell the paint ex-vat I suppose, you can't sell a used car ex-vat (at least as an individual).
The car was built in EU, but unfortunately, it doesn't change anything (as the cars when new were sold ex-vat to Japan in the first time).
It's the same if we buy parts from a UK shop now (eurospares, superformance, ...), we pay the price in € ex-vat and pay the VAT +10% (+processing fee to fedex or dhl ), even if the parts were made in Italy. It's quite a mess.
The car was built in EU, but unfortunately, it doesn't change anything (as the cars when new were sold ex-vat to Japan in the first time).
It's the same if we buy parts from a UK shop now (eurospares, superformance, ...), we pay the price in € ex-vat and pay the VAT +10% (+processing fee to fedex or dhl ), even if the parts were made in Italy. It's quite a mess.