Ali Express

[Isan Farang]

Need a car part that is available with Ali Express, have never used them before so i am wandering regarding customs charges

 

For anyone that has used them, do they send the items by regular post and how did the customs part check out

 

Total for the part and shipping is around 3.000 Baht

Edited April 15 by Isan Farang

[Ralf001]

Is a crapshoot from Lazada, some come though unscathed by customs so do not.

Prepare to pay import duties and you will not be surprised !

Import duties will be on CIF.

[CharlieH]

Depending on how its categorised by the sender, generally, anything over 1500thb is subject to duty.

 

The import tax calculation on products is divided into three parts:
1. Import duty = product price x import duty rate;
2. VAT = (product price + import duty) x VAT rate 7%;
3. Total taxes to be paid = import duties + VAT.

 

FREE Calculator : Import Duty Calculator - SimplyDuty

 

discussion here from 2019

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

I bought many things from AliExpress. I always select the regular post delivery.

From 100 packages I paid maybe 3 or 5 times tax and duty in Thailand.

It's a gamble. But mostly, in my experience, you don't pay anything in Thailand.

 

If things are delivered by DHL or FedEx or anything similar, then you can be almost certain that you pay tax and duty. And you pay it on the total cost arriving in Thailand including transport. 

[lopburi3]

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Is a crapshoot from Lazada, some come though unscathed by customs so do not.

Prepare to pay import duties and you will not be surprised !

Import duties will be on CIF.

In many years of using have never been asked to pay more than listed on Lazada shipments.  Ali Express is a different platform.

5 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Depending on how its categorised by the sender, anything over 1500thb is subject to duty.

 

The import tax calculation on products is divided into three parts:
1. Import duty = product price x import duty rate;
2. VAT = (product price + import duty) x VAT rate 7%;
3. Total taxes to be paid = import duties + VAT.

There have been special FTA rules for China and others however and bulk payment systems, but this may be subject to change as government has directed that everything must be subject to 7% tax (elephant pants protest) reaction.

[Crossy]

If you can get your item shipped "DDP" (Delivery Duty Paid) there's no extra to pay when it arrives.

 

I'm not sure if there's a minimum value for specifying this mind, it can't hurt to ask.