Custom Duty/taxes When Importing Electronic Goods From China

[Mactao]

Hello Guies,

I am thinking to buy some electronic things from a chinese website for a total of approx 300USD. They will ship it via EMS or DHL.

Does anyone has experience with that? How much custom duty/ taxes do you think I will need to pay upon arrival in Thailand?

Thanks

[muratremix]

Avoid dhl. With ems you may still pay 10% duty and 7% vat, its 50/50 chance.

if possible split your orders (150/150) and receive them one after another week.

[Mactao]

Avoid dhl. With ems you may still pay 10% duty and 7% vat, its 50/50 chance.

if possible split your orders (150/150) and receive them one after another week.

Thank you for that

[chris11]

Hello

I ordered a lot of stuff from China already(Mostly electronics, Phones Tablets etc.). So far i never paied any Vat or Duty with with EMS or DHl. Only 2 times i had to pay, 0ne time for a Smartphone with UPS and one time for burglary alarm with normal Post

Chris

[yougivemebaby]

SO the duty is actually supposed to be 10% plus 7%? I'm thinking of importing some furniture from China.

Thanks any website with references would be appreciated

[muratremix]

Someone who never paid duty with EMS is a possibility but DHL? NO frigging way. Unless, it was something untaxable which is highly doubtful (some people even pay duty on packages from their homecountry, eg. used clothes)

UPS and other express shipping services cut 30% duty and 7% VAT as standard. Good thing is chinese dealers usually wrote 30% percent of value to the invoice so your duty comes to a 10% percent instead of 30.

Normally you don't pay any duty or vat with EMS, but it is up to the post office's random check. If you got unlucky, they will check your package, find out real value of items (china = 3x of invoice) and cut 10 percent duty plus 7 percent vat from you.

As you can see EMS is much more affordable and there is a high chance you'll not pay any dime.

It arrives in min 5 days, usually 6 days after its shipped from China to Bangkok.

[muratremix]

SO the duty is actually supposed to be 10% plus 7%? I'm thinking of importing some furniture from China.

Thanks any website with references would be appreciated

You don't plan to import furniture by EMS or UPS/DHL/Fedex right? You should check thai customs website for duty rates. You may need a customs dealer (don't know what to call them in English) to help you get past the customs clearance, which maybe costly.

[Mactao]

Someone who never paid duty with EMS is a possibility but DHL? NO frigging way. Unless, it was something untaxable which is highly doubtful (some people even pay duty on packages from their homecountry, eg. used clothes)

UPS and other express shipping services cut 30% duty and 7% VAT as standard. Good thing is chinese dealers usually wrote 30% percent of value to the invoice so your duty comes to a 10% percent instead of 30.

Normally you don't pay any duty or vat with EMS, but it is up to the post office's random check. If you got unlucky, they will check your package, find out real value of items (china = 3x of invoice) and cut 10 percent duty plus 7 percent vat from you.

As you can see EMS is much more affordable and there is a high chance you'll not pay any dime.

It arrives in min 5 days, usually 6 days after its shipped from China to Bangkok.

UPS cuts 30% duty you say???! On which ground? Are they claiming that it is their fee for custom brokerage?

I mean 10% + 7% I can understand if it is the custom tariff and VAT for Thailand by Law. But 30% on no legal ground, it sounds like a big rip-off to me... Anyone else got experience with UPS even for things coming from other countries?

By the way thanks all for your comments and info

[NHJ]

UPS cuts 30% duty you say???! On which ground? Are they claiming that it is their fee for custom brokerage?

I mean 10% + 7% I can understand if it is the custom tariff and VAT for Thailand by Law. But 30% on no legal ground, it sounds like a big rip-off to me... Anyone else got experience with UPS even for things coming from other countries?

By the way thanks all for your comments and info

thailand is crazy about their tariffs, have a look http://igtf.customs.go.th/igtf/en/main_frame.jsp the only electronic devices at low rates are webcams and telephone (5%) for the rest 30% is really the minimum.

one exemple is speakers are taxed(tariff) at 60%

[Polanskiman]

Guys, import duty is variable according to the product or at least type of product. Each type of product has a different import duty %. Look at the import duty on vehicles or alcohol (80% and more). Regarding VAT it is 7% no matter what.

What is generally true (in my experience) is that if the seller evaluates the product below 150 USD the Thai customs will let it pass. Probably paperwork related.

DHL/FEDEX or whatever the company is irrelevant. What matters is the value.

[RandomSand]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN%E2%80%93China_Free_Trade_Area

[yougivemebaby]

http://en.wikipedia....Free_Trade_Area

Where can i find a list of these items that I want to import?say I want to buy in China and send to Thailand.?

Actually I'm trying to import a nespresso CitiZ single brew espresso maker into Thailand. Here they charge more than double what you'd pay in the states, malaysia, or Japan.

Thank you

[yougivemebaby]

Hello

I ordered a lot of stuff from China already(Mostly electronics, Phones Tablets etc.). So far i never paied any Vat or Duty with with EMS or DHl. Only 2 times i had to pay, 0ne time for a Smartphone with UPS and one time for burglary alarm with normal Post

Chris

This Agreement shall apply to all manufactured products, - including capital goods,

processed agricultural products, and those products failing outside the definition of agricultural

products as set out in this Agreement. Agricultural products shall be excluded from the CEPT

Scheme. You should have paid between 0-5% in tariff plus VAT is this correct?

Thank you

[marinediscoking]

After getting reemed by UPS with customs fee's never again. I now only ship with EMS or regular post, no problems or a nominal fee. Like everyone else has said it does make a difference. I would not try to import a mobile or notebook though.