No customs charges in the EU, USA, UK or Norway that's great! But what about my country?
My shipments are made from the US, the UK and from the EU and it is unfortunately not possible for me to include Customs and VAT in the shipping cost when I ship to countries outside these regions.
Fortunately in many countries the standard order values are below the minimum threshold for customs and VAT.
All countries have a so-called "De Minimis" level on customs, this means if the shipping value is lower than those, no VAT and/or no custom will be charged.
From the list below you can see that no customs or VAT will be charged for Japan (JPY 10000), South Korea (KRW170000), Australia for "standard orders" below ~$150, on the other hand for instance in Canada there will unfortunately be an extra charge added from your customs for all orders.
|
Country |
De-Minimis Threshold Value on Customs Duty |
De-minimis Threshold Value on VAT/GST (or similar taxes) |
|
Australia |
AUD 1000 |
-- |
|
Canada |
CAD 150 |
CAD 40 |
|
China |
CNY 50 |
CNY 0 |
|
Hong Kong |
HKD 0 |
HKD 0 |
|
India |
INR 1000.00 |
INR 0.00 |
|
Japan |
JPY 10,000 |
JPY 10,000 |
|
Luxembourg |
EUR 150 |
EUR 22 |
|
Mexico |
USD 50 |
USD 50 |
|
Norway |
NOK 350 |
NOK 0 |
|
Russian Federation |
EUR 200 |
EUR 200 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
SAR1000.00 |
SAR 0 |
|
Singapore |
SGD 400 |
SGD 400 |
|
Slovenia |
EUR 150 |
EUR 22 |
|
Switzerland |
CHF 62 |
--* |
|
Taiwan |
TWD 2000 |
TWD 2000 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
AED 1000 |
AED 0 |
|
United Kingdom |
GBP 135 |
-- |
|
United States |
USD 800 |
-- |
|
South Korea |
KRW 170 000 |
-- |
n.b.
VAT ="--" means that no VAT will be charged unless the customs value is reached.
VAT = "0" means VAT will be charged on all shipments with a commercial value.
VAT charged is your country's standard VAT, normally between 10-25%, Customs on hand tools are normally between 2-5%.
* Tax amounts of up to 5 Swiss francs are not levied.
A complete list on De-Minimis : https://docs.zonos.com/guides/de-minimis-values
IMPORTANT : Please understand that I'm not making any promises here, it is just way too complex to read in on all the different regulations and they are also changing from time to time. I'm just trying to give an overview, if you want to be sure how your order is going to be handled by your customs I recommend you check on your country's custom office website.