Estimates of International Shipping Duty Tax Rates

Albania

Duties 0-15%
VAT 20%

Algeria

VAT 7, 17%
Duties 3-40%
TSA1 (Luxuries) 20-110%

Andorra

Duties 1-7% (avg. 3.6%)
VAT 4.5%

Aruba

Duties 0-12% (avg. 3%)

Australia

No duty on purchases under A$1000
Duties 0-17.5%
GST2 - 10%

Austria

Duties 3.5-15% (avg. 3.5%)
VAT 20%

Azores (Portugal)

VAT 13%
Import Duties may apply

Balearic Islands (see Spain)

Duties 0-20% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 21%

Belarus

Duties 20-40%
VAT 20%

Belgium

Duties 3.5-15% (avg. 3.5%)
VAT 12, 21%

Bosnia & Herzegovina

VAT 17%
Duties 0-15%

Botswana

Duties 37.5% (65%, motor vehicles)
VAT 12%
Excise tax 5-35% (luxury goods)

Bulgaria

Duties 5-40%
VAT 7, 20%

Canada

Duties 0-20%
GST 5%

Canary Islands

VAT 0%
IGIC/AIEM5 4.5% (some imports)

Ceuta

VAT 0%
IPSI6 3% (some imports)

Chile

Duties 6-16.5%
VAT 19%
Luxury Tax 50-85%

China

Duties 0-35% (motor vehicles 34.2%)
VAT 17%
Consumption Tax 5-10%

Corsica (France)

VAT 8, 19.6%

Cote d'Ivoire

Duties 0-35%
VAT 18, 20%

Croatia

Duties 0-18%
VAT 10, 25%
Motor Vehicles Tax 0- 48%

Curacao

VAT 6%
Duties 0-17%

Cyprus

VAT 18%
Duties 0-30%

Czech Republic

Duties 0-20% (avg.)
VAT 15, 21%

Denmark

Duties 5-14%
VAT 25%

Estonia

VAT 20%
Avg. duty rate 5%

Faroe Islands (Denmark)

Duties 0-25%

Finland

Duties 0-35%
VAT 24%

France

Duties 5-17%
VAT 5.5, 19.6%

Germany

Duties 5-17%
VAT 7, 19%

Gibraltar

VAT 0%
Duties 12% (avg.)
Vehicles 25-30%

Greece

Duties 5-7% (vehicles higher)
VAT 9, 23%

Greenland (Denmark)

VAT 0%
Import surcharges may apply to raw materials

Guadeloupe (France)

VAT 2.1, 8.5%

Guernsey (United Kingdom)

VAT 0%
Duties 0-22%

Hong Kong

Registration Tax 35-100% (motor vehicles)
GST 0%

Hungary

Duties 0-60% (8% avg.)
VAT 27%
Excise tax 10-35% (luxury goods)

Iceland

Duties 0-30% (avg. 3.6%)
VAT 7.5%, 25.5%
Excise tax 7-40% (vehicles)

India

VAT 13.5%
Duties 0-40%
Excise tax 8-24%

Ireland

Duties 5-20% (avg. 3.5%)
VAT 23%

Isle of Man (United Kingdom)

VAT 5, 20%
Duties 5-15%

Israel

Purchase Tax 5-90%
Duties 0.8-80%
VAT 18%
Linkage charge (CPI variance)

Italy

Duties 5-20% (avg. 3.5%)
VAT 22%

Ivory Coast see Cote d'Ivoire

Japan

Consumption Tax 5%

Jersey (United Kingdom)

VAT 0%
GST 5%
Duties 0-22%

Latvia

Duties 0-55% (avg. 15%)
VAT 20%

Lebanon

VAT 10%
Duties 0-70% (avg. 15%)

Lesotho (SACU)

Duties 0-40%
VAT 14%

Liechtenstein (Admin by Switz.)

VAT 8%

Lithuania

Duties 0-15%
VAT 21%
Excise tax 10-100%

Luxembourg

Duties 5-14%
VAT 3, 15%

Macao, China

VAT 0%
Consumption Tax 0%
Motor Vehicle Tax 10-55%

Macedonia

Duties 0-30%, average 14.5%
VAT 5% (computer goods, medical goods) 18% (all others)
Excise Tax 5-62%

Madagascar

Duties 5-25%
VAT 20%

Madeira (Portugal)

VAT 22%

Malaysia

Duties 0-300% (avg. 8.1%)
GST 5-10%

Malta

VAT 18%
Duties 0-12%

Martinique

VAT 2.1, 8.5%

Mauritius

Duties 0-80%
VAT 15%

Mayotte (France)

VAT 0%
Import Duties may apply

Melilla (Spain)

VAT 0%
IPSI 4% (some imports)

Mexico

IVA8 10-16%

Miquelon (France)

VAT 0%
Duties 0-5%

Moldova

VAT 20%, reduced rate 8%

Monaco (Admin by France)

VAT 5.5, 19.6%
Duties 5-17%

Mongolia

VAT 10%
General import tariff 5%

Montenegro

VAT 7, 17%
Duties 5% (avg.)

Morocco

Duties 2.5-200% (avg. 10%)
VAT 10, 20%

Namibia (SACU)

Duties 0-85%
VAT 15%

Netherlands

Duties 5-20% (avg. 3.5%)
VAT 6, 21%

New Caledonia (France)

VAT 0%
TBI9 5%
Duties 0-20%

New Zealand

Duties 0-15%
GST 15%

Norway

VAT 12-25%
Duties 0-8%
Vehicles 10-60%

Pakistan

GST 15%
Duties 0-30%

Poland

Duties 0-15% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 7, 23%

Portugal

Duties 0-15% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 23%

Puerto Rico (USA)

Import Tax 0-7% (under review)

Reunion Island (France)

VAT 2.1, 8.5%
Duties may apply

Romania

Duties 0-30% (avg. 11.7%)
VAT 24%

Russia

Duties 5-20% (avg. 14%)
VAT 18%,10%
Excise Tax 20-570%

Saipan

Senegal

Customs Duties 0-20%
VAT 18%
Excise tax 0-50%

Serbia

Duties 0-30% (avg. 9.4%)
VAT 20%
Excise tax 5-70%

Singapore

GST 7%
Import Tax 0-1%
Vehicle tax 0-30%

Slovakia

Duties 0-15% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 10, 20%

Slovenia

Duties 0-20% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 8.5, 22%

South Africa

Duties 0-40% (avg. 20%)
Excise Tax 5-10% (incl. vehicles)
VAT 15%

South Korea

Duties 7.9% (avg.)
VAT 10%
Excise tax 15-100% (luxury items, electric goods)

Spain

Duties 0-20% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 21%

Sri Lanka

Duties 5-35%,
Motor vehicles 25%
VAT 12%

St. Barthelemy (France)

VAT 2.1, 8.5%

St. Martin (French Side)

VAT 2.1, 8.5%

St. Pierre (France)

VAT 0%
Duties 0-5%

Swaziland (SACU)

Sales tax (VAT) 14%
Duties 0-40%

Sweden

Duties 2-14% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 25%

Switzerland

Duties 3.2% (avg.)
VAT 8%, 2.4%
Statistical/Environmental Tax 3% (Co2 Emissions)

Tahiti (France)

VAT 2,4,6%

Taiwan

Duties 2-60% (avg. 8.2%)
VAT 5%

Tasmania (Australia)

GST 10%
Duties 0-17.5%

Thailand

Duties 0-45%
VAT 7%
Excise Tax 25-80% (luxury goods)

Tunisia

Duties 10-43%
VAT 18%
Luxury Tax 10-700%
Customs Formality Fee 3%

Turkey

Duties 0-20% (avg. 5%)
VAT 18%
Consumption Tax 7-40% (some luxury items & motor vehicles)

Ukraine

Duties 0-20 (avg. 16%)
VAT 20%
Excise tax 0-300% (vehicles and jewelry included)

United Arab Emirates

Duties 4-5%
Motor Vehicles & Boats 5%

United Kingdom

Duties 0-15% (avg. 4.2%)
VAT 20%

United States

No duty on purchases under $800

Wallis & Futuna (France)

VAT 2-6%