Welcome to Thailandblog.nl
With 275.000 visits per month, Thailandblog is the largest Thailand community in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter and stay informed!
Newsletter
Language setting
Rate Thai Baht
Sponsor
Latest comments
- Peter Albronda: Dear Lung Addie, I read with attention your response about the geomagnetic storms. From your text I gather that you, just like me, have a
- Mark: I have also done some “research” for myself about freelance work in Thailand. By the way, I am a resident of Thailand. Voo
- Bert Matthys: Peter Yai, it's the Pongsin Resort I think you mean?
- Stefan: Correction: Source: The Rudi & Freddie Show! :-) https://shorturl.at/iozS1
- Bart: I think official figures cannot be denied. And those figures clearly show something different than what you claim. I
- Do: Try a new invention from Japan called Poliglu. Costs something like bht 4000,-
- Arjen: What Erik says is completely correct. And don't say things like: "but in this case it's not necessary" because... Any form
- Khoen: The question is whether Hans can benefit from usufruct by transferring land and house to his girlfriend. What is the case? No
- Lung addie: Dear Freddy, you are asking for tips on how to submit a 'successful' objection. On what basis do you want to submit an objection?
- French: Okay, but we don't live together, but there are clothes of hers hanging with me, yes, and when they come to check, they see that of course.
- Pjotter: Idd Google regularly gives strange translations. The app compared to the internet site is useful for, for example, a menu at a restaurant
- John Hoekstra: Without a work permit it is not advisable to work in Thailand. If you get caught you will end up in the “immigration de
- Khoen: Answers to almost all questions about the AOW can be found on the SVB website. As for Frans' question, see
- Lung addie: As radio amateurs we experience this phenomenon. These are the so-called X-Flares. It is now practically impossible for us to, via the
- John Hoekstra: The Phraya, which is on the right of the photo, is a really good Thai rum. It's a bit more expensive, but it's great.
Sponsor
Bangkok again
Menu
Arrivals Bangkok Airport
DOSSIERS
Learning objectives and topics
- Background
- Activities
- Advertorial
- Diary
- Tax question
- Belgium question
- Sights
- Bizarre
- Buddhism
- Book reviews
- Column
- Corona crisis
- The Culture
- Diary
- Dating
- The week of
- Dossier
- To dive
- Economy
- A day in the life of…..
- Islands
- Food and drink
- Events and festivals
- Balloon Festival
- Bo Sang Umbrella Festival
- Buffalo races
- Chiang Mai Flower Festival
- Chinese New Year
- Full Moon Party
- Christmas
- Lotus Festival – Rub Bua
- Loy Krathong
- Naga Fireball Festival
- New Years Eve celebration
- Phi ta khon
- Phuket Vegetarian Festival
- Rocket festival – Bun Bang Fai
- Songkran – Thai New Year
- Fireworks Festival Pattaya
- Expats and retirees
- state pension
- Car insurance
- Banking
- Tax in the Netherlands
- Thailand tax
- Belgian Embassy
- Belgian tax authorities
- Proof of life
- DigiD
- emigrate
- To rent a house
- Buy a house
- In memoriam
- Income statement
- King's day
- Cost of living
- Dutch embassy
- Dutch government
- Dutch Association
- News
- Passing away
- Passport
- Retirement
- Drivers license
- Distributions
- Elections
- Insurance in general
- Visa
- work
- Hospital
- Health insurance
- Flora and fauna
- Photo of the week
- Gadgets
- Money and finance
- History
- Health
- Charities
- Hotels
- Looking at houses
- Isaan
- Khan Peter
- Koh Mook
- King Bhumibol
- Living in Thailand
- Reader Submission
- Reader call
- Reader tips
- Reader question
- Society
- marketplace
- Medical tourism
- Environment
- Nightlife
- News from the Netherlands and Belgium
- News from Thailand
- Entrepreneurs and companies
- Education
- Research
- Discover Thailand
- Opinions
- Remarkable
- Calls
- Floods 2011
- Floods 2012
- Floods 2013
- Floods 2014
- Winter prices
- Politics
- Poll
- Travel stories
- Travel
- Organizations
- Shopping
- Social media
- Spa & wellness
- Sport
- Cities
- Position of the week
- The beach
- Language
- For sale
- TEV procedure
- Thailand in general
- Thailand with children
- thai tips
- Thai massage
- Tourism
- Going out
- Currency – Thai Baht
- From the editors
- Real estate law; and
- Traffic and transport
- Visa Short Stay
- Long stay visa
- Visa question
- Flight tickets
- Question of the week
- Weather and climate
Sponsor
Disclaimer translations
Thailandblog uses machine translations in multiple languages. Use of translated information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for errors in translations.
Read our full here disclaimer.
Royalty
© Copyright Thailandblog 2024. All rights reserved. Unless stated otherwise, all rights to information (text, image, sound, video, etc.) that you find on this site rest with Thailandblog.nl and its authors (bloggers).
Whole or partial takeover, placement on other sites, reproduction in any other way and/or commercial use of this information is not permitted, unless express written permission has been granted by Thailandblog.
Linking and referring to the pages on this website is permitted.
Home » Reader question » Reader question: How much import duty do I have to pay?
Reader question: How much import duty do I have to pay?
Dear readers,
If one orders something online through Amazon, Ebay or AliExpres, at what amount will one have to pay import duties if it is sent to my address in Thailand?
Sincerely,
Eddy
It's unclear what you're asking. Do you now want to know how much you have to pay or when you have to pay?
This is a site: http://search.customs.go.th:8090/Customs-Eng/PostalParcels/PostalParcels.jsp?menuNme=PostalParcels. I read that the exemption is only 1.000 baht per package.
You can find the rate on the Thai customs site. The value you pay for is the economic value in Thailand, and if that is not known then the amount you sacrificed plus freight plus insurance.
After that, 7% VAT will be added (value plus import duty). The said site also states how to act if you do not agree with the rate used; in practice they do throw on the 'general' rate of 30% and they wait until you start beeping.
@ Eric,
If one has to pay import duties, then the good calculation of the Thai post comes to the fore.
The customer is also given a piece of paper, which contains the total of the import duties, plus 200 baht costs. because they have to make this note and hand it to you.
Percentages of import duties is also highly variable.
LOUISE
I don't know what it's like in Thailand, but in the Netherlands Post NL "intermediates" - always and unsolicited - with the clearance of a parcel from abroad and charges €13 per shipment. Depending on the value, this is sometimes an amount to take into account.
I have already ordered hundreds of items from aliexpress, have had to pay import tax three times, twice on carbon bicycle wheels and once on a fishing rod, if you have it shipped with dhl or so you pay import, aliexpress usually works with a chinese freighters, then do you pay zero the bones or
In my opinion, you order from Amazon/Lazada.com Thailand.
So that is a domestic matter and therefore exempt from taxes?
I like to give my opinion for a better….
Willem
If you order something from the online sites you do not have to pay import duties, I have NEVER done this before you order and pay the amount for which you want it with any costs for shipping.
Packages with a declared value of up to USD 49 have always remained tax-free for me until now
What I know is above 50$
If your question is: At what amount do I have to pay import duties, then I think the answer is: Above 1000 Baht.
If your question is: What amount do I have to pay, then this depends on the percentage of import duties that differ per product, and also on other variables such as excise duties and special levies.
Here are a few calculation examples:
.
https://goo.gl/GRLLcV
When ordering from Amazon.de or another online store in Europe, remember that you can get your VAT back. That saves how much? 14% on the price? If you can prove to these shops that the package is going to Thailand because you live there, they will already deduct this VAT in the shop. They have special forms for it. This also applies, of course, when you are on holiday in Europe and you live in Thailand.
Just like Louis49, ordered dozens of items on various sites, with values up to 5000THB or more, never paid anything. You only pay import duties if you order via Singapore. Otherwise mostly with China P{ost, no problems.
Items delivered by a courier such as UPS, DHL etc are always taxed as a rule. I never pay anything extra because I only buy with shipping by mail.
I did have to pay import duties on a package from Holland to me in Thailand.
My daughter sent me a few packs of coffee pods, Braun Oral B brush heads and 3 vials of Deet mosquito repellent in a box by registered mail. On the box she wrote: “value € 100,- for “Coffee pods and toilet articles. The post office in A'dam advised her to write the actual value on the box (the receipt) because the goods would then be insured for that amount if the box were lost.
The coffee was actually €30, the rest a total of €70. So € 100 in total.
The shipment arrived in Pattaya on August 4. It had been on the road for a month and was not even delivered to my address. The postman told me to go pick up the box myself at Sukhumvit (Pattaya) near Chayapruek, but that I had to pay 1564 Baht at the customs.
That amount was even higher than the price of the coffee, so I refused to pay. “Send it back!” They would, but it turned out that Pattaya post office held that box for another 6 weeks because “the recipient might change his mind!….”
They sent that box back to the post office in Bangkok where it also had to remain for a full month. When asked at Post.nl in Groningen (the only phone number that can find out where the box is located), said that the box was sent back to Amsterdam on October 10, with the message that the shipment can take 7 to 10 weeks !! I don't expect the return shipment until A'dam around the turn of the year…
My coffee pods will be about 7 months old by then. I will only go to NL again in May 2017, so that coffee is already 1 year old…
I regret that I have not been able to get in touch with customs in BKK. As a result, I was unable to have a conversation with the customs officers about the contents and value of that box. So that takes me 1 whole year! I also couldn't expedite the return. TIT! Amazing Thailand.
It is not wise for the insurance company to indicate the actual value. Imagine what can happen if your package goes missing and you make a claim on the insurance. It's pointless and you don't want to experience that misery either. Your package will probably never arrive in NL because someone has to pay for it in advance. And if it does arrive, you also have to pay for the return shipment. My wife always fills in for the content: curry paste and especially if it contains real food. We have sent packages up to 10 kg from the Netherlands on several occasions and have never paid anything for “excess luggage” or “used personal assets” or “curry paste”. We always specify a value of 0 or 10 Euro. Those people at the post office in NL they certainly don't know how things are in Thailand. If you really want to send something of high value I would accept that you have to pay import duties and do it via UPS or DHL. The chance that a package will get lost is very small and even then I would try to be creative with the value to be declared as long as it is not diamonds or cash money /