custom duty 100%
Jul 30, 2013 | 3:13 am
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custom duty 100%
I ordered a phone from China to India which costed me 216$. The product is a rip phone of Samsung galaxy S4
Today, I received a call from post-office saying that your product is arrived and you will have to pay Rs. 13,000 (218$) as custom duty/Tax.
I cant pay that much amount as tax. Please help me what should I do?
Regards,
Gaurang
Today, I received a call from post-office saying that your product is arrived and you will have to pay Rs. 13,000 (218$) as custom duty/Tax.
I cant pay that much amount as tax. Please help me what should I do?
Regards,
Gaurang
Jul 30, 2013 | 3:35 am
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The Customs Act clearly states that customs is free to assess the value of the good being imported by post:
http://www.eximguru.com/exim/indian-...ostal_imports:
Did the chinese sender attach a CN22 declaration on the outside? Did it include a CN23 when the item clearly exceeded 2000 INR?
Fake/pirated items are usually banned from import, you are probably lucky they didn't confiscate it...
You could appeal to customs about their decision, but I doubt you can repeal the duty rate. There are some contact numbers here:
http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Customs_Information.aspx (download the pdf and check page 335).
http://www.eximguru.com/exim/indian-...ostal_imports:
Did the chinese sender attach a CN22 declaration on the outside? Did it include a CN23 when the item clearly exceeded 2000 INR?
Fake/pirated items are usually banned from import, you are probably lucky they didn't confiscate it...
You could appeal to customs about their decision, but I doubt you can repeal the duty rate. There are some contact numbers here:
http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Customs_Information.aspx (download the pdf and check page 335).
Jul 31, 2013 | 2:35 am
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Jul 31, 2013 | 9:31 am
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and also i would say cheaper than USD 216 from what i see in bkk.. here its USD 100 for the best quality replica so even adding a 75% markup would make it not more than 175usd in india..