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Country-Specific Import Tax Rates

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Written by Guido Kaspers
Updated over 2 months ago

Taxation rules differ significantly from country to country, including variations in import tax terminology, tax rates, and de minimis values. Read on to discover these diverse taxation aspects across various nations and stay up to date with recent global tariff changes, including new U.S. and EU policies.

De minimis, Latin for “about minimal things,” refers to the price threshold below which imports are exempt from taxes or duties. For instance, a 10% tax is applied to all transactions exceeding their 1,000 AUD de minimis threshold in Australia. Recent changes include the United States ending its $800 de minimis exemption for shipments from China, and increased tariffs on select imports from China in both the U.S. and EU.


Different names for tax

VAT: Value-added tax is a goods and services tax assessed in many countries.

GST: Goods and Services Tax collected in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Canada, and India.

IVA: Impuesto Valor Añadido, or Value Added Tax in Spanish, collected in Portugal and Mexico.

CT: Consumption tax levied in Japan on sales.

ICMS: Tax on goods and services for states in Brazil.

PST: Provincial Sales Tax collected on sales in Canadian provinces.

HST: Harmonized Sales Tax is collected in Canadian provinces where the federal GST and provincial PST are combined into a single value-added tax.


Import Tax Rates per Country

COUNTRY

ISO CODE

TAX RATE

TAX DE MINIMIS

Albania

AL

20%

100 USD

Algeria

DZ

19%

50000 DZD

American Samoa

AS

10%

0 USD

Andorra

AD

4.50%

0 EUR

Angola

AO

14%

100 USD

Anguilla

AI

13%

0 XCD

Antigua & Barbuda

AG

15%

0 USD

Argentina

AR

21%

25 USD

Armenia

AM

20%

300 USD

Aruba

AW

7%

0 USD

Australia

AU

10%

1000 AUD

Austria

AT

20%

0 EUR

Azerbaijan

AZ

18%

0 USD

Bahamas

BS

10%

0 USD

Bahrain

BH

10%

0 BHD

Bangladesh

BD

15%

0 BDT

Barbados

BB

17.50%

0 BBD

Belarus

BY

20%

22 EUR

Belgium

BE

21%

0 EUR

Belize

BZ

12.50%

0 BZD

Benin

BJ

18%

50 USD

Bermuda

BM

0%

0 BMD

Bhutan

BT

50%

0 INR

Bolivia

BO

14.94%

0 USD

Bonaire, St.Eustatius and Saba

BQ

8%

100 USD

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BA

17%

0 EUR

Botswana

BW

12%

0 BWP

Brazil

BR

17-19%

0 BRL

Brunei Darussalam

BN

0%

0 BND*

Bulgaria

BG

20%

0 BGN

Burkina Faso

BF

18%

0 USD

Burundi

BI

18%

0 USD

Cambodia

KH

10%

50 USD

Cameroon

CM

19.25%

400 USD

Canada

CA

5%

20 CAD

Canada BC

CA

7%

20 CAD

Canada MB

CA

7%

20 CAD

Canada NB

CA

10%

20 CAD

Canada NL

CA

10%

20 CAD

Canada NS

CA

10%

20 CAD

Canada ON

CA

8%

20 CAD

Canada PE

CA

10%

20 CAD

Canada QC

CA

9.98%

20 CAD

Canada SK

CA

6%

20 CAD

Cape Verde

CV

15%

200 USD

Cayman Islands

KY

0%

0 USD

Central African Republic

CF

19%

0 USD

Chad

TD

18%

20 USD

Chile

CL

19%

30 USD

China, People's Republic of

CN

13%

0 CNY*

Colombia

CO

19%

200 USD

Comoros

KM

10%

0 USD

Congo

CG

18%

12 USD

Cook Islands

CK

15%

0 NZD

Costa Rica

CR

13%

50 USD

Croatia

HR

25%

0 EUR

Curaçao

CW

6%

100 USD

Cyprus

CY

19%

0 EUR

Czech Republic

CZ

21%

0 EUR

Denmark

DK

25%

0 DKK

Djibouti

DJ

26%

0 DJF

Dominica

DM

15%

0 USD

Dominican Republic

DO

18%

200 USD

Ecuador

EC

15%

0 USD

Egypt

EG

14%

0 EGP

El Salvador

SV

13%

0 USD

Equatorial Guinea

GQ

15%

0 USD

Eritrea

ER

10%

0 USD

Estonia

EE

22%

0 EUR

Ethiopia

ET

15%

25 EUR

Faroe Islands (Denmark)

FO

25%

80 DKK

Fiji

FJ

15%

200 FJD

Finland

FI

24%

0 EUR*

France

FR

20%

0 EUR

French Guiana

GF

0%

0 EUR

French Polynesia (Tahiti)

PF

16%

20,000 XPF

Gabon

GA

18%

10 USD

Gambia

GM

15%

100 USD

Georgia

GE

18%

170 USD

Germany

DE

19%

0 EUR

Ghana

GH

15%

0 USD

Gibraltar

GI

0%

0 USD

Greece

GR

24%

0 EUR

Greenland (Denmark)

GL

0%

80 DKK

Grenada

GD

15%

0 USD

Guadeloupe

GP

8.50%

0 EUR

Guam

GU

4%

0 USD

Guatemala

GT

12%

0 USD

Guernsey

GG

0%

0 EUR

Guinea

GN

18%

15 USD

Guinea-Bissau

GW

18%

0 USD

Guyana

GY

14%

0 USD

Haiti

HT

10%

0 USD

Honduras

HN

15%

0 USD

Hong Kong

HK

0%

0 USD

Hungary

HU

27%

0 EUR

Iceland

IS

24%

0 ISK

India

IN

18-28%

0 INR

Indonesia

ID

11%

75 USD

Iraq

IQ

15%

0 USD

Ireland

IE

23%

0 EUR*

Israel

IL

17%

75 USD

Italy

IT

22%

0 EUR

Ivory Coast

CI

18%

20 USD

Jamaica

JM

16.5%

0 USD

Japan

JP

10%

10000 JPY*

Jersey

JE

5%

0 GBP*

Jordan

JO

16%

0 JOD

Kazakhstan

KZ

12%

500 EUR

Kenya

KE

16%

0 USD

Kiribati

KI

0%

0 USD

Korea, The Republic of

KR

10%

150 USD

Kuwait

KW

0%

0 USD

Kyrgyzstan

KG

20%

120 USD

Laos

LA

10%

0 LAK

Latvia

LV

21%

0 EUR

Lebanon

LB

11%

0 USD

Lesotho

LS

14%

0 USD

Liberia

LR

7%

0 USD

Liechtenstein

LI

8.1%

0 CHF*

Lithuania

LT

21%

0 EUR

Luxembourg

LU

17%

0 EUR

Macau

MO

0%

0 MOP

Macedonia

MK

18%

22 EUR

Madagascar

MG

20%

20 USD

Malawi

MW

16.50%

0 MWK

Malaysia

MY

10%

0 MYR

Maldives

MV

8%

0 MVR

Mali

ML

18%

20 USD

Malta

MT

18%

0 EUR

Marshall Islands

MH

10%

0 USD

Martinique

MQ

8.50%

0 EUR

Mauritania

MR

14%

25 USD

Mauritius

MU

15%

500 MUR

Mayotte

YT

0%

0 EUR

Mexico

MX

16%

50 USD

Micronesia, Federated States of

FM

35%

0 USD

Moldova

MD

20%

300 EUR

Monaco

MC

20%

22 EUR

Mongolia

MN

10%

0 MNT

Montenegro

ME

21%

0 EUR

Montserrat

MS

15%

0 USD

Morocco

MA

20%

30 USD

Mozambique

MZ

17%

30 USD

Myanmar

MM

5%

0 USD

Namibia

NA

15%

0 USD

Nepal

NP

13%

0 NPR

Netherlands

NL

21%

0 EUR

New Caledonia

NC

0%

0 USD

New Zealand

NZ

15%

0 NZD*

Nicaragua

NI

15%

0 NIO

Niger

NE

21%

0 USD

Nigeria

NG

5%

0 USD

Norfolk Island

NF

0%

0 USD

Northern Mariana Islands

MP

0%

0 USD

Norway

NO

25%

350 NOK

Oman

OM

0%

0 USD

Pakistan

PK

17%

0 USD

Palau

PW

0%

0 USD

Palestine

PS

0%

0 EGP

Panama

PA

7%

100 PAB

Papua New Guinea

PG

10%

25 PGK

Paraguay

PY

10%

20 USD

Peru

PE

18%

200 USD

Philippines

PH

12%

10000 PHP

Poland

PL

23%

0 EUR

Portugal

PT

23%

0 EUR

Puerto Rico

PR

11.50%

0 USD

Qatar

QA

0%

0 QAR

Reunion

RE

8.50%

22 EUR

Romania

RO

19%

0 EUR

Russia

RU

20%

200 EUR

Rwanda

RW

18.00%

0 USD

Samoa

WS

0%

0 SDG

San Marino

SM

22%

0 EUR

Saudi Arabia

SA

15%

0 USD

Senegal

SN

18%

0 USD

Serbia

RS

20%

0 RSD

Seychelles

SC

15%

0 SCR

Sierra Leone

SL

15%

0 USD

Singapore

SG

9%

400 SGD

Slovakia

SK

20%

0 EUR

Slovenia

SI

22%

0 EUR

Solomon Islands

SB

15%

0 USD

South Africa

ZA

15%

0 ZAR

Spain

ES

21%

0 EUR

Sri Lanka

LK

18%

0 LKR

St. Barthelemy

BL

0%

0 EUR

St. Kitts and Nevis

KN

17%

0 USD

St. Lucia

LC

12.50%

0 USD

St. Maarten

MF

5%

0 USD

St. Vincent

VC

15%

0 XCD

Sudan

SD

35.54%

0 USD

Suriname

SR

10%

0 XCD

Swaziland

SZ

14%

0 USD

Sweden

SE

25%

0 SEK

Switzerland

CH

8.1%

0 CHF*

Syria

SY

0%

0 SYP

Taiwan

TW

5%

2000 TWD

Tanzania

TZ

18%

0 TZS

Thailand

TH

7%

1500 THB

Timor-Leste

TL

5%

0 USD

Togo

TG

18%

400 USD

Tonga

TO

15%

0 USD

Trinidad and Tobago

TT

12.50%

0 TTD

Tunisia

TN

19%

0 TND

Turkey

TR

20%

0 EUR

Turkmenistan

TM

15%

0 USD

Turks and Caicos Islands

TC

0%

0 USD

Tuvalu

TV

0%

0 USD

Uganda

UG

18%

0 USD

Ukraine

UA

20%

0 EUR

United Arab Emirates

AE

5%

0 AED

United Kingdom

GB

20%

0 GBP

United States

US

0%

800 USD

Uruguay

UY

22%

1 USD

Uzbekistan

UZ

20%

1000 USD

Vanuatu

VU

15%

0 USD

Vatican City

VA

0%

0 EUR

Venezuela

VE

16%

100 USD

Vietnam

VN

10%

0 VND

Virgin Islands (British)

VG

0%

0 USD

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

VI

0%

0 USD

Wallis and Futuna

WF

0%

0 XPF

Yemen

YE

5%

0 YER

Zambia

ZM

16%

50 USD

Zimbabwe

ZW

15%

10 USD

* Indicates the county has special De Minimis rules.

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