Customs duty on Articles of apparel of leather in Nepal
Articles of apparel of leather is classified under HS code 4203.10.00 (chapter 42, Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 9.5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.
20%General duty
9.5%India & SAARC (SAFTA)
13%VAT
kg/nosCustoms unit
Landed cost — worked example
For a shipment with a CIF value of Rs 100,000 (cost + insurance + freight to the Nepal border), the customs duty and VAT work out as:
Origin
Customs duty
Duty amount
VAT (13%)
Landed cost
General (any origin)
20%
Rs 20,000
Rs 15,600
Rs 135,600
India & SAARC (with SAFTA certificate of origin)
9.5%
Rs 9,500
Rs 14,235
Rs 123,735
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 20% to 9.5% — about Rs 11,865 less on this Rs 100,000 example, once the VAT on the saved duty is counted. How SAFTA & the certificate of origin work →
Excise duty, the road-development fee and other charges apply to specific goods (vehicles, alcohol, tobacco, petroleum…) and are not in the figure above. Open the full calculator →
Nepal’s imports of Articles of apparel of leather
Nepal imported about Rs 2.45 Crore of Articles of apparel of leather in FY 2082/83, mainly from India, China, Pakistan.