Customs duty on Complete wigs of synthetic textile materia s in Nepal
Complete wigs of synthetic textile materia s is classified under HS code 6704.11.00 (chapter 67, Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 7.25% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.
20%General duty
7.25%India & SAARC (SAFTA)
13%VAT
kgCustoms 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)
7.25%
Rs 7,250
Rs 13,942
Rs 121,192
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 20% to 7.25% — about Rs 14,408 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 Complete wigs of synthetic textile materia s
Nepal imported about Rs 41.4 Lakh of Complete wigs of synthetic textile materia s in FY 2082/83, mainly from China, Myanmar, Netherlands.