Customs duty on Crude sunflower oil in Nepal

Crude sunflower oil is classified under HS code 1512.11.00 (chapter 15, Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes). It attracts 10% customs duty (general), or 5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

10%General duty
5%India & SAARC (SAFTA)
13%VAT
kg/ltrCustoms 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:

OriginCustoms dutyDuty amountVAT (13%)Landed cost
General (any origin)10%Rs 10,000Rs 14,300Rs 124,300
India & SAARC (with SAFTA certificate of origin)5%Rs 5,000Rs 13,650Rs 118,650
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 10% to 5% — about Rs 5,650 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 Crude sunflower oil

Nepal imported about Rs 127.49 Arab of Crude sunflower oil in FY 2082/83, mainly from Argentina, Ukraine, China.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
ArgentinaRs 17.34 Arab
UkraineRs 4.44 Arab
ChinaRs 15,000
IndiaRs 2,000

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