Customs duty on Dentifrices in Nepal

Dentifrices is classified under HS code 3306.10.00 (chapter 33, Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations). It attracts 15% customs duty (general), or 9.5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

15%General duty
9.5%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:

OriginCustoms dutyDuty amountVAT (13%)Landed cost
General (any origin)15%Rs 15,000Rs 14,950Rs 129,950
India & SAARC (with SAFTA certificate of origin)9.5%Rs 9,500Rs 14,235Rs 123,735
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 15% to 9.5% — about Rs 6,215 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 Dentifrices

Nepal imported about Rs 1.29 Arab of Dentifrices in FY 2082/83, mainly from India, Malaysia, China.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
IndiaRs 86.35 Crore
MalaysiaRs 3.94 Crore
ChinaRs 1.98 Crore
BangladeshRs 1.11 Crore
NetherlandsRs 19.0 Lakh

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