Customs duty on French fry Potato, frozen, prepared or preserved otherwise in Nepal
French fry Potato, frozen, prepared or preserved otherwise is classified under HS code 2004.10.10 (chapter 20, Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 18.5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.
20%General duty
18.5%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:
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)
18.5%
Rs 18,500
Rs 15,405
Rs 133,905
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 20% to 18.5% — about Rs 1,695 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 French fry Potato, frozen, prepared or preserved otherwise
Nepal imported about Rs 1.20 Arab of French fry Potato, frozen, prepared or preserved otherwise in FY 2082/83, mainly from India, United States.