Customs duty on Granite, crude or roughly trimmed in Nepal

Granite, crude or roughly trimmed is classified under HS code 2516.11.00 (chapter 25, Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement). It attracts 10% customs duty (general), or 7.25% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

10%General duty
7.25%India & SAARC (SAFTA)
13%VAT
kg/m3Customs 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)7.25%Rs 7,250Rs 13,942Rs 121,192
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 10% to 7.25% — about Rs 3,108 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 Granite, crude or roughly trimmed

Nepal imported about Rs 64.00 Crore of Granite, crude or roughly trimmed in FY 2082/83, mainly from India, China.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
IndiaRs 17.91 Crore
ChinaRs 23,000

Related products

Gypsum; anhydriteHS 2520.10.00 · 5% dutyGranite merely cut into BLOCKSHS 2516.12.10 · 10% dutyOther saltHS 2501.00.90 · Free dutyOther clays, nesHS 2508.40.00 · 5% dutyFeldsparHS 2529.10.00 · 10% dutyHydraulic limeHS 2522.30.00 · 10% dutyDolomite not calcined or sinteredHS 2518.10.00 · 10% dutyPlastersHS 2520.20.00 · 10% duty
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