Customs duty on Neither crushed not ground Pepper (Sichuan pepper) in Nepal

Neither crushed not ground Pepper (Sichuan pepper) is classified under HS code 0904.11.40 (chapter 09, Coffee, tea, mate and spices). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

20%General duty
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)20%Rs 20,000Rs 15,600Rs 135,600
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 20% to 5% — about Rs 16,950 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 Neither crushed not ground Pepper (Sichuan pepper)

Nepal imported about Rs 96.5 Lakh of Neither crushed not ground Pepper (Sichuan pepper) in FY 2082/83, mainly from China, Qatar.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
ChinaRs 32.3 Lakh
QatarRs 1,000

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