Customs duty on Slate, crude, roughly trimmed or merely cut or not into blocks or slabs in Nepal

Slate, crude, roughly trimmed or merely cut or not into blocks or slabs is classified under HS code 2514.00.00 (chapter 25, Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 9.5% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

20%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)20%Rs 20,000Rs 15,600Rs 135,600
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 20% to 9.5% — about Rs 11,865 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 Slate, crude, roughly trimmed or merely cut or not into blocks or slabs

Nepal imported about Rs 4.92 Crore of Slate, crude, roughly trimmed or merely cut or not into blocks or slabs in FY 2082/83, mainly from India.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
IndiaRs 21.3 Lakh

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