Customs duty on Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning in Nepal

Q: What is the customs duty on Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning in Nepal?

The customs duty on Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning (HS 9605.00.00) is 15% (general). From India or another SAARC country under SAFTA, with a certificate of origin, it is 9.5%. On top of customs duty, 13% VAT applies on the CIF value plus duty.

Q: What is the HS code for Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning in Nepal?

The Nepal customs HS code for Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning is 9605.00.00 (chapter 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured articles).

Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning is classified under HS code 9605.00.00 (chapter 96, Miscellaneous manufactured articles). 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

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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)	15%	Rs 15,000	Rs 14,950	Rs 129,950
India & SAARC (with SAFTA certificate of origin)	9.5%	Rs 9,500	Rs 14,235	Rs 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 Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning

Nepal imported about Rs 29.72 Crore of Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning in FY 2082/83, mainly from India, China, Thailand.

Source country	Import value (FY 2082/83)
India	Rs 25.1 Lakh
China	Rs 12.6 Lakh
Thailand	Rs 1.9 Lakh
Qatar	Rs 4,000
United Kingdom	Rs 2,000

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Full landed-cost calculator Open 9605.00.00 in the tariff Chapter 96