Customs duty on Unmanned aircraft-Designed for the carriage of passengers in Nepal

Unmanned aircraft-Designed for the carriage of passengers is classified under HS code 8806.10.00 (chapter 88, Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof). It attracts 20% customs duty (general), or 6% from India & SAARC under SAFTA, plus 13% VAT on the CIF value and duty.

20%General duty
6%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:

OriginCustoms dutyDuty amountVAT (13%)Landed cost
General (any origin)20%Rs 20,000Rs 15,600Rs 135,600
India & SAARC (with SAFTA certificate of origin)6%Rs 6,000Rs 13,780Rs 119,780
Importing from India or SAARC under SAFTA (with a certificate of origin) cuts the duty from 20% to 6% — about Rs 15,820 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 Unmanned aircraft-Designed for the carriage of passengers

Nepal imported about Rs 52.0 Lakh of Unmanned aircraft-Designed for the carriage of passengers in FY 2082/83, mainly from China, Germany.

Source countryImport value (FY 2082/83)
ChinaRs 51.9 Lakh
GermanyRs 9,000
All countriesRs 52.0 Lakh

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