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India – Customs and Import duty tax calculation method

Customs Duties or Import duty and taxes will be pending and need to be cleared while importing goods into India whether by a private individual or a commercial entity.
India shifted to GST in 2017.There are five slab rates 0%,5%, 12%, 18% and 28% which varies depending on the product.

The valuation method is CIF.

Below table provide the Duty and Sales tax for India:

Duty Rates Average Duty Rate GST Threshold on goods
0% to 150% (Some electronic goods are duty free) 11.9% 0%,5%, 12%, 18% and 28% All goods are subjected to duty
  • Landing Charge: was charged at 1% of CIF before but it will be decided from the port authorities(might be less or greater than 1% includes handling and unhandling of goods etc) since 2017
  • Countervailing Duty: (0% or 12% (CIFD + Landing charges))
  • CEX: 3% Countervailing duty
  • CESS: (Duty + CEX + Countervailing Duty)
  • Additional CVD: 4%(CIFD +Landing charges + Countervailing duty + CESS + CEX))

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For more information about calculation of taxes with example please refer Import duty calculation website.