Duties and taxes.
Aramex DDP
Saudi Arabia
For shipments with a value of less than SAR1000, you must pay VAT equal to 15% of the customs declared value.
For shipments with a value of more than SAR1000, you must pay VAT, duty, and a $10 USD clearance charge, where:
- Duty is 5% of the customs declared value + freight + insurance
- VAT is 15% of the customs declared value + freight + insurance + duty
Calculations for customs declared value, freight and insurance are shown below:
- Customs declared value is the valuation placed on items in your shipment
- Freight is 0.5 SAR per kg
- Insurance is 1% of the customs declared value + freight
Kuwait
For all shipments, you must pay duty equal to 5% of the customs declared value and a $5 USD clearance charge.
United Arab Emirates
For shipments with a value of less than AED1000, you must pay VAT equal to 5% of the customs declared value.
For shipments with a value of more than AED1000, you must pay VAT, duty, and a $5 USD clearance charge, where:
- Duty is 5% of the customs declared value + freight + insurance
- VAT is 5% of the customs declared value + freight + insurance + Duty
Calculations for customs declared value, freight and insurance are shown below:
- Customs declared value is the valuation placed on items in your shipment
- Freight is
- $75 USD if weight is less than 25kg
- $3 USD per kg if weight is more than 25kg
- Insurance is 1% of the customs declared value + freight
Bahrain
For all shipments, you must pay VAT equal to 5% of the customs declared value and a $5 USD clearance charge.
All carriers
Australia
For shipments with a total Customs Declared Value of less than A$1000 you must pay GST to Stackry. See below for calculation:
- GST (Goods and Service Tax) Only
- Calculation Factors
- Customs Declared Value +
- Actual Shipping Charges +
- Consolidation/Repackaging Fees +
- Amount paid for Insurance +
- Amount charged for Storage Fees (if any)
- GST is calculated multiplying the sum of all above charges by 10%
Notes:
For shipments with a total Customs Declared Value of greater than AU$1000, GST and duty will be assessed at the border by AU customs officials and paid to the carrier.
For more information visit https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/International-tax-for-business/GST-on-imported-goods-and-services/GST-on-low-value-imported-goods/
New Zealand
For shipments containing items that have a Customs Declared Value of less than NZ$1000 you must pay GST to Stackry. See below for calculation:
- GST (Goods and Service Tax) Only
- Calculation Factors
- Customs Declared Value +
- Actual Shipping Charges +
- Consolidation/Repackaging Fees +
- Amount paid for Insurance +
- Amount charged for Storage Fees (if any)
- GST is calculated multiplying the sum of all above charges by 15%
Notes:
For shipments with a total Customs Declared Value of greater than NZ$1000, GST and duty will be assessed at the border by NZ customs officials and paid to the carrier.
GST is charged for shipments to consumers AND GST registered NZ businesses*
For more information visit https://www.ird.govt.nz/gst/gst-for-overseas-businesses/gst-on-low-value-imported-goods/what-low-value-goods-are
*GST can be charged on shipments to businesses due to the fact that over 50% of Stackry shipments are to consumers.
Singapore
For shipments containing items that have a Customs Declared Value of less than S$400 you must pay GST to Stackry. See below for calculation:
- GST (Goods and Service Tax) Only
- Calculation Factors
- Customs Declared Value +
- Actual Shipping Charges +
- Amount paid for Insurance
- GST is calculated by multiplying the sum of all above charges by 8%
Notes:
For shipments containing items that have a Customs Declared Value of greater than S$400, GST will be assessed at the border by SG customs officials and paid to the carrier.
For more information visit: https://www.iras.gov.sg/taxes/goods-services-tax-(gst)/gst-and-digital-economy/gst-on-imports-of-low-value-goods
Norway
For shipments containing items that have a Customs Declared Value of less than NOK 3,000* you must pay VAT to Stackry. See below for calculation:
- VAT (Value-Added Tax) Only
- Calculation Factors
- Customs Declared Value +
- Actual Shipping Charges +
- Consolidation/Repackaging Fees +
- Amount paid for Insurance +
- Amount paid for Storage Fees (if any)
- VAT is calculated by multiplying the sum of all above charges by 25%
Notes:
For shipments containing items that have a customs declared value of less than NOK 3,000 regardless of total value, VAT will be collected by Stackry.
For shipments containing items that have a customs declared value of greater than NOK 3,0000, VAT will be assessed at the border by NO customs officials and paid to the carrier.
*For shipments containing a combination of both of the above (high and low value goods), VAT will be assessed at the border by NO customs officials and paid to the carrier
For more information visit: https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/business-and-organisation/vat-and-duties/vat/foreign/e-commerce-voec/low-value/about/