Customs limits of different countries for duty-free import of postal items
Customs limit
What is the customs limit?
This is the maximum value of goods in a parcel that can be imported into the country from abroad without paying customs duties and taxes.
Select a country to view customs limits
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Azores
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Angola
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Afghanistan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Bahrain
- Belize
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bulgaria
- Bolivia
- Bonaire
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Bhutan
- Vietnam
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (US)
- Armenia
- Gabon
- Haiti
- Guyana
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Gibraltar
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Grenada
- Greenland
- Greece
- Georgia
- Guam
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Equatorial Guinea
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Egypt
- Zambia
- West Coast Gaza
- Zimbabwe
- Israel
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Spain
- Italy
- Yemen
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Canary Islands
- Qatar
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- China
- Cyprus
- Kiribati
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Congo
- South Korea
- Kosovo
- Costa Rica
- Ivory Coast
- Kuwait
- Curacao
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Lithuania
- Liberia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Myanmar
- Mauritius
- Mauritania
- Madagascar
- Madeira
- Mayotte
- Macau
- North Macedonia
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Maldives
- Malta
- Morocco
- Martinique
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Melilla
- Micronesia
- Mozambique
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Netherlands (Holland)
- Nicaragua
- Germany
- New Zealand
- New Caledonia
- Norway
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Oman
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Cook Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Pakistan
- Palestina
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Reunion
- Rwanda
- Romania
- Saba
- Saipan
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Swaziland
- Seychelles
- Saint Barthelemy
- Senegal
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Serbia
- Ceuta
- Singapore
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Suriname
- East Timor
- United States of America (USA)
- Sierra Leone
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Hungary
- Uzbekistan
- Ukraine
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- Uruguay
- Fiji
- Philippines
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Croatia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Czech Republic
- Chile
- Montenegro
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Japan
Prohibited items
Conditionally prohibited items
On the GlobalPost website, you can easily find out what customs limits apply in different countries around the world. This is important to avoid unnecessary costs and delays.
At the same time, the wise use of this knowledge will help you and your recipient avoid unnecessary costs when receiving a parcel from abroad.
How can I find out the exact customs limit for a particular country?
GlobalPost has up-to-date information on customs limits of different countries. Just enter the “maximum value of the parcel without duty” or the name of the country you are interested in and get accurate data.
What happens if you exceed the customs limit?
A parcel that is more expensive than the customs limit is detained by customs. In order to receive it, you need to fill out a declaration and pay customs duties, which include VAT and customs fees.
What to do if the parcel is more expensive than the customs limit?
If your parcel is more expensive than the set limit, your recipient will have to pay additional customs fees and/or taxes. The GlobalPost website has detailed information on taxes and fees for such cases.
How can I benefit from customs limits?
If you do not know the customs limits and your recipient is not ready to pay taxes, your parcel may get stuck at customs, and you or your recipient will still have to pay additional fees. Otherwise, the parcel will be returned to the sender or even destroyed. GlobalPost will help you avoid these problems by providing accurate data on customs restrictions in different countries.
Duty-free import limit
Duty-free import limit – is the amount up to which goods are not subject to customs duties upon receipt. In Ukraine, the duty-free import limit is 150 euros. If the value of your parcel is higher than this amount, you will have to pay customs duties.
There is no tax-free minimum for VAT in the European Union. All parcels are subject to VAT, regardless of value. However, only parcels with an invoice value of more than 150 euros are subject to customs duty.
Duty-free import threshold
Another important concept is the duty-free import threshold. For example, in the United States, this threshold is quite high and amounts to $800. This means that the American recipient will not pay taxes for the parcel if its price does not exceed this amount.
On our website you will find information on duty-free import limits for many countries
How do I find information on the GlobalPost website?
It’s simple: enter the desired country in the search, and the customs limits of different countries will be right in front of you. This way, you will quickly get the answer to the question: “how much can you import duty-free?”.
Practical examples of customs limits
For example, you are sending a parcel to Canada. By entering “Canada customs limit” on the website, you will see that the duty-free import limit is about 20 Canadian dollars. This is a very low threshold, so it is important to consider it in advance.
If you are interested in the customs limit of Australia, just enter the corresponding query on the website. Australia has a high limit – about 1000 Australian dollars, which is beneficial for senders.
Maximum value of a parcel without duty
Our website presents customs limits for over 220 countries. This way, you always know what is the maximum value of a parcel without duty.
If the parcel exceeds the limit
GlobalPost offers a DDP delivery service. In this case, all customs payments are paid in advance, which allows you to avoid problems at customs.
Conclusion
Knowing your customs limits can help you avoid additional costs and delays. Use GlobalPost information to easily find customs limits, duty-free import limits and “duty-free import thresholds” in different countries.
GlobalPost is your reliable partner for international shipments.
