The Government has exempted gifts items received from foreign country to persons residing in India from the whole of custom duty under Foreign Trade Act. 5,000/- is allowed as gift, duty free. This exemption is allowed only for bonafide gifts imported by air or post.

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When buying goods from outside the EU, you have to pay duties and taxes to UK Customs in order to have your goods released into the country. (To make sure that you understand everything there is to know about Customs and what could cause your goods to be held – which costs you extra money!

1. How to Avoid Paying Customs.
2. Reviewing the VAT Rates List.
3. Keeping Costs Down.
4. Send the Gift Directly from an Online Store.

You are allowed to take home $800 worth of items per person duty-free in your luggage, once every 30 days (family members can combine their individual $800 exemptions on a joint declaration). The next $1,000 is taxed at a flat 3 percent.

If you’re having goods shipped to Canada from a U.S. online retailer, you will likely have to pay Canadian duty on the value of the goods, plus GST and PST or HST, depending on the province you are importing goods into.

Basic Customs Duty (BCD): This is the tax that is calculated on the Assessment Value of the goods that have landed at the customs border of India. It can vary between 0% to 100%. BCD depends upon the HSN code of the product and the Country of Import.

The rise in the duty-free limit is also only for goods you buy online — not for trips across that border. Currently, if you stay in the U.S. for 24 hours you qualify for an exemption of $200. That exemption climbs to $800 if you stay 48 hours or more.