montylee Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 My friend is about to ship a Amazon Kindle Fire HD worth $200 from US to me. Will there be any issues in customs? Is there anything i can tell him to do to avoid custom issues (e.g. marking it as a gift). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 It all depends on luck mate Ask him to make the package as small as he can. Some people here got VITA's also without any customs whereas some people had been charged 2K as custom for 2-3 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Do we need to declare item value as well? I can ask him to mark it as gift and keep it under Rs 10, 000 ($150 maybe). This page lists out some info: http://www.techtree.com/content/features/1500/all-you-need-to-know-about-importing-gadgets-online.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Anyone? Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 well i expected somebody from IVG to help me regarding this as lot of people import stuff here. This is sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmage Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 blue elvis is right.. Its all luck.. You might be charged or you might not be charged.. Marking it as a gift, gift wrapping etc wont exactly help your cause.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 ok but still i guess it's safer to mark it as a gift. And for an item of $200 (will ask friend to mark it at $150), how much duty can be applied? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ph3N0M Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 See this: There are some other small taxes on top of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 thanks for the info! Looks like getting it thru customs can be tricky i'll try to check if somebody coming back from US can bring it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varundbest Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Ask him to open the package and keep it with himself as if he is using it.... u will be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montylee Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Ya that's what I plan to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelivolusDas Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 See this: There are some other small taxes on top of this. Is that list latest/up-to-date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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