Customs Duty Calculator
Duty alone, before any import tax.
Duty rates and thresholds change with trade policy. These are planning estimates — the entry filed with customs decides the actual charge.
Customs duty
£234.40
4.7% effective on goods value
The headline rate is 4.0% but the effective rate on goods value is 4.7%, because freight and insurance are inside the duty base.
How the Customs Duty Calculator works
Customs duty is the tariff itself, separate from any VAT or GST that follows it. Isolating it matters because duty is the part you can sometimes change — through classification, origin, trade agreements or duty drawback — while import tax generally follows automatically.
Not financial advice. Marketplace fees change, and they vary by country, plan and seller status. Every rate here is an editable default, not a quoted price — check the platform's current fee schedule before you price a product against it. This is not tax or business advice.
Frequently asked questions
What is assessable value?
The value customs uses as the duty base. Under CIF it is goods plus freight plus insurance; under FOB it is the goods alone. Some countries add a notional landing charge on top, which India does at 1% of CIF.
Can I reduce duty legally?
Yes, through several routes: correct classification where a lower-duty code genuinely applies, preferential rates under a trade agreement with proof of origin, duty drawback on re-exported goods, and bonded warehousing to defer payment. Misdeclaring is not one of them.
What is a preferential rate?
A reduced or zero rate available under a free trade agreement when goods genuinely originate in a partner country. It requires a certificate or statement of origin, and rules of origin are stricter than most importers expect — assembly in a country is often not enough.
What happens if I declare the wrong value?
Customs can reassess, add penalties and interest, and in serious cases pursue it as fraud. Undervaluing is one of the more heavily enforced areas of customs law, and courier brokers routinely flag values that look inconsistent with the goods.