Cross-border terms
An import tax is a tax on foreign goods imported into a country levied by their customs authority. Every country and even state or province has a different import tax rate, name, and criteria.
De minimis, which is Latin for “about minimal things,” is the price threshold before taxes or duties are applied to imports. For example, in Australia, a 10% tax is applied to all transactions above their 1000 AUD de minimis.
Landed cost is the total amount charged to ship items to their destination, which combines shipping, taxes, duties, fees, insurance, and the cost of the item. Import tax may be applied only to the product, but sometimes it’s applied to the product, shipping, and other fees.
Zonos can help you sell internationally with confidence by sorting the duty and tax for you. See which of our solutions best fits your needs at the bottom of the page.
Here is a list of some of the different names for import taxes from around the world:
- VAT: Value-added tax is a goods and services tax assessed in many countries.
- GST: Goods and Services Tax collected in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Canada , and India.
- IVA: Impuesto Valor Añadido or Value Added Tax in Spanish collected in Portugal and Mexico.
- CT: Consumption tax levied in Japan on sales.
- ICMS: Tax for goods and services for states in Brazil.
- PST: Provincial Sales Tax collected on sales in Canadian provinces.
- HST: Harmonized Sales Tax collected in Canadian provinces where the federal GST and provincial PST have been combined into a single value-added tax.
Tax rates and de minimis by country
Local taxes (e.g. Canada PST and HST) are not included.
* Indicates the tax de minimis has special rules.
| Country | ISO code | Tax rate | Tax de minimis |
|---|---|---|---|
 Abania | AL | 20% | 100 USD |
 Algeria | DZ | 19% | 50000 DZD |
 American Samoa | AS | 10% | 0 USD |
 Andorra | AD | 4.50% | 0 EUR |
 Angola | AO | 14% | 100 USD |
 Anguilla | AI | 13% | 0 XCD |
 Antigua & Barbuda | AG | 15% | 0 USD |
 Argentina | AR | 21% | 25 USD |
 Armenia | AM | 20% | 300 USD |
 Aruba | AW | 7% | 0 USD |
 Australia | AU | 10% | 1000 AUD |
 Austria | AT | 20% | 0 EUR |
 Azerbaijan | AZ | 18% | 0 USD |
 Bahamas | BS | 12% | 0 USD |
 Bahrain | BH | 5% | 0 BHD |
 Bangladesh | BD | 15% | 0 BDT |
 Barbados | BB | 17.50% | 0 BBD |
 Belarus | BY | 20% | 22 EUR |
 Belgium | BE | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Belize | BZ | 12.50% | 0 BZD |
 Benin | BJ | 18% | 50 USD |
 Bermuda | BM | 0% | 0 BMD |
 Bhutan | BT | 50% | 0 INR |
 Bolivia | BO | 14.94% | 0 USD |
 Bonaire, St.Eustatius and Saba | BQ | 8% | 100 USD |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA | 17% | 0 EUR |
 Botswana | BW | 12% | 0 BWP |
 Brazil | BR | 17-19% | 0 BRL |
 Brunei Darussalam | BN | 0% | 0 BND* |
 Bulgaria | BG | 20% | 0 BGN |
 Burkina Faso | BF | 18% | 0 USD |
 Burundi | BI | 18% | 0 USD |
 Cambodia | KH | 10% | 50 USD |
 Cameroon | CM | 0% | 400 USD |
 Canada | CA | 5% | 20 CAD |
| Canada BC | CA | 7% | 20 CAD |
| Canada MB | CA | 7% | 20 CAD |
| Canada NB | CA | 10% | 20 CAD |
| Canada NL | CA | 10% | 20 CAD |
| Canada NS | CA | 10% | 20 CAD |
| Canada ON | CA | 8% | 20 CAD |
| Canada PE | CA | 10% | 20 CAD |
| Canada QC | CA | 9.98% | 20 CAD |
| Canada SK | CA | 6% | 20 CAD |
 Cape Verde | CV | 15% | 200 USD |
 Cayman Islands | KY | 0% | 0 USD |
 Central African Republic | CF | 19% | 0 USD |
 Chad | TD | 18% | 20 USD |
 Chile | CL | 19% | 30 USD |
 China, People's Republic of | CN | 13% | 0 CNY* |
 Colombia | CO | 19% | 200 USD |
 Comoros | KM | 10% | 0 USD |
 Congo | CG | 16% | 12 USD |
 Cook Islands | CK | 0% | 0 NZD |
 Costa Rica | CR | 13% | 50 USD |
 Croatia | HR | 25% | 0 EUR |
 Curaçao | CW | 6% | 100 USD |
 Cyprus | CY | 19% | 0 EUR |
 Czech Republic | CZ | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Denmark | DK | 25% | 0 DKK |
 Djibouti | DJ | 26% | 0 DJF |
 Dominica | DM | 15% | 0 USD |
 Dominican Republic | DO | 18% | 200 USD |
 Ecuador | EC | 12% | 0 USD |
 Egypt | EG | 15% | 0 EGP |
 El Salvador | SV | 13% | 0 USD |
 Equatorial Guinea | GQ | 15% | 0 USD |
 Eritrea | ER | 10% | 0 USD |
 Estonia | EE | 20% | 0 EUR |
 Ethiopia | ET | 15% | 25 EUR |
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) | FO | 25% | 80 DKK |
 Fiji | FJ | 15% | 200 FJD |
 Finland | FI | 24% | 0 EUR* |
 France | FR | 20% | 0 EUR |
 French Guiana | GF | 0% | 0 EUR |
 French Polynesia (Tahiti) | PF | 16% | 20,000 XPF |
 Gabon | GA | 18% | 10 USD |
 Gambia | GM | 15% | 100 USD |
 Georgia | GE | 18% | 170 USD |
 Germany | DE | 16% | 0 EUR |
 Ghana | GH | 12.50% | 0 USD |
 Gibraltar | GI | 0% | 0 USD |
 Greece | GR | 24% | 0 EUR |
 Greenland (Denmark) | GL | 0% | 80 DKK |
 Grenada | GD | 15% | 0 USD |
 Guadeloupe | GP | 8.50% | 0 EUR |
 Guam | GU | 4% | 0 USD |
 Guatemala | GT | 12% | 0 USD |
 Guernsey | GG | 0% | 0 EUR |
 Guinea | GN | 18% | 15 USD |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW | 18% | 0 USD |
 Guyana | GY | 14% | 0 USD |
 Haiti | HT | 10% | 0 USD |
 Honduras | HN | 15% | 0 USD |
 Hong Kong | HK | 0% | 0 USD |
 Hungary | HU | 27% | 0 EUR |
 Iceland | IS | 24% | 0 ISK |
 India | IN | 18-28% | 0 INR |
 Indonesia | ID | 10-15% | 75 USD |
 Iraq | IQ | 15% | 0 USD |
 Ireland | IE | 23% | 0 EUR* |
 Israel | IL | 17% | 75 USD |
 Italy | IT | 22% | 0 EUR |
 Ivory Coast | CI | 18% | 20 USD |
 Jamaica | JM | 15% | 0 USD |
 Japan | JP | 10% | 10000 JPY* |
 Jersey | JE | 5% | 0 GBP* |
 Jordan | JO | 16% | 0 JOD |
 Kazakhstan | KZ | 12% | 500 EUR |
 Kenya | KE | 14% | 0 USD |
 Kiribati | KI | 0% | 0 USD |
 Korea, The Republic of | KR | 10% | 150 USD |
 Kuwait | KW | 0% | 0 USD |
 Kyrgyzstan | KG | 20% | 120 USD |
 Laos | LA | 10% | 0 LAK |
 Latvia | LV | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Lebanon | LB | 11% | 0 USD |
 Lesotho | LS | 14% | 0 USD |
 Liberia | LR | 7% | 0 USD |
 Liechtenstein | LI | 7.70% | 0 CHF* |
 Lithuania | LT | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Luxembourg | LU | 17% | 0 EUR |
 Macau | MO | 0% | 0 MOP |
 Macedonia | MK | 18% | 22 EUR |
 Madagascar | MG | 20% | 20 USD |
 Malawi | MW | 16.50% | 0 MWK |
 Malaysia | MY | 10% | 0 MYR |
 Maldives | MV | 0% | 0 MVR |
 Mali | ML | 18% | 20 USD |
 Malta | MT | 18% | 0 EUR |
 Marshall Islands | MH | 10% | 0 USD |
 Martinique | MQ | 8.50% | 0 EUR |
 Mauritania | MR | 14% | 25 USD |
 Mauritius | MU | 15% | 500 MUR |
 Mayotte | YT | 0% | 0 EUR |
 Mexico | MX | 16% | 50 USD |
 Micronesia, Federated States of | FM | 35% | 0 USD |
 Moldova | MD | 20% | 300 EUR |
 Monaco | MC | 20% | 22 EUR |
 Mongolia | MN | 10% | 0 MNT |
 Montenegro | ME | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Montserrat | MS | 15% | 0 USD |
 Morocco | MA | 20% | 30 USD |
 Mozambique | MZ | 17% | 30 USD |
 Myanmar | MM | 5% | 0 USD |
 Namibia | NA | 15% | 0 USD |
 Nepal | NP | 13% | 0 NPR |
 Netherlands | NL | 21% | 0 EUR |
 New Caledonia | NC | 0% | 0 USD |
 New Zealand | NZ | 15% | 0 NZD* |
 Nicaragua | NI | 15% | 0 NIO |
 Niger | NE | 21% | 0 USD |
 Nigeria | NG | 5% | 0 USD |
 Norfolk Island | NF | 0% | 0 USD |
 Northern Mariana Islands | MP | 0% | 0 USD |
 Norway | NO | 25% | 350 NOK |
 Oman | OM | 0% | 0 USD |
 Pakistan | PK | 17% | 0 USD |
 Palau | PW | 0% | 0 USD |
 Palestine | PS | 0% | 0 EGP |
 Panama | PA | 7% | 100 PAB |
 Papua New Guinea | PG | 10% | 25 PGK |
 Paraguay | PY | 10% | 20 USD |
 Peru | PE | 18% | 200 USD |
 Philippines | PH | 12% | 10000 PHP |
 Poland | PL | 23% | 0 EUR |
 Portugal | PT | 23% | 0 EUR |
 Puerto Rico | PR | 11.50% | 0 USD |
 Qatar | QA | 0% | 0 QAR |
 Reunion | RE | 8.50% | 22 EUR |
 Romania | RO | 19% | 0 EUR |
 Russia | RU | 20% | 200 EUR |
 Rwanda | RW | 18.00% | 0 USD |
 Samoa | WS | 0% | 0 SDG |
 San Marino | SM | 22% | 0 EUR |
 Saudi Arabia | SA | 15% | 0 USD |
 Senegal | SN | 18% | 0 USD |
 Serbia | RS | 20% | 0 RSD |
 Seychelles | SC | 15% | 0 SCR |
 Sierra Leone | SL | 15% | 0 USD |
 Singapore | SG | 7% | 400 SGD |
 Slovakia | SK | 20% | 0 EUR |
 Slovenia | SI | 22% | 0 EUR |
 Solomon Islands | SB | 0% | 0 USD |
 South Africa | ZA | 15% | 0 ZAR |
 Spain | ES | 21% | 0 EUR |
 Sri Lanka | LK | 15% | 0 LKR |
 St. Barthelemy | BL | 0% | 0 EUR |
 St. Kitts and Nevis | KN | 17% | 0 USD |
 St. Lucia | LC | 12.50% | 0 USD |
 St. Maarten | MF | 5% | 0 USD |
 St. Vincent | VC | 15% | 0 XCD |
 Sudan | SD | 35.54% | 0 USD |
 Suriname | SR | 10% | 0 XCD |
 Swaziland | SZ | 14% | 0 USD |
 Sweden | SE | 25% | 0 SEK |
 Switzerland | CH | 7.70% | 0 CHF* |
 Syria | SY | 0% | 0 SYP |
 Taiwan | TW | 5% | 2000 TWD |
 Tanzania | TZ | 18% | 0 TZS |
 Thailand | TH | 7% | 1500 THB |
 Timor-Leste | TL | 5% | 0 USD |
 Togo | TG | 18% | 400 USD |
 Tonga | TO | 15% | 0 USD |
 Trinidad and Tobago | TT | 12.50% | 0 TTD |
 Tunisia | TN | 19% | 0 TND |
 Turkey | TR | 18% | 0 EUR |
 Turkmenistan | TM | 15% | 0 USD |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | TC | 0% | 0 USD |
 Tuvalu | TV | 0% | 0 USD |
 Uganda | UG | 18% | 0 USD |
 Ukraine | UA | 20% | 0 EUR |
 United Arab Emirates | AE | 5% | 0 AED |
 United Kingdom | GB | 20% | 0 GBP |
 United States | US | 0% | 800 USD |
 Uruguay | UY | 22% | 1 USD |
 Uzbekistan | UZ | 20% | 1000 USD |
 Vanuatu | VU | 15% | 0 USD |
 Vatican City | VA | 0% | 0 EUR |
 Venezuela | VE | 16% | 100 USD |
 Vietnam | VN | 10% | 0 VND |
 Virgin Islands (British) | VG | 0% | 0 USD |
 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VI | 0% | 0 USD |
 Wallis and Futuna | WF | 0% | 0 XPF |
 Yemen | YE | 5% | 0 YER |
 Zambia | ZM | 16% | 50 USD |
 Zimbabwe | ZW | 15% | 10 USD |
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Next steps
- Import taxes - Learn how Zonos calculates taxes.
- Import duty - Understand how Zonos calculates duty.
- Import fees - Get information about various additional fees included in landed cost.
Related Decoder Guides
- Country ISO codes - View the list of two-digit ISO codes by country.
- De minimis values - Learn what de minimis is and the values by country.
- Total landed cost - Read about what makes up up a landed cost.
Import tax rates by country
Learn cross-border, need-to-know terms, followed by a table of international tax and de minimis rates.