What are the customs fees for the parcel. Customs regulations for the import of parcels from the United States

Those who regularly buy various goods on foreign Internet sites must have encountered the customs service of their country of residence. All postal items sent to the country pass through the hands of workers in this field of activity. Customs officers examine the contents of the parcels for legality and consider the procedure for paying the appropriate fee. Such a fee is paid in the country where the goods are sent. That is, if a parcel was sent to you from Australia to Russia, then you will pay the tax in accordance with Russian law.

In this article, we will consider the basic rules for the passage of postal items across the state border of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And we will find out what tax on parcels from abroad needs to be paid in each of these countries.

Some terminology

Customs clearance— a set of procedures related to the clearance of cargo crossing the border. Registration of interstate items (postal) is carried out through MMPO (places of international postal exchange) located in the country of the recipient. There are 24 such points in Russia. All of them have a different degree of congestion, which depends on the popularity of trade and transport routes.

IGO- postal item (international), forwarded goods, package, parcel.

Declared value (estimated, customs)- the cost of the goods being transported, appointed by the sender or established by the employee. The tax on foreign parcels depends precisely on how much the goods being sent cost.

Duty- Tax collection charged by customs officers.

Duty free limit- the rate of cargo by value or weight, for which no tax is levied when crossing the border. The limit is set in accordance with the legislation of the country of the recipient.

Customs Union- a single zone consisting of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which is a common customs territory. This means that customs does not charge taxes on parcels sent within these countries.

Customs clearance methods

Delivery of goods to the country and subsequent customs clearance of cargo can be carried out in various ways:

1. personally by the recipient. In the event that it becomes necessary to pay additional tax on parcels, the recipient himself deals with this issue - he goes to customs, fills in the necessary documents, pays the fee and picks up the goods.
2. Courier service. If the goods being sent comply with the established standards, all the clearance is taken over by the employees of a special delivery service. If the courier is not accredited to work with IGOs, an additional fee will be charged from the client.
3. customs broker. Their services are usually resorted to only in controversial cases, since the work of a broker costs a lot. Usually they take at least 10% of the amount of the due fee (in practice, much more). Also, delivery services that do not have rights to work with IGOs ​​(UPS, DHL, TNT and others) are forced to turn to the services of brokers. At the same time, VAT is additionally added to the amount of duty.
4. postal operator. With this option, all issues related to customs are taken over by Russian Post. In this case, the parcel tax is issued in the form of a regular receipt, which the recipient will pay when he picks up the goods at the office. The usual notification will be sent to the home address that the package has arrived.

Duties in Belarus

Now let's talk about what kind of tax on foreign parcels citizens of a particular country pay. Let's start with Belarus. It is in this country that the rates are the toughest.

Since mid-April this year, the duty-free limit in Belarus is only 22 €, and the weight of the item cannot exceed 10 kg. Moreover, this is a monthly rate per recipient. If the sending parameters exceed the norm, you will have to pay tax on international parcels. The duty is 30% of the amount exceeding the established limit (but not ˂ 4 € per 1 kg of cargo). And if the value of the received goods exceeds 1,000 €, the rate increases to 60%. In addition, for the very fact of customs clearance, you will have to pay an additional 5 € for each parcel.

In the event that the delivery is carried out by a courier service, you will have to additionally arrange it. You can do this yourself or turn to a customs broker for help. By the way, if you decide to use the services of a courier service, you should know that you will pay tax on foreign parcels received with their help for everything that exceeds the duty-free limit of 10 euros (instead of 22 €).

Until all the formalities are met, the postal item is located at the customs office located right at the airport.

Kazakhstan

The tax on parcels from abroad in this country is one of the most loyal. You will have to pay a fee if:

• the value of all shipments received in one month exceeded 1,000 euros;
• the weight of all goods that came from abroad in your name during the month exceeded 31 kg.

The Kazakh customs has some peculiarities. Here you need not only to understand which parcels are taxed, but also to know the rate of shipment of some goods:

• food - no more than 10 kg per month;
• cosmetics - a maximum of 3 pieces of the same type;
• caviar (sturgeon or salmon) - no more than 250 grams;
• sports equipment, baby strollers, household appliances and some other goods - 1 pc. per person;
• bed linen, shoes, clothes, toys, bicycles, kitchen and household utensils - a maximum of 2 pieces of one type of product;
• jewelry - 6 pieces.

And most importantly, the tax on international parcels is not paid only for 1 shipment per month.

Ukrainian customs

Ukraine has a law that came into force on April 1, 2014. In accordance with it, the limit on duty-free import of goods is 150 € per day (or 50 kg by weight).

In case of non-compliance with the norm, the tax on parcels is 10% of the amount exceeding the limit, to which 20% VAT and a processing fee (about 2 euros) are added. If the parcel weighs more than 100 kg or its total value exceeds 10,000 €, the cost of insurance and delivery of the goods is added to all the above.

All that has been said for clarity can be placed in the table:

In Ukraine, there are also requirements for the contents of parcels:

• products - no more than 10 kg per 1 parcel;
• electronic equipment or means of communication - a maximum of 2 pieces;
• other norms.

If you do not follow the rules, the parcel may be recognized as commercial, and completely different payment rates will apply.

How to pay tax at Russian customs

In Russia today, the tax on parcels from abroad is the same as in Kazakhstan:

• monthly limit — €1,000;
• weight - no more than 31 kg.

For exceeding the standards, a fee of 30% for the excess will be charged. In this case, the amount cannot be less than 4 € / kg of excess weight.

Example:

1. The parcel weighs 30 kg and costs 2300 €. The fee will be: (2300 - 1000) * 30% = 1200 * 0.3 = 360 €.
2. The shipment weighs 40 kg and costs 380 €. The fee will be: (40 - 31) * 4 = 36 €.

If both the cost and weight of the postal item do not fit into the standard, then the fee is calculated in two ways, after which a large amount is presented for payment.

Exceptions to the rules

All of the above is true for sending goods for personal use. However, there is a group of goods that do not fall under this definition. These include:

• slot machines;
• medical equipment;
• ICE (engines);
• furniture for medical purposes (couches, massage tables, etc.);
• solariums;
• photo lab equipment;
• other goods, a full list of which can be viewed on the FCS website.

In addition, according to a special scheme, duty is paid for the so-called indivisible goods. A special scheme is applied here: duty + VAT + excise duty. To calculate the amount of such a payment, you need to additionally find out the specific product.

Is it possible to bypass the rules?

If you are used to buying quite a lot of goods abroad, and you don’t want to pay the parcel tax, you can try to circumvent the existing norms. If the cost of goods does not fit into the limit, the parcel should be divided into two or three smaller ones. In this case, it must be remembered that the interval between shipments must be more than 30 days.

There is another option: break the package into several parts, and send each of them to different people. Parcels can be sent not to your address, but to the place of residence of a friend or relative. Just don't forget to warn them about it. After all, they will have to pick up the shipment.

If you live in Belarus and have already chosen your limit of 22 € per month, you can do this. Find a friend/relative in Russia or Kazakhstan, where the duty-free limit for importing goods is much higher. Ask them to order a parcel for no more than 1,000 € in their name (give them the money, of course). When they receive the parcel, they will be able to send it to you for free in Belarus. Since these three countries are members of the Customs Union, there is no duty charged for the transfer of goods between them.

What awaits us in the near future

For some time now, persistent talk has been circulating in Russia that the rate of duty-free import of goods needs to be tightened. There are several options for this:

• pay extra 15 € for parcels whose value is more than 22 but less than 150 €, weighing no more than 10 kg;
• for goods more expensive and heavier than the above, it is proposed to pay 15€ + 30% of the customs value.

There are other suggestions as well. For example, to tighten the rules to the standards adopted in Belarus. So far, this is all talk. However, no one guarantees that the rules will change in the near future.

Since you now know for sure whether parcels from Aliexpress, E-Bay and other marketplaces are taxed, it is worth adjusting your shopping schedule.

If you still decide to purchase goods abroad, the value or weight of which exceeds the established limits, choose delivery by regular mail. In this case, you will only pay the fee. If courier services or brokers are involved in the shipment, the amount of the overpayment will increase significantly.

Do not order many products of the same type unless you can prove their non-commercial purpose. For example, if you have five children, then 8 identical T-shirts of different sizes can still be explained somehow. But here are 15 footballs that clearly demonstrate the commercial purpose of the package.

If the value of the goods in the IGO (international mail) does not exceed the limit set by the state, and their total weight does not exceed the maximum allowed, then the parcel is sent to the recipient.

In the event that customs officers have discovered an “overload” or found out that the price of goods exceeds the duty-free limit, then the parcel is sent to the recipient in the post office in the same way. The only difference is that a customs notification will be attached to the shipment, which will indicate the amount payable for exceeding the norms.

The cost of the parcel is indicated by the seller when sending the IGO in the "Declared Value" (Value) column. Practice shows that sellers most often indicate a slightly lower cost of goods (especially when it comes to expensive products, such as phones, laptops, etc.). However, the customs officer can check whether the price of the goods is true. And if he sees too much difference in the estimated cost of the parcel and the price of the goods in one of the catalogs (well, on the same Chinese sites), then the customs officer himself can overestimate the product at his discretion.

If the product was bought at a sale or Aliexpress sale or won in some kind of promotion, you should ask the seller to enclose a sales receipt or some other documents that can confirm the suspiciously low cost of things in the shipment.

Sometimes on the forums, people are advised to ask the seller to indicate the word “Gift” in the “Cost” column. Practice shows that customs officers will still evaluate all the goods packed in the parcel at their own discretion - it may turn out to be more expensive than if the seller indicated their real price. Moreover, misunderstandings with the assessment will specifically delay the IGO at customs.

It happens that the customs finds it difficult to assess the value of the goods, then the recipient is called to account, forcing him to fill out a customs declaration for customs clearance of IGOs ​​or payment of customs duties (if required). The buyer is informed of the need for a report to customs by regular mail.

Customs regulations of Russia

The Russian Federation is a member of the Customs Union, therefore the following rules apply for it:

An individual to whom an international postal item is sent has the right, within one calendar month receive duty-free goods intended for personal use for an amount not exceeding 1000 euros in equivalent, while the total weight of the goods should not exceed 31 kg. The quota is updated (reset) every month, but the customs value and customs weight of all parcels for the month are summed up.

If the specified limits are exceeded, then a fee of 30% of the difference in the value of the goods and the allowed 1000 euros is charged on the IGO. In case of reloading, a fee of at least 4 euros per 1 kg of weight is charged for the difference between the actual weight of the parcel and the allowed 31 kg. Perceiving information can be difficult, so let's take an example:

If the value of the goods is 1300 euros and the weight of the parcel is 15 kg (there is only an excess of the price, but not the weight), the buyer will pay:

(1300-1000)*30% = 90 euros.

With a value of goods of 800 euros and an overload of 45 kg (exceeding the weight, but not the value):

(45-31)*4 = 56 euros.

If both the weight and the value of the goods are exceeded, both indicators are calculated, but the duty is taken only on one of them, the maximum.

The article below was written at the beginning of 2019. Limits and fees have changed in 2020 while the payment plan remains unchanged.

From January 1, 2020, the duty-free limit is 200 euros ON THE PARCEL. At the same time, the monthly limit is removed, that is, formally, you can order a dozen parcels for 200 euros per month. The amount of the duty paid is also reduced to 15% (instead of 30% in 2019) in terms of excess (but not less than 2 euros per 1 kg).

Until 2019, parcels delivered from foreign online stores to the Russian Federation (for personal use) had a duty-free import limit of 1000 euros and 31 kg of weight per calendar month. about it back in 2014. At the same time, they have been talking about the need to reduce this limit for a very long time, supposedly to protect our market. They spoke for a long time, but the decline, as always, is unexpected .

From January 1, 2019, the duty-free import of goods for personal use has been reduced to 500 euros and 25 kg. For anything above, you will have to pay 30% in excess. In 2020, the duty-free allowance will be reduced to 200 euros.

2019 has just begun, but some buyers have already faced customs notifications about the need to pay duties. Those who bought on Black Friday were especially unlucky and the parcels were stuck until the new year. Indeed, to calculate the limits, they consider the date of registration of the customs declaration (that is, the receipt of the parcel at the customs post), and not the date of purchase, payment or receipt of the parcel.

With a limit of 500 euros, it is already quite easy to get into payments, so in this article we will try to answer the most common questions that the Internet is buzzing with. Let's debunk some myths and add new ones;)

How to pay when exceeding the duty-free customs limit

In general, the process might look like this:

• when tracking the parcel, after passing through customs, you see the status “Sent with mandatory payment of customs duties”
• after the parcel arrives at the office, you go to receive the parcel
• the operator at the post office looks at your parcel and sees a TPO receipt (customs receipt order) for it. This TPO will indicate the amount of duty that you must pay in order to receive the package. You can refuse to pay the fee or agree.
• if you do NOT agree, then the parcel can be returned to the sender (or maybe not, but that's a different story)
• if you agree, then the operator issues a postal order in favor of the Federal Treasury, you pay for it,
• after paying for the transfer, you receive the parcel and TPO, after which you can dispute the charge of the fee

Please note that there is an interesting story here - a document confirming the accrual (TPO) will be issued to you only AFTER payment. That is, you cannot get a piece of paper with requirements, run around to figure it out, look for the guilty. TPO without payment will not be given to you. The parcel will wait for you the required 30 calendar days, no more.

In some cases, TPO may not come with the package. But it's too early to rejoice. At customs, they can send you a notification by mail after receiving the parcel or even call with an offer to appear at the customs post. If you do not pay the fee sent after you receive the parcel, then penalties will be charged on it. And then everything is like with car fines.

In some cases, customs may not be able to determine the amount of duty. In this case, the parcel will arrive with a customs notice. There you will be offered to appear at the customs post, give explanations, present extracts on payments. After that, they will make a calculation and charge a fee.

At the moment, the Federal Customs Service and the Russian Post are about to launch a joint project that will allow paying the duty (in cases of excess) at the time of making a purchase in an online store. I don't know whether to be happy or sad about this. What do you think?

Payment is made in terms of exceeding the duty-free limit . That is, if a total of 600 euros worth of goods for personal use passed through customs during a calendar month, then the duty will be equal to (600 - 500) * 30% = 30 euros * the exchange rate of the Central Bank.

In case of excess weight, the difference is calculated and multiplied by 4 euros. If there was an excess in weight and in amount, then a larger amount is paid. The calculation takes into account only the cost of the goods, without the cost of shipping.

It should be borne in mind that the customs inspector makes the charge based on the declaration and the market value of such goods. The Federal Customs Service has price lists that are provided by major carriers (vendors, distributors) to the Federal Customs Service. Also, the inspector can limit the issuance of the parcel and invite the recipient to a reception to provide information about the nature of the imported goods (evidence of the personal nature of the use) and the value paid (card statement). Thus, a strong underestimation of the cost of an expensive product, an indication in the Gift declaration does not always make sense. And in the current realities, it will only additionally attract the attention of the inspector.

How to calculate the month of arrival of the parcel to pay customs duty

This is where buyers can get confused. Some people think that fees should be calculated according to the date the order was placed (and paid by card). Others do not go to receive parcels to scatter them over the months. All this is wrong.

To calculate the excess of the duty-free limit, customs officers take the date of registration of the customs declaration, that is date of receipt of the parcel at the customs post .

It doesn’t matter when you paid for the order, it doesn’t matter when you received it, it only matters when the package arrived at customs. For us, this fact is extremely sad. It is very inconvenient to count the dates of placing orders, so as not to fall into excess of the norm.

How to determine the recipient of the parcel to calculate the excess of the duty-free rate

On this topic, there are many amazing myths among shopaholics:

• that the limit is calculated at the address
• what I think by the combination of full name + address
• that it is enough to write your full name in crooked transliteration and you can safely exceed

In fact, the rules for introducing goods for personal purposes on a preferential basis (within the limits of duty-free importation) apply to a specific individual, citizen. Regardless of which delivery address he indicated when placing an order in the online store.

That is, if Ivanov A.V. made an order in the Alixpress store in the amount of 300 euros to an address in Moscow and Ivanov A.V. made an order for Yoox to an address in Podolsk in the amount of 300 euros and both of these parcels arrived at customs in March, that is, the fact of exceeding the norms of duty-free import.

How customs determines the buyer only by full name

Back in 2014, the FCS began the transition to an electronic declaration system. When registering each parcel, all information is entered into the system: full name, phone numbers, emails, addresses, etc. Many carriers have long required to indicate the TIN when placing an order. The FCS has an extensive database that can allow you to identify a real individual. When determining, all available information is used - you can distort your full name in transliteration as you like, but you will be given a bunch of phone + address, or email + address, or something else.

But the final decision on the identification of the recipient and the calculation of the customs duty is made by the customs inspector. Therefore, the human factor is still, to some extent, present here. Ridiculously, there were cases when a fee was charged for a namesake.

We do not know if the passport data is entered into the ED system after the delivery of the parcel and whether these data are verified with the data of the declaration. And can the inspector correct the recipient after delivery and charge additional duty after delivery. In theory, this is possible. If you know, tell us in the comments!

If you encounter exceeding the duty-free limit, tell us about your experience in the comments. The theory is good, but each region has its own history, feel free to write. Your experience is very important.

Duty free import

Without paying customs duties, individuals have the right to transport goods across the border of the Russian Federation in the amount of:

Up to 1500 euros for land transport (train, car);
(!! - up to 500 euros from January 1, 2019)

Up to 10,000 euros for air transport (airplane).

In both cases, the total weight of imported items must not exceed 50 kg.

If the cost or weight is exceeded

If the price or weight of purchases made abroad is higher than the specified norms, but within the limits of 650,000 rubles. by price and 200 kg by weight, you will have to pay for exceeding the limit:

30% of the cost, but not less than 4 euros for each extra kilogram of weight.

More about duty-free import

It is important to understand that such a benefit as duty-free import applies to goods intended for personal use, satisfaction of personal, family, household and other "non-business needs". To establish their destination, the customs official takes into account such factors as the nature of the goods, their quantity, as well as the frequency of their movement across the border.

Items of the same type, for example, several pairs of jeans or shoes purchased for personal use, may be recognized as a commercial consignment of goods during customs control, which will also cause them to be taxed at higher rates, if not more unpleasant consequences for the citizens who transported them.

If the limits of 650,000 rubles are exceeded. or 200 kg, then the fees will be collected by customs officers at the rates of foreign economic activity.

It is not possible to indicate the exact amount of rates for this case within the framework of this review, since customs duties are also different for different types of products, and they exist for all categories of goods. In addition, there are several types of rates: ad valorem, specific and combined. This is not an easy question for the traders themselves. The rates of import customs duties are calculated on the basis of the unified customs tariff CCT in accordance with the rules of the Eurasian Economic Union. Moneyinformer advised ordinary citizens crossing the border to simply avoid situations where these rules might be enforced. You won’t be able to quickly study all the nuances, but you can start familiarizing yourself, for example, with this document.

How much can you take out

It is clear that in order to buy and import something, you must first export something. Of course, this is money. Funds on bank cards do not need to be declared, cash up to $ 3,000 (currency or rubles, the equivalent amount) too. From 3,000 to 10,000 dollars must be declared, and in order to take out large amounts in cash, permission from the Central Bank will be required.

Also, personal valuables are allowed for export without a declaration - jewelry, expensive watches ... Some citizens use this rule in order not to pay duty on goods purchased abroad, passing them off as used goods. (See important news).

Internet shopping

Now, in 2018, Russian citizens can buy duty-free goods in foreign online stores for up to 1,000 euros per month, while the total weight of purchases should not exceed 31 kg.

If the price or weight of the purchased goods in any month of the year exceeds these standards, then the purchases will be subject to a duty of 30% of the value of the goods, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg.

Changes expected:

From the announced plans of the government, it was assumed that from 2019 the threshold for duty-free purchases would change downward.

From January 1, 2019, it should have been equal to 500 euros. Exceeding this limit would entail the collection of duties of the previous value: 30% of the value of the goods, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg.
- From January 1, 2020, this threshold was to be reduced to 200 euros. The customs duty rate in case of exceeding the limit was to be 15% of the cost of purchases, but not less than 2 euros per 1 kg.

More recently, however, the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Service announced plans to accelerate this transition:

Following this, the Federal Customs Service came up with an even more radical suggestion:
- completely abolish the duty-free threshold for purchases in foreign online stores (however, while reducing the amount of duties levied).

What decisions will be made in the end is not yet clear, Moneyinformer will follow the news.

Changes delayed:

From July 1, 2018 they not entered. While the upper limit remains the same - 1000 euros per month.

Why is it difficult to predict how the situation will develop?

- Russian Post, according to its head Nikolai Podguzov, is not yet ready to lower the duty-free threshold even to €200, while work is underway to introduce automatic duty collection technology when placing orders in online stores.

The National Distance Selling Association (NADT) has its own claims to the draft law, here they say that it is necessary to remove the time limit (“within a month”), and consider each purchase separately, since otherwise the administration procedure becomes much more complicated.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a reminder that the cost of administering the collection of duties is €10, and it may turn out that instead of additional income, the procedure for the state will work in the red.

According to the authoritative opinion of the leading foreign players in the industry, eBay and Amazon, the new rules will not only not increase budget revenues, but will also slow down the development of the domestic Russian online commerce market, leading to a sharp decline in consumer purchasing activity. On the contrary, representatives of Russian online retailers, in particular Wildberries, are unambiguously in favor of taxing foreign parcels, as this should lead to an increase in sales of domestic online retailers.

Important news

12.11.2018

Fees will rise

From 01.01.2019 the threshold for duty-free importation of goods for personal use by land transport is reduced from €1,500 to €500. The permitted weight of such goods is also reduced - from 50 to 25 kg. Changes are coming sooner than originally planned.

These rules will be simultaneously introduced in other EAEU countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

02.07.2018

Everything is the same with Internet parcels

According to official information from the Ministry of Finance, from July 1, 2018, the threshold for duty-free importation of parcels from foreign online stores into Russia will not be reduced and it will remain at the same level. Exact data on the timing of lowering the threshold - are expected.

11.02.2018

Customs knows everything about you

Unpleasant news appeared for those Russian travelers who planned to bring expensive items from abroad (with a total value of more than 10,000 euros), passing them off as their own used ones and not paying a 30% customs tax on them. These items are most often watches and jewelry.

The media report that the FCS has the opportunity to quickly receive information about expensive purchases of Russians abroad. Customs officers meet some of the arriving tourists with a list of their overseas purchases in hand. The source of such information is probably Tax Free systems and their foreign counterparts cooperating with Russian law enforcement officers. Dozens of our citizens have already been caught transporting undeclared goods, among them civil servants and respectable businessmen, including those who arrived in the country on private aviation aircraft - business jets. As you know, smuggling (namely, this is the import of undeclared items) can be punished up to a criminal one.

The head of the Federal Customs Service, Vladimir Bulavin, did not refute this information and confirmed that the customs service is cooperating with foreign colleagues in this area.

Additional Information

Import to Russia of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, animals, alcohol and tobacco, cars...

How to submit a declaration and make a payment

How to declare. Green and red corridors

All goods transported across the customs border of Russia are subject to customs control.

In order to inform the customs authorities about goods, the import of which is associated with the payment of customs duties or in compliance with the restrictions established by law (importation of weapons, medicines, animals, antiques ...), it is necessary to fill out a special declaration form, which can be obtained from a customs officer.

If such items and in such quantities are transported, for which customs payments are not provided, then no forms are required to be filled out.

At most international airports, seaports and at border crossing points by road, a system of customs control of "two corridors" - red and green - has been introduced. It greatly simplifies and makes the screening process faster:

If a citizen is carrying things that he wants to declare to customs officers, he goes to the red corridor.

If he is sure that he does not need to fill out a declaration, he goes through the green corridor.

It is important to keep in mind that passing through the green corridor is also a declaration - that you do not have items with you that the law requires you to declare. There is even a special name for this procedure: "implicit declaration". Customs officers also "examine" citizens passing through the green corridor, only with less attention, often only with the help of video surveillance cameras. But this does not mean that they may not need to conduct a full search.

How to pay, payment terms

Customs duties are paid by individuals when declaring goods in writing on the basis of a customs receipt order, one copy of which is handed over to the person who paid the customs payments.

The term of payment for import should not exceed 15 days from the date of presentation of goods to the customs authority at the place of their arrival in the customs territory of the Russian Federation.

Rules for the transport of certain categories of goods

As part of this overview, Moneyinformer provides general information. Detailed, most accurate and up-to-date information on this issue can be obtained on the official website of the FCS.
Goods for personal use moved across the customs border:
- with payment of customs duties, taxes
- with exemption

Alcohol

An individual has the right to import 3 liters of alcoholic beverages into Russia duty-free.

Another 2 liters can be imported by making a declaration and paying a fee for them:

10 euros per liter of beer and wine

22 euros per liter of spirits (vodka, whiskey, cognac...)

It is forbidden to bring more than 5 liters. Alcoholic beverages purchased from the Duty Free store are subject to the same rules.

Tobacco

An individual has the right to import duty-free into Russia up to 200 cigarettes or up to 50 cigars or up to 250 grams of tobacco.

Products

Food products are allowed to be imported in factory-labeled packaging and in an amount not exceeding 5 kg per person, with the exception of certain types of products from certain countries that have fallen under the temporary restrictions of Rosselkhoznadzor. Seeds of food crops, as well as flowers, cannot be transported.

Cars

This category of items moved across the border by individuals stands apart. To import a car into the territory of the Russian Federation, you need to pay VAT, excise and customs duties. For a thorough consideration of this issue, there are numerous reference tables and calculators. Moneyinformer will only indicate what characteristics of the car will affect the final cost of its import and customs clearance: its cost, volume, power and type of engine, weight, year of manufacture. The more expensive, more powerful, more modern the car is, the more you will have to pay, and in a significant progression.

Motor boats

For machines of other types of machines, as well as yachts, boats and other watercraft, a single tariff rate is applied in the amount of 30% of the cost of the goods (equipment) being moved.

Prohibited for import

Goods whose import into Russia is prohibited by the current rules:
- Printing, photo and video products with pornographic content; similar products that may be related to state secrets; and also which can be classified as promoting racism, terrorism, national or religious hatred;
- Endangered species of animals and plants;
- Narcotic substances;
- Vegetable and fruit crops that do not have phytosanitary permits;
- Weapons, their components and ammunition in the absence of a special permit (including pneumatic, edged and gas weapons of certain types);
- Human biomaterials.

Responsibility for violation of the rules

Customs offenses include failure to declare or false declaration of goods, failure to re-import goods, smuggling, and others. Some of them may become the subject of administrative offenses, while others may be criminal, and, accordingly, entail measures of administrative or criminal liability. Depending on the seriousness of the violation, the perpetrator may be given a warning, a fine with or without confiscation of the imported goods, or may be threatened with imprisonment.

Export rules

The customs rules for the export of goods and money across the border of Russia are almost completely identical to the rules and procedures for import.

And finally, one special category - indivisible goods- these are goods weighing more than 35 kg, which cannot be divided into smaller parts (furniture, electronics, etc.). Paying for these items "Total customs payment"— duty + excise + VAT.

For example, let's take a sofa - weight 50 kg, customs value - 400 euros.

In the calculations, we will need to determine the product code in accordance with the TNVED - you can find these codes on the website of the Eurasian Economic Commission -

In accordance with TNVED, the duty for our sofa is 15% of its customs value, but not less than 0.519 euros per 1 kg. Plus excise for sofa = 0 and VAT = 18%.

Duty = 400 * 15% = 60 euros. I did not calculate the amount of the duty for excess weight, since it will definitely be less.

VAT = (400 + 60) * 18% = 82.8 euros

Total = 60 + 82.8 = 142.8 euros

As you can see, quite a lot has dripped. So if you find some cheap furniture on Aliexpress, do not be lazy to calculate how much you will have to pay in addition to its cost. The savings may not be that significant.

If you only order goods on Aliexpress from time to time, then you should not worry about customs limits and duties.