De Minimis Value refers to the threshold below which goods can enter a country without incurring customs duties or taxes. This value is important for international e-commerce businesses as it affects shipping costs and customer satisfaction. Knowing the De Minimis Value for each country helps businesses manage their pricing strategies and optimize the shipping process.
How De Minimis Values Impact Your Business
- Cost Savings for Customers:
- Goods below the De Minimis Value are exempt from import duties and taxes, reducing the overall cost for customers. This can enhance customer satisfaction and encourage repeat purchases.
- Simplified Customs Process:
- Shipments under the De Minimis Value often experience faster customs clearance, leading to quicker delivery times. This efficiency can improve customer experience and loyalty.
- Pricing Strategy:
- Understanding these thresholds allows businesses to price products competitively. By keeping product values under the De Minimis limit, businesses can offer more attractive pricing without the burden of additional fees.
De Minimis Thresholds by Country
Different countries have varying De Minimis Values, which can influence your international shipping strategy.
⚠️ If the de minimis value is 0, all items are subject to duty and/or tax.
| COUNTRY | ISO CODE | DUTY DE MINIMIS | TAX DE MINIMIS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AF | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Åland Islands | AX | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Albania | AL | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Algeria | DZ | 50000 DZD | 50000 DZD |
| American Samoa | AS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Andorra | AD | 220 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Angola | AO | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Anguilla | AI | 0 XCD | 0 XCD |
| Antigua & Barbuda | AG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Argentina | AR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Armenia | AM | 300 USD | 300 USD |
| Aruba | AW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Australia* | AU | 1000 AUD | 1000 AUD |
| Austria | AT | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Azerbaijan | AZ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Bahamas | BS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Bahrain | BH | 300 BHD | 300 BHD |
| Bangladesh | BD | 1000 BDT | 0 BDT |
| Barbados | BB | 0 BBD | 0 BBD |
| Belarus | BY | 22 EUR | 22 EUR |
| Belgium | BE | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Belize | BZ | 0 BZD | 0 BZD |
| Benin | BJ | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Bermuda | BM | 0 BMD | 0 BMD |
| Bhutan | BT | 0 INR | 0 INR |
| Bolivia | BO | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Bonaire, St.Eustatius & Saba | BQ | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | BA | 300 KM | 300 KM |
| Botswana | BW | 0 BWP | 0 BWP |
| Brazil* | BR | 0 BRL | 0 BRL |
| Brunei Darussalam | BN | 0 BND | 0 BND |
| Bulgaria | BG | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Burkina Faso | BF | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Burundi | BI | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Cambodia | KH | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Cameroon | CM | 400 USD | 400 USD |
| Canada* | CA | 20 CAD | 20 CAD |
| Cape Verde | CV | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| Cayman Islands | KY | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Central African Republic | CF | 20 USD | 0 USD |
| Chad | TD | 20 USD | 0 USD |
| Chile | CL | 30 USD | 30 USD |
| China | CN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Christmas Island | CX | 1000 AUD | 1000 AUD |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | CC | 1000 AUD | 1000 AUD |
| Colombia | CO | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| Comoros | KM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Congo | CG | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | CD | 10 USD | 10 USD |
| Cook Islands | CK | 0 NZD | 0 NZD |
| Costa Rica | CR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CI | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Croatia | HR | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Cuba | CU | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Curacao | CW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Cyprus | CY | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Czech Republic | CZ | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Denmark | DK | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Djibouti | DJ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Dominica | DM | 0 XCD | 0 XCD |
| Dominican Republic | DO | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| East Timor | TL | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Ecuador | EC | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Egypt | EG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| El Salvador | SV | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Equatorial Guinea | GQ | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Eritrea | ER | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Estonia | EE | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Eswatini | SZ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Ethiopia | ET | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Falkland Islands | FK | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Faroe Islands | FO | 300 DKK | 300 DKK |
| Fiji | FJ | 400 FJD | 400 FJD |
| Finland | FI | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| France | FR | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| French Guiana | GF | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| French Polynesia | PF | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Gabon | GA | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Gambia | GM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Georgia | GE | 300 GEL | 300 GEL |
| Germany | DE | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Ghana | GH | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Gibraltar | GI | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Greece | GR | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Greenland | GL | 300 DKK | 300 DKK |
| Grenada | GD | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Guadeloupe | GP | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Guam | GU | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Guatemala | GT | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Guernsey | GG | 135 GBP | 15 GBP |
| Guinea | GN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Guinea-Bissau | GW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Guyana | GY | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Haiti | HT | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Honduras | HN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Hong Kong | HK | 0 HKD | 0 HKD |
| Hungary | HU | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Iceland | IS | 2000 ISK | 2000 ISK |
| India | IN | 10000 INR | 10000 INR |
| Indonesia | ID | 0 IDR | 0 IDR |
| Iran | IR | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Iraq | IQ | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Ireland | IE | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Isle of Man | IM | 135 GBP | 15 GBP |
| Israel | IL | 75 USD | 75 USD |
| Italy | IT | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Jamaica | JM | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Japan | JP | 10000 JPY | 10000 JPY |
| Jersey | JE | 135 GBP | 15 GBP |
| Jordan | JO | 100 JOD | 100 JOD |
| Kazakhstan | KZ | 500 EUR | 500 EUR |
| Kenya | KE | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Kiribati | KI | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Korea | KR | 150 USD | 150 USD |
| Kuwait | KW | 30 USD | 30 USD |
| Kyrgyzstan | KG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Laos | LA | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Latvia | LV | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Lebanon | LB | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Lesotho | LS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Liberia | LR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Libya | LY | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Liechtenstein | LI | 150 CHF | 0 CHF |
| Lithuania | LT | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Luxembourg | LU | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Macao | MO | 0 MOP | 0 MOP |
| Madagascar | MG | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Malawi | MW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Malaysia | MY | 500 MYR | 500 MYR |
| Maldives | MV | 0 MVR | 0 MVR |
| Mali | ML | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Malta | MT | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Marshall Islands | MH | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Martinique | MQ | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Mauritania | MR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Mauritius | MU | 1000 MUR | 1000 MUR |
| Mayotte | YT | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Mexico | MX | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Micronesia | FM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Moldova | MD | 300 EUR | 300 EUR |
| Monaco | MC | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Mongolia | MN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Montenegro | ME | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Montserrat | MS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Morocco | MA | 1250 MAD | 1250 MAD |
| Mozambique | MZ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Myanmar | MM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Namibia | NA | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Nauru | NR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Nepal | NP | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Netherlands | NL | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| New Caledonia | NC | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| New Zealand | NZ | 1000 NZD | 60 NZD |
| Nicaragua | NI | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Niger | NE | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Nigeria | NG | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Niue | NU | 0 NZD | 0 NZD |
| Norfolk Island | NF | 1000 AUD | 1000 AUD |
| North Macedonia | MK | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Northern Mariana Islands | MP | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Norway | NO | 3000 NOK | 3000 NOK |
| Oman | OM | 100 OMR | 100 OMR |
| Pakistan | PK | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Palau | PW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Panama | PA | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Papua New Guinea | PG | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Paraguay | PY | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Peru | PE | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| Philippines | PH | 10000 PHP | 10000 PHP |
| Poland | PL | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Portugal | PT | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Puerto Rico | PR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Qatar | QA | 300 QAR | 300 QAR |
| Reunion | RE | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Romania | RO | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Rwanda | RW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Saint Barthelemy | BL | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | KN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Saint Lucia | LC | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Saint Martin (French Part) | MF | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | VC | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Samoa | WS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| San Marino | SM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Sao Tome & Principe | ST | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Saudi Arabia | SA | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Senegal | SN | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Serbia | RS | 50 EUR | 50 EUR |
| Seychelles | SC | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Sierra Leone | SL | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Singapore | SG | 0 SGD | 0 SGD |
| Slovakia | SK | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Slovenia | SI | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Solomon Islands | SB | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Somalia | SO | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| South Africa | ZA | 500 ZAR | 500 ZAR |
| South Sudan | SS | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Spain | ES | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Sri Lanka | LK | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Suriname | SR | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Sweden | SE | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Switzerland | CH | 150 CHF | 0 CHF |
| Syria | SY | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Taiwan | TW | 2000 TWD | 2000 TWD |
| Tajikistan | TJ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Tanzania | TZ | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Thailand | TH | 1500 THB | 1500 THB |
| Togo | TG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Tokelau | TK | 1000 NZD | 1000 NZD |
| Tonga | TO | 0 TOP | 0 TOP |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TT | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| Tunisia | TN | 20 TND | 20 TND |
| Turkey | TR | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Turkmenistan | TM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Tuvalu | TV | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Uganda | UG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Ukraine | UA | 100 EUR | 100 EUR |
| United Arab Emirates | AE | 1000 AED | 1000 AED |
| United Kingdom | GB | 135 GBP | 15 GBP |
| United States | US | 800 USD | 800 USD |
| Uruguay | UY | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Uzbekistan | UZ | 1000 USD | 1000 USD |
| Vanuatu | VU | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Vatican City | VA | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| Venezuela | VE | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| Vietnam | VN | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Virgin Islands (British) | VG | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Wallis & Futuna | WF | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Western Sahara | EH | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| Yemen | YE | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Zambia | ZM | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| Zimbabwe | ZW | 0 USD | 0 USD |
Countries with special rules
Some countries have special rules:
Australia
Australia's de minimis threshold is officially 1,000 AUD. However, if your annual sales to Australia exceed 75,000 AUD, you must register for GST and remit it outside the customs clearance process.
Brazil
Brazil's de minimis threshold for duty and tax is 50 USD for postal shipments between individuals.
Canada
Canada's de minimis thresholds for duty and tax vary based on the type of shipment. The values are as follows:
Standard Shipments:
- Tax de minimis: 20 CAD (applied to the product value plus duty)
- Duty de minimis: 20 CAD (applied to the FOB value of the goods)
Courier Shipments Between the US and Mexico:
- Tax de minimis: 40 CAD (applied to the product value plus duty)
- Duty de minimis: 150 CAD (applied to the FOB value of the goods)
Postal Shipments Between the US and Mexico:
- Tax de minimis: 20 CAD (applied to the product value plus duty)
- Duty de minimis: 20 CAD (applied to the FOB value of the goods.
China
China has no de minimis threshold for e-commerce or courier shipments, meaning duty and tax fees apply to all e-commerce imports. For personal consumption imports, the de minimis threshold is 50.00 CNY. Duty and tax are only charged on personal imports with a CIF value exceeding 50.00 CNY. Personal shipments with an order value below this threshold are considered duty and tax-free imports.
Colombia
Although Colombia's general tax de minimis is 0, personal shipments from the United States to Colombia have a tax de minimis threshold of 200 USD.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong does not impose duties or taxes on imports.
Japan
The duty and tax de minimis do not apply to certain products from Japan that receive preferential treatment. However, these products must meet specific qualifications to be eligible.
Jersey
The de minimis values apply only to B2C (business-to-consumer) shipments.
Korea, the Republic of
For shipments to South Korea, the de minimis threshold is 200 USD for shipments from the United States and Puerto Rico and 150 USD for shipments from the rest of the world.
Liechtenstein
In Liechtenstein, duty is waived if the amount payable is under 5 CHF, and VAT is waived if the VAT payable is under 5 CHF. For instance, if the VAT payable is under 5 CHF but the duty payable exceeds 5 CHF, the VAT is waived, but the duty still applies.
Macau
Macau does not impose duties or taxes on imports.
New Zealand
New Zealand’s de minimis threshold is officially 1,000 NZD. However, if your annual sales to New Zealand exceed 60,000 NZD, you must register for GST and remit it outside of the customs clearance process.
Norway
Under Norway’s VOEC scheme, if your annual sales to Norway exceed 50,000 NOK, you must register and remit VAT on shipments where all items are valued at or below 3,000 NOK, bypassing the customs clearance process. The VAT is remitted quarterly to the tax authority by the registered sender. The VAT de minimis is 0 within this scheme, and no duty is charged. Outside the VOEC scheme, the VAT and duty de minimis values are 350 NOK.
Qatar
Qatar’s duty and tax de minimis threshold is 0 QAR for non-personal shipments and 1,000 QAR for personal shipments.
Russia
Russia’s de minimis threshold is 200 EUR, with an accompanying weight limit of 31kg. If the value or the weight exceeds these thresholds, the shipment is no longer considered a low-value personal shipment, and the importer must hire a broker for customs clearance.
Singapore
Although Singapore's de minimis threshold is 400 SGD, if you sell 100,000 SGD (cost of goods only) worth of low-value goods into Singapore within a 12-month period or if you sell, or expect to sell, more than 1 million SGD (CIF) globally within a 12-month period, you must register, collect, and remit GST on all orders into Singapore.
Svalbard
Svalbard does not impose duties and taxes on imports.
Optimizing Your Shipping Strategy
Segmenting Shipments
For high-value orders, consider splitting shipments to keep each under the De Minimis Value, where possible. This can help avoid additional taxes and duties.
Transparent Communication
Communicate to your international customers about potential duties and taxes for orders exceeding the De Minimis Value. Transparency can build trust and prevent unexpected costs.
Utilizing Technology
Implement Swap Global to automatically calculate duties and taxes at checkout based on the destination country’s tax rules. This ensures accurate pricing and a smoother customer experience.
Keeping Up with Regulatory Changes
De Minimis Values can change due to policy updates. Staying informed about these changes ensures compliance and allows you to adjust your shipping strategies accordingly. Regularly review international trade regulations and consult with experts to keep your business up-to-date.
Conclusion
Understanding and leveraging De Minimis Values is essential for optimizing international shipping and enhancing customer satisfaction. By staying informed and adapting your strategies, you can minimize costs and streamline your shipping processes, boosting your global e-commerce success.
For more detailed information on De Minimis Values by country and how they impact your business, consider consulting with international trade experts or utilizing comprehensive resources tailored to your needs.