Tax on imported goods

     If you want to import products from abroad, but don't want to pay expensive taxes, you must understand import taxes.

     Principles of collecting import duties

     Import duty is the tax levied by the government on goods imported into Thailand through customs procedures, whether imported by water, land, or air. The Customs Department is responsible for collecting import-export taxes and value-added tax (VAT). Therefore, imported goods are subject to import duties and VAT.  

     Each type of product has different tax rates, called import tariffs, by carrying goods into Thailand. Normally, when tourists bring goods such as personal items into Thailand, after passport control and luggage collection, if there are no goods that must be declared, go through the green checkpoint (Nothing to Declare). But if there are goods that must be declared, go through the red checkpoint (Goods to Declare) to pay duty.

Which conditions for paying import tax are as follows: 

- Personal items with a total value exceeding 20,000 baht, whether for personal use or not. But if it is an item taken from Thailand, it will not be counted if it has been declared before departure;

- Items of a commercial nature, even if the value is less than 20,000 baht; 

- More than 1 liter of alcoholic beverages;

- More than 200 cigarettes;

- Cigars or tobacco over 250 grams;

- Restricted items or items that require a license, such as drugs and food or nutrition supplements, cosmetics, pets, firearms, plants, electronic devices, and drones.

Source :The Revenue Department
Tel : +66 1161