In a news post by the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs, the de minimis value or the value of a shipment which no duty or tax is collected. The Customs Administrative Order was signed on September 28, 2016 and will be effective October 25, 2016.
[signoff icon=”quote-circled”]The law sets that De Minimis Value at Php 10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Pesos) FCA or FOB or below. The Secretary of Finance shall adjust the De Minimis Value as provided herein, every three (3) years after the effectivity of the CMTA to its present value using the Consumer Price Index, as published by the Philippines Statistics Authority.
[/signoff]What this means is that all imported goods declared with a value of Php10,000 shall not be dutiable and will be released immediately. Regulated items will still be subject to their respective clearances. This is a big leap from the older Php10 de minimis value that have stood for a very long time. The CAO also states that the de minimis value may be amended every 3 years based on the consumer price index.
For a copy of the full CAO, see here.
B2G Says:
For the benefit of our readers that mostly import devices, hobby items, devices, toys and games, basically anything you buy online that is below Php10,000 will not be taxed by customs. It is unclear if this includes shipping and insurance but to be safe we highly put it under total shipping cost. The provisions cover the entire shipping cost so that includes all costs of the shipping including value of goods, shipping cost and everything else.
For those sending gifts, the CAO states that anything marked with zero value or no commercial value or similar will be deemed subject for customs inspection so do declare proper values to speed up clearing.
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Sana 40k na lang para sakto pang high end vcard haha
Padeclare mo as GTX 950 ung GTX 1080 then lagay mo sa value $125 + 50$ shipping. #EZBUGATTI
Ayos to para sa mga abubot for MKB. Usually naman bibilihin mo overseas personally mga mkb base.
Ok rin para sa mga abubot from kickstarter
Yup, saktong sakto kasi mejo nahihilig ako sa kickstarter ngayon. Tulong na rin since ayoko muna magcollect ng transformers and gunpla.
Aww this. Shipping nalang
very good 🙂
So does this mean that buying directly from Amazon without any use of third party couriers (aka LBC Shipping Cart) can be done once this becomes effective? 🙂
Yes, as long as the total shipping cost and the seller from Amazon directly ships to PH then anything received after Oct. 25 2016 will have no duty imposed on it. I will personally test this and document every and all store I use starting with Amazon, AliExpress, etc.
Thanks! I will be looking forward to read the documentation.
And the battle with BoC gives us a better breathing room!
HALLELUJAH
Reynaldo Balagulan
Hello Amazon hahaha
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Vince Pantino tara bili cheap open source chinese carbon bikes
Farzhie jordan ko :v
oh yeah 😀 time to amass shopping ahahaha 😀
Lupit! Idol ko na tlga mga nag implement nito.
maraming salamat po, current admin!
Andro Vincent mga pre lana tax.. 10k pababa.. Hahahaha rx480 5k nalang
rerekta nako sa 1080 pre sa susunod ko na upgrade
4k nlng un by then