ofuro soaking hot tubs: import taxes

Q #56

Is the standard portion of taxes already included in the quotation and only potential additional charges, taxes etc. may occur? Or do we need to estimate additional tax cost for sure? If yes, whats your experience when shipping to Germany?

A #56

The quick answer is: for Germany the import tax on wooden items is 0%. The VAT is 19%.
For people who want to know more: please find here the master chart:
everything you always wanted to know about import taxes ... and never dared to ask!
Please note that we export wooden tubs with the following customs HS code: 4421.90

Import	HS commodity	MFN duty	Sales	Additional duties &
country	code	rate	tax	taxes
Algeria	4421.90.90	30%	17%
Andorra	4421.90.9790	0%	4.50%
Antigua And Barbuda	4421.90.90	20%	15%	Customs service tax (CST) (10% CIF)
Argentina	4421.90.00900X	35%	21%	Statistical fee (0.5% CIF)
Aruba	4421.90.20	12%	No sales tax
Australia	4421.90.0030	5%	10%	Import Processing Charge (AU$48.85)
Austria	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Azerbaijan>	4421.90.9800	15%	18%
Azores	4421.90.9790	0%	18%
Bahrain	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
Bangladesh	4421.90.90	25%	15%	Supplementary Duty (SD) (0% CIFD)
				Regulatory Duty (RD) (4% (CIFD + Supplementary Duty (SD)))
				AIT(Advance Income Tax) (5% CIFD)
Barbados	4421.90.90	20%	17.50%
Belarus	4421.90.9800	10.50%	20%
Belgium	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
Belize	4421.90.90	20%	12.50%	Environmental Levy (2% CIF)
Bermuda	4421.90.0	22.25%	No sales tax
Bolivia	4421.90.90000	40%	14.94%
Bosnia And Herzegovina	4421.90.9700	5%	17%	Customs record keeping charge (1% CIF)
Botswana	4421.90.906	20%	12%
Brazil	4421.90.00	14%	Depends on province	Airport fee (50% (Storage fee + Handling fee))
				Storage fee (1% CIFD)
				Handling fee (BRL0.015 per KG)
				Declaration fee (BRL30.00)
				IPI (0% CIFD)
				PIS PASEP COFINS tax ((11.75% (CIF * (1 + ICMS%) * (Duty% + IPI% * (1 + Duty%)))) / (0.9075 * (1 - ICMS%)))
Brunei Darussalam	4421.90.99	0%	No sales tax
Bulgaria	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Burundi	4421.90.00	25%	18%	Administrative Licence Fee (0.5% CIF)
Burundi	4421.90.00	25%	18%	Security Tax (1.15% CIF)
Cambodia	4421.90.99	15%	10%	Special tax ()
Canada	4421.90.9099	6%	Depends on province
Canary Islands	4421.90.9790	0%	3%
Cayman Islands	4421.90.00	22%	No sales tax
Chile	4421.90.90	6%	19%	Classification Charge (1% CIF)
China	4421.90.9090	0%	17%
Colombia	4421.90.9000	0%	16%
Costa Rica	4421.90.9090	14%	13%	Golfito Tax (Tourism development tax) (18% CIFD)
Costa Rica	4421.90.9090	14%	13%	Law 6946 (National Emergency Law) (1% CIFD)
Croatia	4421.90.9790	0%	25%
Cyprus	4421.90.9790	0%	19%
Czech Republic	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
Denmark	4421.90.9790	0%	25%
Dominica	4421.90.90	20%	15%	Customs service charge (3% CIF)
Dominican Republic	4421.90.90	20%	18%
Ecuador	4421.90.90	20%	12%	FodInfa (Children development fund) (0.5% CIF)
Ecuador	4421.90.90	20%	12%	ICE (Consumption Tax) (0% CIFD)
Egypt	4421.90.90	10%	10%
El Salvador	4421.90.90	15%	13%
Estonia	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Finland	4421.90.9790	0%	24%
France	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
French Guiana	4421.90.9790	0%	No sales tax
Germany	4421.90.9790	0%	19%
Gibraltar	4421.90.000	12%	No sales tax
Greece	4421.90.9790	0%	23%
Grenada	4421.90.90	20%	15%	Customs service charge (CSC) (5% CIF)
Guadeloupe	4421.90.9790	0%	8.50%
Guatemala	4421.90.90	15%	12%
Guernsey	4421.90.9790	0%	No sales tax
Guyana	4421.90.90	20%	16%
Honduras	4421.90.9000	15%	15%
Hong Kong	4421.90.00	0%	No sales tax
Hungary	4421.90.9790	0%	27%
Iceland	4421.90.29	10%	24%
India	4421.90.90	10%	No sales tax	Landing charges (1% CIF)
				Countervailing duty (12.5% (CIFD + Landing charges))
				CESS (3% (Duty + CEX (Education & Higher Education CESS) + Countervailing duty))
				Additional Countervailing Duty (4% (CIFD + Landing charges + Countervailing duty + CESS + CEX (Education & Higher Education CESS)))
Indonesia	4421.90.9900	5%	10%	Income tax (15% CIFD)
Iran	4421.90.90	22%	8%
Ireland	4421.90.9790	0%	23%
Isle of Man	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Israel	4421.90.90	0%	17%	Import port fee (US$50.31 Import port fee if weight more 50 kg per shipment)
Italy	4421.90.9790	0%	22%
Jamaica	4421.90.90	20%	16.50%	Standard compliance fee (SCF) (0.3% CIF)
Jamaica	4421.90.90	20%	16.50%	Environmental levy (0.5% CIF)
Japan	4421.90.999	2.90%	8%	LVS (5%)
Jersey	4421.90.9790	0%	5%
Jordan	4421.90.90	30%	16%
Kazakhstan	4421.90.9800	10.50%	12%
Kenya	4421.90.00	25%	16%	Import Declaration Fee (2.25% CIF)
Kuwait	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
Lao People's Democratic Republic	4421.90.99	20%	10%
Latvia	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
Lebanon	4421.90.90	5%	10%
Lesotho	4421.90.906	20%	14%
Liechtenstein	4421.90.00	0% + CHF14.00 per 100 kg	8%
Lithuania	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
Luxembourg	4421.90.9790	0%	17%
Macau	4421.90.90	0%	No sales tax
Madeira	4421.90.9790	0%	22%
Malaysia	4421.90.990	20%	6%
Maldives	4421.90.0010	10%	6%
Malta	4421.90.9790	0%	18%
Martinique	4421.90.9790	0%	8.50%
Mayotte	4421.90.9790	0%	No sales tax
Mexico	4421.90.99	15%	16%	DTA (0.8% CIFD)
Monaco	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Montserrat	4421.90.90	20%	No sales tax
Morocco	4421.90.9090	25%	20%	Timber tax (12% CIF)
Morocco	4421.90.9090	25%	20%	Parafiscal tax (0.25% CIF)
Myanmar	4421.90.9900	15%	No sales tax
Namibia	4421.90.906	20%	15%
Netherlands	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
New Zealand	4421.90.1919H	5%	15%	Import entry transaction fee (NZ$49.24)
Nicaragua	4421.90.9090	15%	15%
Nigeria	4421.90.9900	20%	5%	Excise (20%)
Norway	4421.90.09	0%	25%
Oman	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
Pakistan	4421.90.90	20%	17%
Panama	4421.90.99	10%	7%
Paraguay	4421.90.00	14%	10%
Peru	4421.90.9000	6%	16%	Additional fee (0% CIFD)
Peru	4421.90.9000	6%	16%	Municipal tax (2% (CIFD + Excise + Tariff surcharge))
Philippines	4421.90.99	10%	12%
Poland	4421.90.9790	0%	23%
Portugal	4421.90.9790	0%	23%
Puerto Rico	4421.90.9780	3.30%	7.25%
Qatar	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
Reunion	4421.90.9790	0%	8.50%
Romania	4421.90.9790	0%	24%
Russian Federation	4421.90.9800	10.50%	18%
Rwanda	4421.90.00	25%	18%	Withholding tax (5% CIF)
Saint Kitts And Nevis	4421.90.90	20%	17%
Saint Lucia	4421.90.90	20%	15%	Service charge (6% CIF)
Saint Martin	4421.90.9790	0%	No sales tax
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	4421.90.90	20%	15%	Customs service charge (5% CIF)
San Marino	4421.90.9790	0%	No sales tax
Saudi Arabia	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
Serbia	4421.90.9700	10%	20%
Singapore	4421.90.99	0%	7%
Slovakia	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
Slovenia	4421.90.9790	0%	22%
South Africa	4421.90.906	20%	14%
South Korea	4421.90.9000	8%	10%
Spain	4421.90.9790	0%	21%
Sri Lanka	4421.90.90	25%	11%	Import Cess (Rs50.00 per kg)
				PAL (Ports and Airport Levy) (5% CIF)
				Surcharge (15% Duty)
				Social Responsibility Levy (SRL) (1.5% (Duty + Surcharge + Excise))
Suriname	4421.90.90	20%	10%	Consent law (1.5% CIF)
Suriname	4421.90.90	20%	10%	Statistics law (0.5% CIF)
Swaziland	4421.90.906	20%	14%
Sweden	4421.90.9790	0%	25%
Switzerland	4421.90.00	0% + CHF14.00 per 100 kg	8%
Taiwan (ROC)	4421.90.90005	0%	5%	Trade promotion fee (0.04% CIF)
Tanzania	4421.90.00	25%	18%
Thailand	4421.90.99000	20%	7%
Trinidad And Tobago	4421.90.90	20%	15%
Turkey	4421.90.970000	0%	18%
Turks And Caicos Islands	4421.90.9	30%	No sales tax
Uganda	4421.90.00	25%	18%	Withholding tax (6% CIF)
Ukraine	4421.90.9800	0%	20%
United Arab Emirates	4421.90.99	5%	No sales tax
United Kingdom	4421.90.9790	0%	20%
United States	4421.90.9780	3.30%	Depends on state	Merchandise Processing Fee ()
Uruguay	4421.90.00	14%	22%	Consular fee (2% CIF)
Venezuela	4421.90.0090	14%	12%
Vietnam	4421.90.99	25%	10%

chart with all taxes and VAT percentages for all the countries. contact us if you are in doubt.

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