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Overview

เมื่อส่งของไปประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ผู้รับจำเป็นจะต้องชำระภาษีอากรขาเข้า ไม่ว่าจะเป็นสินค้าใช้ส่วนบุคคล หรือเพื่อการพาณิชย์ วิธีการประเมินคำนวณตามราคาเอฟโอบี (เสียค่าขนส่งจนถึงเรือ), คือการชำระอากรและภาษีคำนวณจากเฉพาะมูลค่าของสินค้านำเข้าเต็มจำนวน  อย่างไรก็ตาม อากรบางชนิดเรียกเก็บตามส่วนของมูลค่าสินค้าและส่วนของปริมาณสินค้านอกเหนือจากอากรสำหรับการส่งของไปประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา ยังมีการเรียกจัดเก็บค่าธรรมเนียมการค้า (Merchandising Processing Fee), ภาษีขาย (Sales Tax) และภาษีเงินได้ (Internal Revenue Tax)

Customs duties and taxes for shipping goods and packages to the United States.

Shipping to the United States is subject to customs duties calculated using either the Ad Valorem (as a percentage of value) method, which is a percentage of the item's value, or the specific rate (dollars/cents per unit), which is calculated per unit price. Duty rates vary from 0.% to 37.5%, with an average of 5.63%. Some items can be imported duty-free, such as certain electronic products or paintings and antiques older than 100 years.

United States sales tax

In the United States, sales taxes are not automatically levied on imported goods. However, each state's Customs & Border Protection (CBP) can act on behalf of the importer to collect state taxes from them.

Minimum tax in the United States.

The United States does not have a minimum import duty rate; that is, shipments to the United States with a value of USD 200 or less are exempt from duties.

Other taxes and fees of the United States Customs.

In the United States, the CBP (Central Bureau of Taxation and Pricing) collects federal taxes and fees on behalf of federal agencies similar to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), depending on the type of goods imported. The importer's payment of fees depends on the type of import and the method of transportation.

• Federal Excise Tax is levied on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.
• The Merchant Processing Fee (MPF) is levied on the import of goods for commercial purposes (Formal Entries) and for personal use (Informal Entries).

Shipping items to the United States for personal use will incur one of three import fees: USD2, USD6, or USD9.
For commercial shipments to the United States (for goods valued over USD 2,500), a fee of 0.3464% will be charged on the total value of the goods, with a minimum of USD 250 and a maximum of USD 485.

Applying for a tax refund in the United States.

In cases of overpayment of duties or return of goods to the exporter, the importer is entitled to a refund of the duties. Further information can be found on this subject.

 

Location and contact information for the U.S. Customs Department.

Further information regarding import declaration procedures and restrictions on shipments to the United States can be found on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website:  https://www.cbp.gov

How to send goods and packages to the United States.

For shipments to the United States, SME SHIPPING provides document and parcel delivery services via DHL EXPRESS., FEDEX EXPRESS, TNT EXPRESS, Global Mail, and international sea freight services.