Estimate the import duty and VAT/GST due when shipping from Portugal to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, UAE or the USA — based on each country's published rate bands.
De minimis threshold and standard VAT/GST rate for each destination this tool covers.
| Country | De minimis | VAT / GST | Full guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Australia | ~€600 | 10% | View guide → |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | ~€45 | 20% | View guide → |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | ~€28 | 5% | View guide → |
| 🇨🇳 China | ~€7 | 13% | View guide → |
| 🇮🇳 India | ~€110 | 18% | View guide → |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | ~€60 | 10% | View guide → |
| 🇦🇪 UAE | ~€250 | 5% | View guide → |
| 🇺🇸 USA | ~€— | 0% | View guide → |
Two different things are true here, and it's worth separating them. The math itself (how duty and VAT are combined, how de minimis is applied) is tested and correct for the inputs you give it. The underlying rate ranges per category are a different matter — they're general reference bands from official tariff schedules (e.g. the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule, USITC), not a lookup of your item's exact HS code, so they can be too wide or too narrow for a specific product — a few categories (like US wine, and TRQ-protected foods such as dairy or sugar) are flagged directly where the general range doesn't apply well or isn't a percentage of value at all. Use this to budget a rough range, not to promise a customer an exact landed cost — only a full customs declaration with the correct HS code determines that precisely.
De minimis is the declared value below which a shipment enters duty-free. It varies enormously by country — from CNY 50 (~€7) in China up to several hundred euros elsewhere. The USA is a notable exception: its former $800 de minimis exemption was suspended for all countries and shipping modes as of 2026 (Executive Order 14324; Federal Register 91 FR 37789), so there is currently no duty-free threshold for US-bound shipments. Below a country's threshold you typically still owe VAT/GST in many countries (Australia, UK, EU) even though duty is waived.
Most countries assess VAT/GST on the customs value plus the duty already charged, not on the original declared value alone — so the tax compounds. This calculator follows that convention, matching how each country's customs authority actually calculates it.
No — shipments between EU countries have no customs duty or import VAT at all, so there's nothing to calculate. This tool covers the 8 non-EU destinations where Cargosender has published detailed customs guides: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, UAE and the USA.