how about buying toys from japan? will you get the dagangan tax???? for personal only

how it works?
just say the toy weight 1.9KG.. cost RM550 ? how to calculate?

Last week i ordered some Audio CD from CDJapan, only to find out the true ugly of malaysia custom

For my case, i choose FEDEX as the courier service, mainly because it's FAST. But what lies under was actually.... MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Here's the case, my package was declared as GIFT, so i was saved from the "TAXABLE ITEM" tax. That was until i found out this.

If you are buying from overseas and use a courier service (FEDEX,GDEX, watsoeverDEX...), Malaysia Custom actually charge a "KOS TAMBANG DAGANGAN" based on the weight of your parcel, and thus increase the original declared value of your parcel, and making it TAXABLE.

Based on the info from this guy HowToAvoidTax, item/parcel will only be taxed, if the total value is >RM500,

Penghantaran Melalui EMS[shipped through EMS]
Nilai Barang[Goods/Parcel Value] + Kos Pengeposan[Shipping Cost] = < RM 500 (Dikecualikan cukai)[non-taxable]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > Rm 500 (Dikenakan cukai sekiranya barang ditaksir bercukai)[taxable if goods declare as taxable items]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 1000 (Jika Bercukai, akan dikenakan Borang Ikrar Kastam K1 dan dicukai)[if taxable item, required customs K1 form and taxable]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 1000 (Tidak Bercukai, tidak dikenakan borang ikrar)[non-taxable item, not required customs declaration form]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 2000 (Tidak Bercukai, Dikenakan Borang Ikrar Kastam K1)[non-taxable item, required customs K1 form]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 10000 (Cukai atau tidak, Akan Kena borang K1A)[either taxable or non-taxable, required customs K1A form]


So for my parcel, the value declared was 10476YEN with conversion rate of 0.0328

Original Parcel Value:                  RM 343.61
Insurance:                                              RM    3.44 (~1% of the original Parcel value i guess)
KOS TAMBANG DAGANGAN:  RM 322.15

TOTAL PARCEL VALUE:          RM 669.20

My parcel value become RM600++!!   and so i was taxed 10%, making me receive the Customs Duties of RM66.92!

This is what stated at my Duty Tax Invoice


So how they calculate the KOS TAMBANG DAGANGAN? I was surprised when i receive this from FEDEX.

As my parcel was from Japan, and my parcel weight 1.8KG, based on the table they provided me below:

JAPAN
0 - 6.4KG -> RM322.15 (Caj Minimum)
> 6.4KG  -> RM50.03
> 45KG    -> RM42.45
> 100KG  -> RM37.52
> 300KG  -> RM32.22
> 500KG  -> RM32.22









This makes me more  for BOLEHLAND....so im sharing this out.... For those who buy and postage using courier service, BE AWARE~

Hi, I would like to ask you a question. I'm not understand how the custom charge.

I buy a phone charging cable from China.
Parcel + Shipping Fees = RM40.00
My parcel not over 1kg.
Will my parcel be charge by custom or not ? If charge will charge how much ? 10% or Normal Caj ?

Based on the info from this guy HowToAvoidTax, item/parcel will only be taxed, if the total value is >RM500,

Penghantaran Melalui EMS[shipped through EMS]
Nilai Barang[Goods/Parcel Value] + Kos Pengeposan[Shipping Cost] = < RM 500 (Dikecualikan cukai)[non-taxable]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > Rm 500 (Dikenakan cukai sekiranya barang ditaksir bercukai)[taxable if goods declare as taxable items]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 1000 (Jika Bercukai, akan dikenakan Borang Ikrar Kastam K1 dan dicukai)[if taxable item, required customs K1 form and taxable]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 1000 (Tidak Bercukai, tidak dikenakan borang ikrar)[non-taxable item, not required customs declaration form]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 2000 (Tidak Bercukai, Dikenakan Borang Ikrar Kastam K1)[non-taxable item, required customs K1 form]
Nilai Barang + Kos Pengeposan = > RM 10000 (Cukai atau tidak, Akan Kena borang K1A)[either taxable or non-taxable, required customs K1A form]

Hi Folks,

been reading on this thread for a bit but am a little confused. Hoping someone can clarify things for me.

1) if U.S (less than 6.4kg) item cost is less than RM500 & shipping charges is free but invoice only puts one total figure, then we get charged some RM3++ by customs? (assuming no tax involved for the item)

2) same as above but this time invoice states item cost & also shipping cost (assuming free shipping) then we don't get whacked with the RM3++ shipping charge?

hopefully someone can make a clearer picture out of this.

thanks

i was purchased watch from the ebay,
the watch = RM630
shipping = RM 66.66

so i will be taxed by custom ?
when u know u get taxed by custom?
issit the deliver man deliver the item to your house then you need pay on the spot or u need collect your item at malaysia custom yourself and pay?

I have bought like a dozen times from Japan, all using EMS and usually they are in RM3xx to 4xx range, highest was RM480 including shipping. All reached my doorsteps without any fuss. 

i wonder if it has something to do with seller not declaring this properly.

Is it possible to declare shipping value in SAL (unregistered) shipping? It seems that there is no place to fill in the shipping value in the SAL shipping invoice form like EMS did. Now I'm considering to buy stuff (which including free shipping) from Amazon and requesting the Japan seller to declare the shipping value on the shipment invoice, but it seems impossible to do so. That kos tambang dagangan is really MONSTEROUS! 

Amazon Japan uses DHL only, and u get your items as fast as in 3-4 days. And no worries because Amazon and  DHL declared the item price and shipping costs clearly in the invoice attached. I got a big box in, like, 35 to 40cm at the longest dimension yet the shipping costs is only 1400yen.

If your area is not serviceable by DHL u will see a message in your tracking number "delivery arranged no details expected". It means is coming to you the next day - they passed the parcel to poslaju to complete the delivery. Those in penang and kl shouldbt have this issue though, DHL delivers it to u directly.

It is FedEx from what i know that had the tendency to get into trouble with customs. And shipping big boxes from USA is very expensive.

Thanks for the detailed reply. Anyway, I forgot to mention that the item that I was going to buy is from an Amazon US seller (not fulfilled or tagged with Amazon tag), but the item is shipped from Japan. Hence, I didn't aware about the DHL stuff at first place, and I just checked from my order status which provides me a tracking ID from SAL registered. Hopefully there will be no hassle as the total value of the shipment is below RM400.