yes my dvd also have this red card to collect.

but my book, it was infront my door step i was at home actually but in the bath room. when i open the door, i saw a box with my book. dont know who send it, pos malaysia or private courier. but i can see there is a hole under it, maybe they already check and see what is inside, books then they release and send it to me directly.

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Added on January 13, 2008, 3:07 pmcool if books is not taxable... how bout if we buy magazine via ebay or maybe subscribe international magazine? will there be any tax for magazine?

This post has been edited by elfreakz: Jan 13 2008, 03:07 PM

I am to import 100pcs of Stainless Steel pendant with chain, I checked the Import tax is 10% and IF it will be stopped, where shall I go to claim?
The delivery address is to Kepong.

Anybody here tried to import LCD TV from US? What is the tax to pay here?

52 inch LCD in US about US$1800. In Malaysia, about RM24,000.

Is it worth the savings vs risk?

hi guys, I wanted to know if I import directly from japan some toys with CIF value less than MYR500.00,will I be taxed and duty? Please help...

can anyone answer my question or guide me on where to look? i've looked in ATHN Duties Order 2004 and Customs Duties Order 1996 but i can't find it. but i do know for a fact that football jerseys get taxed.

You import via? Courier? Freight Forwarding agents?


LCD TV is 25% import duty + 10% sales tax on top of CIF value. Furthermore you need to have SIRIM permit.


If you read through this topic frequent, sometimes, depend on luck taxed not required. Be smart, ask your shipper mark the toys as gift.


What's the material of your football jersey? You can't find "jersey" you have to search by type of textile.

But I thought only with built in tuner got tax. If just plain LCD or plasma without tuner, got no tax. Bro, what is CIF?

Note your posting above... LCD TV, so your LCD TV does not have a TV tuner?

thanks for your advice. The LCD in US got 2 types. First without tuner at all. I presume this has no tax in Malaysia. Second type got "HDTV" tuner. Is this considered a tuner in Malaysia since we got no HDTV?

I also notice those with tuners got many types of tuners, ATSC, DVB, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, QAM. Which one is considered tuner in Malaysia?

Any tuner that can receive TV signal is consider tuner. No matter ATSC, DV... HDTV..... or whatever spec in the future.

Just like a car. The most vital part is the engine + chasis. No matter what brand/type/spec of engine / chasis.

still got very cheap lcd and plasma with no tuner. But even with tuner and paying the tax, still much cheaper to import than buy in malaysia.

Only risk, but its a big risk, if rosak one day, mati lah. Somemore Sony Malaysia and Sharp Malaysia sure may refuse to repair parallel imported set and there aren't any repair man who dare touch plasma or lcd panels.

So US2000 (about RM8000 including shipping to Msia) vs RM22,000.

Is saving RM14,000 worth it?

buying old magazines like 12 issues, will i be charge kastam tax?

I ship via courier, plus I asked the seller to declare as gift and mark a lower value.

If you order from ebay will and its international shipping would you get taxed? I wanted to order a stylus for my nintendo ds lite but will it most likely get taxed?

small amounts usually won't get taxed.

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Added on January 23, 2008, 4:08 pmpolyester and cotton. anyway, i got taxed and the UPS people told me that clothings usually will get taxed 20% duties and 10% sales.

This post has been edited by subpar: Jan 23 2008, 04:08 PM

What ?! 20% duties and 10% sales ? That's more than 30 if being added separately, can you still make a profit out of it?
How about phones ? I heard they only have 10% duty, how about sales tax?

it was not for profit, it's personal. a bit unlucky lar :/

but to be very very safe, make sure it is not heavy...anything not more than 1kg for expensive clothes. if this is for personal use lar, for sale then i'm sure it's not a very economical way.

mine was 1.2 kg, and worth about RM450. but, as usual, kastam use a higher exchange rate and estimated my cost at RM520+! so 20% duties is calculated from their esitimation of the value of my items.

and the 10% sales tax is calculated from the sum of the 20% duties tax and their estimation of my items. sigh........

also, if you can bear the risk of losing the items, you could always choose normail airmail. at least you get to nego with the kastam. with UPS and other courier services, they will blindly pay for you first and then claim the tax money from you. so if you don't pay up, you don't get the item.

Does anyone know how long will it takes for the parcel to reach the nearest post office if I appoint pos malaysia as the agent to clear the custom? how do they let us know it has reach? will they call us or send another poslaju notice?

I buy before from Japan ~
Didnt kena sales tax but kena SIRIM (need permit to import)
I think is around RM20X ~ They say kena 3 working day to process ~
Then i ask them can do in one day or not (because i want settle one short) then i pay more RM30 for process fee
The RM30 is give for the head sign a name only