Courier from Bangalore to Thailand

Thailand applies a low-value exemption: consignments whose customs value falls under a modest threshold — long set at THB 1,500 on a CIF basis — clear without duty or VAT. Above it, the recipient pays import duty at the tariff rate for the goods plus VAT, which stands at 7%. This is why an honest, itemised invoice is worth the two minutes it takes to write: a parcel declared line by line at a realistic value is assessed on what it actually contains, while a vague “gift” declaration invites Thai customs to value it themselves.

The ban worth naming is e-cigarettes and vaping devices. Thailand prohibits their import outright, and the prohibition covers the devices, the liquids and the parts. People send them to friends and family there without realising, and the outcome is seizure rather than a fine at the counter. We will not book them.

Medicines and health supplements are regulated by the Thai FDA. Tablets in original labelled packaging in an obviously personal quantity, declared, are the reasonable case; a bulk quantity of supplements or anything that looks like stock for resale is not, and will be treated as a commercial import needing registration.

Food follows the same logic as everywhere else we ship: sealed, factory-packed dry items with a printed ingredient list travel; meat, dairy, fresh produce, plants and seeds do not. Thailand’s agricultural quarantine is real and applies to parcels.

Duty and VAT are assessed in Thailand and paid by the recipient. We cannot pre-pay them from Bangalore and we will not print an estimate of them here.