Tips to lessen customs duty

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/tips-to-lessen-customs-duty.178485/

Hi..How can we avoid/lessen customs duty

?Im buying a mobile from HongKong.thanks

^^there is some limit in cutom duty while bringing purchased goods from outside India

Hey please tell me if my dad brings a phone 400$ Will he have to pay any duty for it. 2 years back he brought iPad without any customs not sure of current rules and heard few people saying their nexus 4 bought from abroad had to pay customs.
Thx

Zangetsu said:
^^there is some limit in cutom duty while bringing purchased goods from outside India

yeah it is about 6 %

Superayush said:
Hey please tell me if my dad brings a phone 400$ Will he have to pay any duty for it. 2 years back he brought iPad without any customs not sure of current rules and heard few people saying their nexus 4 bought from abroad had to pay customs.
Thx

i think its better to take the mobile out of the box while smuggling

Check the baggage rules. Free allowance depends on the number of days spent overseas.

Best option is to keep a gadget without its box.