Custom Duty on imported books

[Thushara]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what are the custom duty and taxes we have to pay when importing books to Sri Lanka from online purchases?... because I experienced sometimes they put very high duty on books which I bought (for example I had to pay about LKR 1800 something as total custom duty for a book worth LKR 4500)

[Thushara]

I just got to know that the custom officers just put high duty on coffee table books. Most of my orders are art of the movie books (coffie table type) Yea I order from the depository too... Its sad they charge duty on books... In USA they charge custom duty only on orders exceed 100 dollars...

[Travis]

I also had a similar experience when ordering text books on Amazon. for a book worth approx. USD 60 the duty was close to LKR 2,400. This issue doesn't seem to affect regular novels I order from bookdepository.

[Thushara]

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