Unofficial Philippine Customs Duties and Taxes Calculator
Notes and guidelines:
Press tab ↹ or enter ↵ to recompute after changing a value.
Add 4% cost of goods as insurance for EMS packages.
Exchange rates updated as of 2024-07-12. Get official rates updated weekly from BOC under CMC issuances. For packages valued in currencies other than USD: customs officers sometimes get values in USD first, then use PHP/USD exchange rates in the computation.
Get rate of duty from Philippine Tariff Finder. For common cases: use 15% for clothing, bags and shoes; leave at 10% otherwise.
Amount to pay to BOC (and BIR) in red. Amount to pay to PHLPOST in blue.
Disclaimer: This tool is made to guide users and give simple estimates, but is not meant to provide an official calculation of duties, taxes and fees for imported goods. Please refer to the laws and your customs officers for accurate and official values.
Release notes:
v1.0 (2014-07-19) : Initial release
v1.0.1 (2015-09-08) : Modified CDS and IPF values according to CAO 08-2014
v1.0.2 (2015-10-13) : Simplified computation; Toggle button for uncommon items
v1.0.3 (2015-10-15) : Help text; Guidelines
v1.0.4 (2015-10-16) : Minor graphical improvements
v1.0.5 (2016-02-02) : Added PHP to currency selector
v1.0.6 (2016-05-24) : Rounded numbers for display
v1.0.7 (2024-07-06) : Added de minimis value exemption
Planned features (may or may not be implemented in the future):
v1.0.x : Full mobile and touch compatibility (help text, etc.)
v1.1 : Querystring support for easy bookmarking, linking, etc.