One recipient in Russia has the right to a parcel without payment of customs duty if:
- cargo without commercial purpose;
- it is intended for personal use – these are personal items;
- the total cost of the parcel does not exceed the equivalent of $ 200;
- the weight of one box should not exceed 20 kg;
- the description of the contents of the parcel and its specified value must be complete and truthful;
- the parcel must not contain items from the list of items prohibited for shipment;
- if the parcel contains items that have restrictions on import into the destination country, they must comply with the customs regulations of the destination country, and, upon request, the customs authorities attach the necessary permits to them.;
- in case of violation of the rules of shipment, the Customs Service has the right to impose sanctions on the sender provided for by law. (including partial or complete confiscation of the contents of the parcel). the sender will also be obliged to pay for unforeseen expenses incurred due to his fault, related to additional customs checks, fines, and/or the return of the parcel to the country of departure;
Pay attention!
If the price of the contents exceeds $ 200, customs duty is automatically imposed on the cargo.
List of goods whose import is prohibited in Russia:
- Medicines
- Excisable goods (alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, etc.)
- Food products addressed to individuals weighing more than 5 kg.
- Food products in open and/or non-industrial packages
- Soft drinks in non-industrial or opened industrial packaging
- Seeds and seed material
- Precious and non-ferrous metals, including scrap
- Antiques (any products older than 100 years)
- Author's drawings, paintings and lithographs
- Sculptures
- Cultural values (according to the legislation of the countries of import and export)
- Firearms, ammunition and spare parts for them
- Edged weapons and items for self-defense
- Military and dual-use goods (which can be used for both peaceful and military purposes or for the manufacture of items for military purposes)
- Explosives
- Flammable gases, liquids and other substances
- Corrosive substances, in particular, hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric acids
- Toxic and infectious substances (mercury and products with it, bleaching and cleaning products for pipes, pesticides, insecticides, etc.)
- Magnetized materials
- Internal combustion engines and lawn mowers
- Lithium and metal batteries (only available with a product with a capacity of up to 100 watt-hour)
- Liquid-charged batteries
- Airbags
- Pressure cylinders
- Chainsaws
- Air conditioning equipment
- Computer accessories
- Dental equipment
- Drilling equipment containing refrigerants
- Used auto and air parts and car license plates
- Fragile and sensitive to temperature changes equipment
- Items requiring a special temperature regime
- Animals and plants
- Fur, skins, stuffed animals, feathers, ivory and products made from it
- Human remains, ashes and human organs
- Narcotic substances
- Pornographic materials
- Used clothes and shoes in dirty form
- Items sent to foreign judges, banks, executive services, mailboxes
- Counterfeit (pirated) and falsified products
- Identity documents
- Originals of workbooks
- Seals of legal entities and state bodies
- Media with closed access: disks, USB drives with an access code
- Fuel wood, pellets, wood shavings and sawdust, timber, trunks for sawing, trunks for poles
- Rare earth metals
- Ferroalloys
- Metal ingots, scrap metal, turning chips and other metalworking waste
- Copper, crude lead, nickel, nickel, untreated tin, tungsten, magnesium, molybdenum, tantalum, bismuth, cadmium, titanium, zirconium, antimony, manganese, beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium, talium, cobalt, cermets, their waste and products from them.
- Shipments whose transportation is prohibited by the authorities of the recipient country or transit countries;