What are the customs regulations and fees for bringing used personal belongings into Thailand?

@Trevor ********

VAT is the same for everything, it's 7%.

The duty varies. Most common if something has duty is 10%, so if something is valued at 100 + 10% = 110 + 7% VAT = 117.7.

You can look up duty in the tariff database. It generally gives an ad valorem rate of 40% but actual duty is lower than this. You need to select "General Rate Section 12" to get the actual rate. This is often 10% or duty exempted.

Some specific things may require an import license, which can further complicate things.

The reality is somewhere between people saying it's impossible and possible. It's not always that expensive. But it's not necessarily easy either.

With secondhand stuff you can run into the whole question of valuation. It's easier with new stuff. If you are asked to prove a value for something, what can you do? And this is where it gets into "they make it up".

But clothes are one of the worst things you can import, it's maybe counter-intuitive, you might not think the duty would be much higher on your old pair of jeans and zero on an expensive laptop, but that is actually the reality.

@Trevor ********

They did not even open the package. They assess it from the deacription.Yiu need to research about this and not only in this group. Thai customs are notorious. It not like moving to other countries like when I moved with my company between UK and Singapore and Belgium.

@Trevor ********

don't be surprised if they charge 50%

@Trevor ********

No idea that's not my job but you'll need much more details than that to import it. Good luck.

@Trevor ********

It depends on the type and value of your belongings, the size of the shipment and their service. My best advice, forget about it. Sell them and buy them again.