What are the rules regarding bringing personal effects and clothing into Thailand?

Mar 28, 2022
3 years ago
Ginna **********
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Household effects or personal effects?

Does clothing and used personal items count?
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The conversation discusses the rules surrounding the importation of personal and household effects into Thailand. It highlights that while clothing and used personal items can generally be brought in, exceeding certain limits may attract customs duties. Users mention that having a work permit may exempt one from certain duties and caution about the implications of bringing in larger quantities or items like electronics.
Yvonne *********
You will be charged excess baggage at the airport by the airline you are flying with
Terary **********
How much crap do you have? What can't be bought here? (US style can openers are difficult to find).

Also, customs has never checked my bags. I see some people bring in several HUGE suite cases, not saying they're Indian. I don't think anybody will care if you're bring in used stuff. Its when you try to bring in 12 laptops that things get difficult to explain.
Ginna **********
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@Terary *********
at least now I know I should downsize to suitcases.
Yvonne *********
We just had 12 boxes of personal and household effects into Thailand they actually arrived at our villa today.

We were charged duty tax, the only foreigners that don’t get charged is if you have a work permit
Ginna **********
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@Yvonne ********
how do they calculate the duty tax do you know?
Yvonne *********
@Ginna ******
Goes on the weight and cost of shipping.

There’s two ways to import goods via plane or ship, we choice the plane as we wanted some of the things in the boxes it’s dearer than shipping.
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