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17track.net is an excellent site where you can put in any tracking number and it digs out the status and carrier of any packet. Especially useful if you don't know who is the courier company.

Since it is Gati, you wont have to worry about customs. They will clear it and deliver it to you. No need of ID proof too. I have got 50+ consignments from China till date and they haven't charged me duty even once.

Mail order is a hit or miss. May show up in three days or may be stuck for a few months. It is totally a random phenomena, depending on the post office 'mood'. Couriers are more reliable. They take about 1-2 weeks. Even here whether the duty deposit is cashed or not depends on the customs. I had the same stuff coming to Gurgaon (no duty) and Kanpur (all deposit used up)

I recently ordered RCD 330+ 187B from aliexpress. Seller is yachtscience. I ordered it on 29/09/2018 and it arrived India on 10/10/2018. It went to ahmedabad foreign post office on 15/10/2018 and since then no updates. I tried calling ahmedabad FPO several times but no response.

Seller is a good friend but only negative is that he sent through china post and it got stuck at ahmedabad customs.

My friend said they will ask for bank statement for which I paid amount for RCD 330+. I'm worried as I paid almost $200 for the player and it might say sent as a gift and value would be around $25. He said I might attract duty of 40% for declared value. Can somebody shed some light on this topic please.

Has anybody faced similar situation before? I'm thinking they might impose hefty duties along with penalties. Please someone help.

Attaching screenshot of tracking update on indiapost.

Item to be delivered at Hyderabad and has been shipped through Singapore Post.



"Send to domestic location" but it is at a sorting centre. What's the next step? Can anyone help?

Of all the 244 orders placed on AliExpress, this is the first time the tracking of an item is going in such a route hence confused.

Forgot to update the post. Package was delivered on 14th itself. No duty charged. :)

Shipping to Delivery: 8 days.

Had a talk with a friend who was in customs. His view is illuminating.

. Customs officers have a large discretionary power while evaluating imports. After all they are humans, so the examination and decisions are as varied as the moods of a person.
. Depending on the origin of the imported items they may of may not let the low value items go duty free.
. Again the thoroughness of scrutiny depends on the cases piled up before them If they have a big backlog, then they may let small value items go free. On the other hand if there is very little piled up, they may examine the goods minutely.
. God forbid if they are in a fowl mood when your item comes up, then you will get slapped with maximum permissible duty.

In short depending on your luck, the goods imported may or may not be charged duty.

Needed some quick help here.

Could some one help me decode how the IGST component of 1510 was arrived at?



Whatever math I do, it does not work to that number.

Assessable Value: 4860
Basic Customs Duty: 486
Swach Bharat Cess: 49

28% on all 3 above is your IGST of Rs 1510.60

Insurance has been included in the Declared Value, to arrive at the Assessable Value.

P.S. I am not smart, I am a Customs Broker lol:

Jesus christ, they charged GST on the declared value over and on top of the duty itself :deadhorse

And the GST is more than everything else. What do you do with this stupid Government is beyond me.

The darn package was just a bag, even the post man was dumbfounded after we opened it.

Anyways, you win some and you lose some.

That is how it has been throughout history, isn't it?

So is this I guess

lol:

I ordered a GPS watch for running / cycling purposes from a Dutch website called BikeInn.com . Its been held in Madras Customs for unknown reasons since Mar 4th.



Forum members, what has been your experience so far with this? Do they usually clear it off after some days? Or do I have to visit their office and pay customs etc?


I tried calling their helpline and nobody seems to pick up

Recently ordered a CPL filter for my Viofo A129 DUO IR dashcam from AliExpress. The shipment reached Chennai (Where i live) but now it is heading to Kochi International Mail Centre. I wonder whether the next stop would be Andaman?? lol:

I hope your order was delivered. In case it is not then please lodge a complaint on PG Portal. I had a package (from AliExpress) stuck in customs since 4th of May, the matter was sorted couple of days back after lodging grievance on PG Portal (http://pgportal.gov.in). By the way if its with customs then lodge the grievance with customs else with department of posts.