I bought an Omega 3 supplement once & they haven't charged duties . I shipped it with Airmail Premium because it has a tracking number & it is a little faster (by the way the 4 $ & 6$ options are done with Fedex airmail not USPS despite the logo shown initially is the USPS one) .Bullet wrotethegodfatherdany wroteHello. I am ordering soon a dental rinse (same size as a Listerine bottle lets say) from a site in the US called iherb.com Considering the item is only 0.64kg with the packaging and costs 10$,the shipping fees on the site are 6$ for Airmail Premium and 4$ for regular Airmail.
What i am concerned about is the duty fees if any applied to my item once it arrives here. The site gives some rules and regulations regarding the destination of the product and it gave this for Lebanon :
Customs rules: Orders more than 60$ will be charged for a clearance fee that may fluctuate between 100$ to 250$ and less than 60$ will be charged for 25.85$ as a total customs fees (clearance + VAT + overtime customs) Personal experience caution: do not order a lot of products or they may hold the order.
Reading some of the posts above, i dont see any minimum cost at the duty office to pay for shipped items from USA so if anybody can help me now to know if such an item as mine is taxable or not.
I think Airmail and Airmail Premium are as USPS if i am not wrong so my item should not be taxable right ?
Thank you.
@thegodfatherdany did you get your shippment from iHerb ? and did they charge you anything ?
I recommend you use the premium (6$ option) if you buy from iherb to have a tracking number to be able to ask libanpost for it ;&because i read somewhere that iherb won't refund or resend you if you don't get your package so it isn't like aliexpress which has buyer protecrion ( but i'm not sure).