Customs duty on musical instruments

The duty on guiter,piano,keyboard,violins,harps,clarinet,trumpets,bagpipers,drums,flutes and other musical instruments is @ 31.703%.The Postal department will collect duty before handing over musical instruments parcel to you.It will be cleared by Foreign Post Office. If customs department detain the parcel then you will receive notice by the Customs.

The musical goods meant for personal use will be charged duty @ 17.34 % if imported through Post.

Dear Mr Harish,
Various mode of import have different duty liability on musical key board, as Air cargo ,Courier and Sea will attract 31.037% of the value,Where as through Baggage,it attarct 35% of excess value than permissible limit.
In Postal ,only 20 kgs is allowed and where as ,in courier only 70 kgs is allowed.In Postal ,if any consumer electronics goods ,valuing more than Rs 2000/- ,is attracting fine and penalty ,even though Duty is 17.34%.
Therfore ,as per your convience and saftey of goods,you may decide ,which option is best suited to you.

warm regards
Ravindra Kumar

Sir,
I read your article about customs duty for imported musical instruments. I am presently in the USA and planning to buy a musical keyboard for personal use. I will be returning to India in three weeks time. Could u please suggest me what would be the best way to get the keyboard. I was suggested the cargo service by a few people. And if you could please also explain in detail how much i would be charged for importing the keyboard? Looking forward to your reply.
Thanking you,
Regards,
Harish Shastha

Dear Mr Santosh,
The scope of blog is import and export through Post and Courier. The blog link which you have mentioned has sufficient information.
I think you are asking for Baggage import which is governed by Baggage Rules, 1998.They are different for different category such as Transfer of Residence,Tourist.
In my opinion Key boards is not personal effects which satisfy day to day need. There is 35% duty on goods which are exceeding permissible limit of Rs 25,000/-.
The second hands goods price depends on condition of goods,which Customs department has to fix for charging duty. You may consult regular passanger for more clarity and share information with other reader of this blog.
warm regards
Ravindra Kumar--- On Wed, 22/10/08, Santhosh J wrote:
From: Santhosh J Subject: HITo: "ravindrakumar_iitd@yahoo.co.in" Date: Wednesday, 22 October, 2008, 11:17 AM
I recently came across your blog
http://personalimport.blogspot.com/2008/09/customs-duty-on-musical-instruments.html
I am living in singapore for the past 2 years and i purchased a keyboard in second hand for 400 USD
i don't have a bill for that and i want to take it home when i go back
will they be charging me anything for that?
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Personal import and export: Customs duty on Toys and Games

Personal import and export: Customs duty on Toys and Games

What is import duty on LCD monitor

If it is LCD monitor and not LCD TV than there will be no Customs duty .But other duty like central excise duty 14%,education cess 3% and Additional duty of 4% will be collected.The central excise duty is also calculated based on MRP price in India by giving 23% abatment on declared MRP price.Which ever duty is more ,central excise duty based on 14% or the MRP based duty,will be taken as excise duty.

The rate of duty on LCD monitor for computer is same whether it is imported or manufactured in India.The deciding factor is the price in India,service after sales and availability of particular brand in INDIA.Based on above fact, you may decide whether you have to buy in India or abroad.
Ravindra Kumar

How to import used Gramophone at eBay

There is email exchange on the import of Gramophone between me and Shardul . It is in reverse order.
Dear Shardul,
I happy to read that you have received your parcel.There is overall thrust in the Govt to act as facilitator.The goods intended for personal use are not revenue driven compared to commercial goods. Any goods even charged duty only if the the duty payable increase more than Rs 100/-.
regards
Ravindra Kumar

Dear Sir,

I got my records passed duty free. In fact two different parcels. One from UK and the other from US. Is it that low value items are generally cleared without much hassle?

Regards
Shardul
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:02 AM, Shardul Sharma <shardul1004@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you, sir for your reply. Highly apprecited. Great work truly.

Best regards
Shardul

Thank you, sir for your reply. Highly apprecited. Great work truly.

Best regards
Shardul
On 9/2/08, ravindra kumar <http://in.f941.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=ravindraeakumar_iitd@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
Dear Shardul,
Thanks for appreciation. The second hand goods import attract fine and penalty,in addition to duty.Therefore, the customs may levy nominal penalty and release your goods.But before imposing any fine and penalty,you will get detention letter from Customs.Hence,you should worry only after getting detention letter.Some times goods are released on warning ,depending upon go reply to my quarey.enuineness of the case . As far duty is concerned,normally @ 17.34% on personal import.
war sir for you help and taking out time tm regards
Ravindra Kumar
Shardul Sharma <http://in.f941.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=shardul1004@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Sir,

You're blog is fantastic for someone who has any doubts about exports and imports. Very, very informative. I am a music lover and have bought rock t-shirts and audio Cd's from eBay regularly. The value of the products did not exceed $25 at anytime. Till date I have not faced any custom issue. However, recently I have bought 8 old and used gramophone records from eBay UK. The value of these records are again very low at about 13 pounds plus shipping cost of 16 pounds which totals up to 29 pounds or almost 2400 rupees. This is the first time i am buying gramophone records.

Will this parcel attract any import duties and how much?

Thanking you

Best regards
Shardul Sharma