Israeli Customs Duty Calculator
Verified94/100Classify products into Israeli 8-digit HS codes and calculate full landed cost for imports to Israel: customs duty, VAT 18%, and purchase tax (mas kniya). Use when user asks about Israel import tax on an Amazon or AliExpress order, the personal import threshold, Shaar Olami tariff lookup, FTA preference from US/EU/UK/Canada, or commercial CIF clearance. Do NOT use for domestic VAT reporting (use israeli-vat-reporting) or for export documentation (use israeli-export-shipping-kit).
Trust score 94/100 (Verified) · 39+ installs · 3 GitHub contributors · MIT license
Importing goods into Israel (whether a single Amazon order or a commercial shipment) triggers up to three separate taxes: customs duty, VAT, and purchase tax (mas kniya). Thresholds shift (the personal exemption flipped from $75 to $150 and back to $75 within a few months in 2026), duty depends on an 8-digit HS code that is not the same as the US or EU code, and free-trade preferences only help when you produce the right origin proof. Buyers constantly over- or under-estimate the landed cost.
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Developers? Install via command line (CLI)
npx skills-il add skills-il/tax-and-finance@v1.2.0-israeli-customs-duty-calculator --skill israeli-customs-duty-calculator -a claude-codeWhen to Apply
- When estimating the landed cost of a personal import from Amazon, eBay, Aliexpress, or any overseas retailer
- When classifying a product into its 8-digit Israeli HS code for a commercial shipment
- When checking whether an FTA (US, EU, UK, Canada, EFTA) offers a preferential duty rate and which origin proof you need
- When deciding whether to ship by air or by land/sea based on the different exemption thresholds
- When calculating purchase tax on electronics, cosmetics, alcohol, or vehicles
Try These Prompts
I want to buy a $200 camera from Amazon and ship it to Israel. What will my total landed cost be?
Classify this product into an Israeli 8-digit HS code: premium leather handbag
My supplier is in Germany and I am importing industrial machinery. Does the EU-Israel FTA give me a preferential duty rate, and what origin proof do I need?
Is a $90 package from the US below the personal import exemption or will I pay VAT and duty?
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Re-confirmed the personal-import exemption at USD 75 for July 2026, and corrected the rules around it. The above-USD-500 band claimed duty, VAT and purchase tax always apply, but only some goods owe duty and purchase tax, so the skill was overestimating landed cost across that band. The USD 1,000 broker and import-declaration requirement was stated as law when the source states only a tax consequence. E-cigarettes were removed from the exemption carve-out because the quoted text names tobacco and alcoholic beverages only. Added the 72-hour anti-splitting rule. The calculator had four bugs: a non-USD parcel silently lost its exemption, a parcel of exactly USD 75 was taxed, the duty waiver in the 75-500 band was not enforced, and a bottle of whisky printed as exempt.
Jul 26, 2026
Personal-import exemption threshold corrected to $75 (the temporary $130 window expired 1 June 2026).
Jun 16, 2026
CRITICAL: personal-import VAT/customs exemption ceiling updated to USD 130 (Smotrich order effective midnight 24-25 Feb 2026 after Knesset revoked $150). Added Sha'ar Olami calculator URL, tobacco/alcohol full-tax carve-out, USD 1000 commercial-shipment trigger, Israel Post storage policy.
May 20, 2026
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