Zimbabwe Tax Calculators · General Customs Duty
General Customs Duty Calculator
Compute total taxes on any imported good — CIF + customs duty + surtax + VAT 15.5%. Use for goods that don't have a dedicated calculator (vehicles have their own).
Import details
Cost + Insurance + Freight to port of entry.
Often 25% on luxury / non-essential goods.
Look up the duty rate in the Customs & Excise Tariff Handbook by the goods' Harmonised System (HS) code. Example: HS 8517.12 (mobile phones) is 0% duty + 0% surtax + 15.5% VAT; HS 6109 (T-shirts) is 40% + 25% + 15.5%.
How it stacks
1
CIF value
Cost of goods + insurance + freight to the Zimbabwean port.
2
Customs duty
Duty = CIF × duty rate
3
Surtax
Surtax = (CIF + Duty) × surtax rate
4
VAT
VAT = (CIF + Duty + Surtax) × 15.5%
5
Pay before clearance
Goods are released only on production of the duty-paid receipt.
Statutory anchors
- Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02]
- Customs & Excise (Tariff) Notice — current SI
- VAT Act [Chapter 23:12] — importation