Sri Lanka Customs is fucked up

[Mandalorian]

Recently I ordered an item online (a special oil for hair growth, fully natural) and the cost of it for 2 bottles was 45k with DHL shipping fee. Somehow now after 2 weeks DHL has been working on clearing it from customs. So they called me told the cost of tax these cunts are charging. It's 51k in tax, so basically more than 100% tax on some oil.

Whoever piece of shits works in the customs or voted for this Kim Jong I government hope you all rot in this shit hole. I'm leaving. You all gonna be stuck here paying all your hard earned money to the government, get pretty much no benefits and also be stuck with only local stuff which are extremely low quality. Cuba 2.0 is here

 

[Sinhalese Victor]

Recently I ordered an item online (a special oil for hair growth, fully natural) and the cost of it for 2 bottles was 45k with DHL shipping fee. Somehow now after 2 weeks DHL has been working on clearing it from customs. So they called me told the cost of tax these cunts are charging. It's 51k in tax, so basically more than 100% tax on some oil.

Whoever piece of shits works in the customs or voted for this Kim Jong I government hope you all rot in this shit hole. I'm leaving. You all gonna be stuck here paying all your hard earned money to the government, get pretty much no benefits and also be stuck with only local stuff which are extremely low quality. Cuba 2.0 is here

We got our car, but one of the keys was missing, and they had replaced the other key's cover with another cover.

 

[scurvy]

Ow pons den VAT ekka TAX wedi.
Red my story- https://elakiri.com/threads/sri-lanka-customs-and-fedex-charged-60-tax-fees-for-pc-parts.2153969/

 

[Hyaenidae]

Somehow now after 2 weeks DHL has been working on clearing it from customs. So they called me

This is where he went wrong.

No matter the amount customs charged, DHL WILL charge the maximum amount possible and pocket their share

Go to the customs yourself and the tax will be much lower.

 

[Sinhalese Victor]

Ow pons den VAT ekka TAX wedi.

I was first pons...therefore I'm the new god...vediya katha karanna avoth mannen kotanava...

 

[ob_server]

DHL walin awoth ohoma thama..

DHL wala shipping cost wedi..
Samahara category wala kohomath tax wedi...
Tax wadinne item + shipping cost eke total ekata

 

[nppcheguevara]

SEE LANKA Per Capita - 4000 USD
Italy Per Capita - 39000 USD
Dan balapalla grocery price

 

[netnet]

Fedex is far better, at least you can find out the tax precentage before ordering by emailing or calling them.

 

[san2d3]

Same happened with Fedex. CIF value $600. Tax - 160000+. Complained to customs and Consumer authority, but they simply ignored. Advantis Express is one of the shittiest businesses in SL.

 

[Hyaenidae]

Fedex is far better, at least you can find out the tax precentage before ordering by emailing or calling them.

Yes but they will still charge the complete percentage from you

For example they charge 25.5% for a laptop while the customs usually release it for 10% or thereabouts

 

[netnet]

Yes but they will still charge the complete percentage from you

For example they charge 25.5% for a laptop while the customs usually release it for 10% or thereabouts

Yeah ! but at least you have an idea before placing the oder.

 

[Hyaenidae]

Yeah ! but at least you have an idea before placing the oder.

Yeah but it's still really scummy of them to not provide the original customs invoice

 

[ruchira88]

Yes but they will still charge the complete percentage from you

For example they charge 25.5% for a laptop while the customs usually release it for 10% or thereabouts

10% gahala release kare seeyage anduwa kaale yako. dan gihin balapiya thope kebara kotage wada

 

[Hyaenidae]

10% gahala release kare seeyage anduwa kaale yako. dan gihin balapiya thope kebara kotage wada

They still do lol. The officer in charge can charge whatever he wants

 

[shenat]

????

 

[Hyaenidae]

????

Oil cost with shipping : 41K

Import tax : 51K

 

[shenat]

Oil cost with shipping : 41K

Import tax : 51K

ඇයි එච්චර?
HS code එකට අදාළ ටැක්ස් එකද?

 

[Rick Sanchezz]

me uttita 100k dila indiwen meka aragena enna kemati, tax tamai gewanna beri. moda genita kiyapan HS code eka check karanna kiyala. DHL eke un Bai genigen gaanak kada gena wage

https://www.customs.gov.lk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tariff 2022 Chapter - 15 Final.pdf

 

[EVC]

Jvp rocks hutto

 

[sika2]

කෝ මේ රෙදි හෝදන මහත්තුරු ටික..