Buy local vs import · Pakistan
Importing to the Pakistan: is it actually cheaper?
We haven't priced individual products for Pakistan yet — but the checker works on any Pakistan product link right now: paste one and we read its price, match our US price of record, and do the landed-cost math below. Here's how importing to Pakistan works.
How importing to the Pakistan works
- Import VAT
- 18% on the US price + shipping (CIF), above a Rs 0 de-minimis threshold.
- Duty
- 20% — Pakistan does NOT apply the WTO ITA 0% regime to most consumer electronics. Common customs duty on gadgets (cameras, headphones, accessories) is around 20%, plus an additional customs duty of ~2-7% and, on many items, a regulatory duty — so effective landed duty is often higher than 20%. Laptops/computers (HS 8471) are treated more favorably with low or zero basic customs duty. Smartphones are a special case: under the PTA/DIRBS IMEI-registration regime they carry fixed customs duty + regulatory duty + sales tax regardless of parcel value, and an unregistered handset is blocked after ~60 days.
- Forwarding
- Qwintry, from the US — about 7-18 days.
- FX
- Rs276.7/USD mid-market + 3% card spread, as of 2026-10-24. Rates By Exchange Rate API
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