Israel commercial-import duty calculator

No. This page handles commercial-import duty + purchase tax + Ma'am only. Personal imports follow separate de-minimis threshold rules set by the Finance Minister's order — they're a global rule rather than a per-HS-code one, so we don't model them on this page. For a personal shipment to Israel, the threshold lives in the Customs Ordinance and is currently $75 USD (the Knesset revoked the December 2025 order that briefly raised it to $150 in February 2026). Verify with the official rashut hamisim personal-import calculator.

Ma'am (Hebrew: מע"מ, מס ערך מוסף — 'Value Added Tax') is Israel's standard VAT, currently 18% — raised from 17% on January 1, 2025. Ma'am applies on top of CIF + customs duty + purchase tax for all imports above the personal-use exemption.

Purchase tax (Hebrew: מס קניה) is an excise-style tax Israel applies to specific goods on top of customs duty — historically used for luxury goods, vehicles, fuel, alcohol, tobacco, and some appliances. The rate varies per HS code (often "Tax Free" for non-targeted goods). For HS 9001.30 (contact lenses), the customs book lists Tax Free.

Directly from the Israeli Tax Authority's published customs book (ספר סיווג טובין ביבואה) — every HS line on the official schedule. We surface each row 1:1 rather than summarising or interpolating, and the data is refreshed weekly. The same source powers the official rashut hamisim portal.

Yes. In April 2025 Israel cancelled customs duties on all goods originating in the United States (gov.il announcement "Israel cancels all customs duties levied on US products"). Goods imported commercially from the US still pay 18% Ma'am and any applicable purchase tax, but the customs duty line is 0% regardless of HS code.

By providing a valid Certificate of Origin (or origin declaration on the commercial invoice) that documents the goods as US-originating under the US-Israel FTA rules of origin. The Israeli importer files the commercial invoice + COO at entry; Israeli Customs verifies and applies the 0% rate. We generate compliant commercial invoices that include the origin field — see /create.

Open /landed-cost, set destination to "Israel — commercial", and search by code or product keyword. Every HS line shows the customs duty + purchase tax + 18% Ma'am stack on the CIF value you enter. Or query the public API directly: /api/v1/hs-codes/[code]?country=ISR.