Given the proximity to the Christmas season, international travel is used to purchase products that may be cheaper in other areas, or instead products that cannot be found in the country. Normally, during the season known as Black Friday (November 24) and before Christmas, many Ecuadorians travel to nearby international destinations such as Ipiales in Colombia, in the north, and Aguas Verdes and Túmbez, in Peru, for shopping.
The entry of products into Ecuador is regulated by the National Customs Service. When a traveler arrives in Ecuador by plane, he can take various items with him in his luggage. However, please note that there is a list of details What merchandise, and in what quantities, can come in without paying tax.
This is the cost of bringing televisions, cell phones, and other items into Ecuador from the United States during this time of Black Friday.
The National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae) indicates that personal belongings can be freely entered, namely “those accompanying the passenger or the individually considered family group, provided that they cannot be considered commercial by reason of their quantity or value and that they are exempt from paying taxes on foreign trade, tariff surcharges and the submission of permits, permits and import registrations.”
An asset or set of assets that is not on the list is considered personal property. but which has no limitations as to volume, quantity or size and whose value does not exceed $500.
According to Customs, both a new copy and a used copy are considered personal belongings. television up to 32″ and computer monitors up to 24″.
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Airway
Last September, resolution SENAE-SENAE-2023-0079-RE was issued, changing the quantities and products that could be imported by air. The most notable thing about this change was the ability to accommodate a television of up to 60 inches.
With a new list of what travelers can enter by air without paying tax, customs will concentrate checks on higher-priced goods being sold
Article 2 reforms the list and now the traveler’s personal belongings are considered as such Food tightly sealed or vacuum packed and no longer “processed foods, tightly sealed or vacuum packed.” On the other hand, medications, vitamins and nutritional supplements must be accompanied by their respective national or foreign medical prescriptions.
In case of Dietary supplements, maximum 8 kilograms.” In the past you could only weigh four kilos. Passengers over the age of 18 are also now allowed to carry up to five liters of alcoholic drinks, compared to three liters previously allowed.
They can come in until a maximum of 500 milliliters of perfume per passenger or 1,000 milliliters of perfume per family group, packaged in new bottles. Also regarding creams, body lotions, splashes and the like. The permitted amount is 2,500 milliliters per passenger or 5,000 milliliters in total per family group.
The resolution also allows the entry of one new and one used unit of portable items:
In addition, a new or used unit of these items is considered personal property:
Source: Eluniverso
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