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Prepay Import Fees (DDP/IOSS)
Pay duties and taxes upfront so your parcel clears customs with nothing to pay on arrival.
When a package crosses an international border, your country may charge import duties (tariffs based on the type of goods) and taxes (VAT/GST). These fees are triggered when the declared value of your parcel exceeds your country’s de minimis threshold.
Lunarcat has partnered with service providers to let you pay these fees upfront.
(DDP)
- Japan Post: US only, up to $800 parcel value
- FedEx: almost any country, any parcel value
Japan Post DDP is currently US-only. We are working with Zonos to extend it to other countries.
EAS Company (IOSS)
- Available for any carrier, up to €150 parcel value
Up to €150 for item price(s) only.
De Minimis Thresholds
If your declared item value falls below the de minimis, your shipment is exempt from customs duties and taxes.
A de minimis value of 0 means all items, regardless of value, are subject to duty/tax.
Show thresholds by country
| Country | Duty-free threshold | VAT/Tax-free threshold |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇽 Åland Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇱 Albania | 22 EUR | 22 EUR |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 50000 DZD | 50000 DZD |
| 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇩 Andorra | 220 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| 🇦🇮 Anguilla | 0 XCD | 0 XCD |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 400 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 200 EUR | 200 EUR |
| 🇦🇼 Aruba | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1000 AUD | 1000 AUD |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 300 BHD | 300 BHD |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 1000 BDT | 0 BDT |
| 🇧🇧 Barbados | 0 BBD | 0 BBD |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | 22 EUR | 22 EUR |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 0 BZD | 0 BZD |
| 🇧🇯 Benin | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 0 BMD | 0 BMD |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 0 INR | 0 INR |
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇧🇶 Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 300 KM | 300 KM |
| 🇧🇼 Botswana | 0 BWP | 0 BWP |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0 BRL | 0 BRL |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam | 0 BND | 0 BND |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 400 USD | 400 USD |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 20 CAD | 20 CAD |
| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 20 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇩 Chad | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 41 USD | 41 USD |
| 🇨🇳 China | 0 CNY | 0 CNY |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 200 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇰🇲 Comoros | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇨🇬 Congo | 12 USD | 12 USD |
| 🇨🇩 Congo, Democratic Republic | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇨🇰 Cook Islands | 0 NZD | 0 NZD |
| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 50 ANG | 50 ANG |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 0 DJF | 0 DJF |
| 🇩🇲 Dominica | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 10 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0 EGP | 0 EGP |
| 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 200 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 100 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 25 EUR | 25 EUR |
| 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 300 DKK | 300 DKK |
| 🇫🇯 Fiji | 1000 FJD | 0 FJD |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇫🇷 France | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇦 Gabon | 10 USD | 10 USD |
| 🇬🇲 Gambia | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 300 GEL | 0 GEL |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 5 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇬🇱 Greenland | 80 DKK | 80 DKK |
| 🇬🇩 Grenada | 20 XCD | 0 XCD |
| 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇬🇺 Guam | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇬 Guernsey | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 15 USD | 15 USD |
| 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 100 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇬🇾 Guyana | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Duty-free | Tax-free |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0 ISK | 0 ISK |
| 🇮🇳 India | 0 INR | 0 INR |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 3 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 135 GBP | 15 GBP |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 500 USD | 75 USD |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 100 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 10000 JPY | 10000 JPY |
| 🇯🇪 Jersey | 0 GBP | 0 GBP |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | 100 JOD | 0 JOD |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 200 EUR | 200 EUR |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇰🇵 Korea, North | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇰🇷 Korea, South | 150 USD | 150 USD |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 100 KWD | 0 KWD |
| 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 120 USD | 120 USD |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 0 LAK | 0 LAK |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇱🇾 Libya | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 0 CHF | 0 CHF |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇲🇴 Macau | Duty-free | Tax-free |
| 🇲🇰 Macedonia | 22 EUR | 22 EUR |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| 🇲🇼 Malawi | 0 MWK | 0 MWK |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 500 MYR | 500 MYR |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | 6000 MVR | 0 MVR |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇲🇶 Martinique | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 25 USD | 25 USD |
| 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 500 MUR | 500 MUR |
| 🇾🇹 Mayotte | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1000 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇲🇩 Moldova | 300 EUR | 300 EUR |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | 150 EUR | 22 EUR |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0 MNT | 0 MNT |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 75 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇲🇸 Montserrat | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 30 USD | 30 USD |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 30 USD | 30 USD |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇷 Nauru | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0 NPR | 0 NPR |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1000 NZD | 1000 NZD |
| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 0 NIO | 0 NIO |
| 🇳🇪 Niger | 20 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇺 Niue Island | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island | 50 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 0 NOK | 0 NOK |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇵🇼 Palau | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇵🇸 Palestine | 0 EGP | 0 EGP |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | 100 PAB | 100 PAB |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 250 PGK | 250 PGK |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 20 USD | 20 USD |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 200 USD | 200 USD |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 10000 PHP | 10000 PHP |
| 🇵🇳 Pitcairn | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | 0 QAR | 0 QAR |
| 🇷🇪 Reunion | 150 EUR | 22 EUR |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 200 EUR | 200 EUR |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇭 Saint Helena | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | 0 SDG | 0 SDG |
| 🇸🇲 San Marino | 22 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 1000 SAR | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇳 Senegal | 30 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 50 EUR | 0 RSD |
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 0 SCR | 0 SCR |
| 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | 400 SGD | 400 SGD |
| 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 100 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 0 ZAR | 0 ZAR |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 0 LKR | 0 LKR |
| 🇧🇱 St. Barthelemy | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇫🇷 St. Martin | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇻🇨 St. Vincent | 0 XCD | 0 XCD |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | 0 XCD | 0 XCD |
| 🇸🇯 Svalbard | Duty-free | Tax-free |
| 🇸🇿 Swaziland | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1800 SEK | 0 SEK |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0 CHF | 0 CHF |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | 50 SYP | 0 SYP |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 2000 TWD | 2000 TWD |
| 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 0 TZS | 0 TZS |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1500 THB | 0 THB |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇬 Togo | 400 USD | 400 USD |
| 🇹🇰 Tokelau | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 TTD | 0 TTD |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0 TND | 0 TND |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 150 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 1000 AED | 0 AED |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 135 GBP | 0 GBP |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 0 USD | Varies |
| 🇺🇸 United States Minor Outlying Islands | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1 USD | 1 USD |
| 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 1000 USD | 1000 USD |
| 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇻🇦 Vatican City | 0 EUR | 0 EUR |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 100 USD | 100 USD |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1000000 VND | 0 VND |
| 🇻🇬 Virgin Islands (British) | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna | 200 XPF | 0 XPF |
| 🇪🇭 Western Sahara | 0 USD | 0 USD |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0 YER | 0 YER |
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | 50 USD | 50 USD |
| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 10 USD | 10 USD |
Source: Zonos
EU Destinations: IOSS or DDP?
If you are shipping to an EU country and your parcel is under €150, both IOSS and DDP options are available at checkout. Both options have different coverage, so choose whichever matches your preference.
From July 1, 2026, the €150 EU de minimis threshold is being suspended.
A €3 duty per customs declaration line will now apply.
- IOSS covers VAT only. From July 1, you should expect to pay the €3 duty at the door, plus a possible courier handling fee. These charges are not covered by Lunarcat.
- DDP (Zonos) covers both VAT and duty upfront. There will be no charges on arrival.
These expected charges are guaranteed.
Reasons to Prepay
- You pay the real amount based on the actual duty/VAT rates.
- Fast. The long customs delay is removed.
- Convenient and safe. There is no second bill to pay at your door. (exceptions apply for IOSS)
- Low handling fee. The handling fee is cheaper than what most couriers charge.
How to Use DDP/IOSS
When paying for international shipping, each shipping method shows whether DDP or IOSS is available for that method.
DDP will be forced for some combinations of destinations and shipping methods:
- For the United States, Japan Post requires all parcels to be shipped with DDP when the shipment value is less than $800.
- For the United States, parcels shipped with FedEx International Connect Plus must be shipped DDP. This is due to the API requirements that we use to generate FedEx labels.
*Other FedEx shipping methods do not require DDP.
