Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Hong Kong?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Hong Kong; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting cosmetics to Hong Kong in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: no VAT is currently levied, so the GCC/common-tariff duty is the main charge above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Hong Kong is a free port with no general customs tariff on the vast majority of goods. Duties apply only to four categories of dutiable goods: liquor, tobacco, methyl alcohol, and hydrocarbon oil. There is therefore no meaningful de minimis threshold in the way that exists in countries with broad tariff schedules. The absence of a general tariff makes Hong Kong one of the world's most open import regimes for most goods. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports. Hong Kong is a free port: no customs duty and no VAT apply to these goods, so personal shipments clear without import charges.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Postal imports to Hong Kong are subject to inspection by Customs and Excise. The vast majority of goods enter duty-free as a free port. Dutiable goods (liquor, tobacco) in postal imports must be declared and duties paid. Prohibited items are seized.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇦🇺 Australia
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.