Send Mobile Phones (Commercial) → 🇨🇴 Colombia
Can I post Mobile Phones (Commercial) to Colombia?
A phone can be posted to Colombia; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.
1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units 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 a phone to Colombia is permitted; two frameworks apply. Postal dangerous-goods rules require lithium batteries to be installed in the device (UN 3481) — loose spare batteries are barred from international mail. On the customs side Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) applies the ordinary parcel framework to the declared value: import VAT/GST at 19% applies above the exemption threshold. Postal and courier shipments up to USD 200 value from countries with a free-trade agreement with Colombia enter duty-free. Above USD 200 (or from non-FTA origins), the 10% Plan Vallejo simplified duty plus 19% VAT applies. Multiple new-in-box units read as commercial imports; single used personal phones (a repaired or forgotten device sent on) are routine.
Ship the battery installed in the phone, declare the true value, and use tracked service — phones are among the most-pilfered and most-inspected parcel categories.
1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Servientrega and 4-72 (Servicios Postales Nacionales) handle postal inbound clearance under DIAN supervision at Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena and Barranquilla. DIAN's courier regime (Tráfico Postal y Envíos Urgentes) covers consignments up to USD 2,000 per shipment with simplified duty (10% flat for personal use, plus 19% IVA); above USD 2,000, formal entry through SYGA (DIAN's customs system) applies. Strictly prohibited postal items: counterfeit branded goods, currency / monetary instruments without declaration, narcotic substances, firearms / ammunition, hazardous materials, anti-state publications. Cash declarations on arriving parcels above USD 10,000-equivalent must be filed via the cross-border movement form.
Sending Mobile Phones (Commercial) to other countries
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇺🇸 United States
Lithium battery rules apply; FCC compliance needed
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
A phone can be posted to United Kingdom; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇨🇦 Canada
A phone can be posted to Canada; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇦🇺 Australia
A phone can be posted to Australia; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
A phone can be posted to New Zealand; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.
Mobile Phones (Commercial)
🇹🇭 Thailand
A phone can be posted to Thailand; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.