Learn about the Import Categories 📦

Learn about the Import Categories 📦

To understand how our courier service works, here’s essential information about the import categories:

Category A: 

Documentary

Correspondence such as documents, letters, newspapers, photographs, etc.

  • Duty-free.

Category B:

All small purchases.

  • Package limit: 8.5 lb, $400 USD per package, and up to 3 identical or similar products.

  • Annual quota of $1,600 USD per Ecuadorian ID.

  • No additional customs duties.

  • Perfumes have a limit of 3 per shipment and 300 ml in total.

Category C:

Large purchases that require prior control documents depending on the product.

Customs duty: percentage based on the imported products.

VAT: 15%.

FONDINFA: 0.5%.

Category D:

All imports containing only garments, manufactured textiles, and footwear.

  • Maximum weight: 20 kg.

  • Total value: $2,000 USD.

  • VAT: 15%.

  • FONDINFA: 0.5%.

Special rate:

  • Textiles: 0–30% ADV + $5.50 USD per kg.

  • Footwear: 0–30% ADV + $6 USD per kg.

Category E:

Medicines and medical equipment (non-commercial): prescription medicines (medical prescription required), orthopedic equipment, organs, tissues, etc.

• Medicines: FONDINFA: 0.5%

VAT: 15%.

• Orthopedic equipment, organs, tissues, etc.: duty-free.

Category F:

Books and computer equipment and/or their parts.

  • Books: FONDINFA: 0.5%.

  • Equipment or parts: VAT: 15%.




To understand how our courier service works, here’s essential information about the import categories:

Category A: 

Documentary

Correspondence such as documents, letters, newspapers, photographs, etc.

  • Duty-free.

Category B:

All small purchases.

  • Package limit: 8.5 lb, $400 USD per package, and up to 3 identical or similar products.

  • Annual quota of $1,600 USD per Ecuadorian ID.

  • No additional customs duties.

  • Perfumes have a limit of 3 per shipment and 300 ml in total.

Category C:

Large purchases that require prior control documents depending on the product.

Customs duty: percentage based on the imported products.

VAT: 15%.

FONDINFA: 0.5%.

Category D:

All imports containing only garments, manufactured textiles, and footwear.

  • Maximum weight: 20 kg.

  • Total value: $2,000 USD.

  • VAT: 15%.

  • FONDINFA: 0.5%.

Special rate:

  • Textiles: 0–30% ADV + $5.50 USD per kg.

  • Footwear: 0–30% ADV + $6 USD per kg.

Category E:

Medicines and medical equipment (non-commercial): prescription medicines (medical prescription required), orthopedic equipment, organs, tissues, etc.

• Medicines: FONDINFA: 0.5%

VAT: 15%.

• Orthopedic equipment, organs, tissues, etc.: duty-free.

Category F:

Books and computer equipment and/or their parts.

  • Books: FONDINFA: 0.5%.

  • Equipment or parts: VAT: 15%.