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Sri Lanka Graphics Card (GPU) Import Tax Calculator

Find the real landed cost of importing a graphics card or PC part to Sri Lanka. Enter the overseas price, shipping and Customs rate; the tool applies the CID, PAL, Cess, SSCL and 18% VAT cascade and shows every rupee you pay. No signup, no ads, sources cited below.

By Induwara AshinsanaUpdated Jul 9, 2026
Estimate your GPU import tax
Cross-checked

HS 8473.30 · Add-in graphics cards are parts/accessories of automatic data-processing machines (HS 8473.30); general CID band 0%.

Converted to rupees at the Customs rate below.

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Use the current weekly Sri Lanka Customs rate.

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Default 0% for HS 8473.30.

Try a preset
CIF value
Rs 185,745
$609 at the Customs rate
Total import tax
Rs 61,379
Estimated landed cost
Rs 247,124
CIF + all levies (clearing extra)
Effective tax
33.04%
Total levies ÷ CIF value

Levy breakdown

LevyRateAmount
Customs Import Duty (CID)0%—
Ports & Airports Levy (PAL)10%Rs 18,575
Cess0%—
Social Security Levy (SSCL)2.50%Rs 5,108
VAT18%Rs 37,697
Total import taxRs 61,379
Estimated landed costRs 247,124
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Enter the retail rupee price to see whether importing saves money.

Estimate only. Rates: PAL 10%, SSCL 2.5%, VAT 18% (verified 2026-07-09), CID per HS heading. Sri Lanka Customs makes the final assessment; clearing, handling and demurrage charges are extra and not included. Sources are cited in full below the calculator.

How it works

Sri Lanka Customs charges import levies as a cascade on the CIF value of a consignment — not on the item price alone. CIF means Cost, Insurance and Freight: the price you paid for the graphics card, plus the shipping and any insurance, converted to rupees at the weekly Sri Lanka Customs exchange rate. Every levy below is charged on this rupee CIF value, which is why even cheap shipping raises the tax you owe.

  1. CIF value = (item price + shipping + insurance) × Customs exchange rate. This is the base the whole cascade is built on.
  2. CID (Customs Import Duty)= CID% × CIF. The rate comes from the item's HS heading. Bare computer parts — graphics cards, CPUs, RAM, SSDs, motherboards — fall under HS 8471/8473.30 and generally sit in the 0% CID band. The tool lets you override this if Customs quotes a duty.
  3. PAL (Ports & Airports Development Levy) = 10% × CIF, under the PAL Act No. 18 of 2011.
  4. Cess = Cess% × CIF, only where the HS heading carries it. Most bare PC components carry no Cess, so this line is usually zero.
  5. SSCL (Social Security Contribution Levy) = 2.5% × (CIF + CID + PAL + Cess), under Act No. 25 of 2022. SSCL is charged on the value plus every earlier levy.
  6. VAT = 18% × (CIF + CID + PAL + Cess + SSCL), the IRD standard rate since 1 January 2024. VAT comes last and sits on top of everything, so it is normally the biggest single line.

Total import tax = CID + PAL + Cess + SSCL + VAT, and the landed cost = CIF + total import tax. For a graphics card at 0% CID the levies compound to about 33% of CIF. The calculator verifies its line-by-line total against an independent closed-form multiplier — m = d + p + c + s(1+d+p+c) + v(1+d+p+c)(1+s) — and shows a “cross-checked” badge when both agree to the cent. Clearing, handling and demurrage charges are separate and not modelled here.

Worked examples

RTX 4070 from a US retailer

Item $549 · shipping $60 · rate Rs 305 · CID 0%

  1. CIF = (549 + 60) × 305 = 609 × 305 = Rs 185,745
  2. CID = 0% × 185,745 = Rs 0
  3. PAL = 10% × 185,745 = Rs 18,574.50
  4. SSCL = 2.5% × (185,745 + 18,574.50) = Rs 5,107.99
  5. VAT = 18% × (204,319.50 + 5,107.99) = Rs 37,696.95
  6. Total import tax = Rs 61,379.44
  7. Landed cost = 185,745 + 61,379.44 = Rs 247,124.44 (≈33.0% of CIF)

Budget RX 7600

Item $269 · shipping $45 · rate Rs 305 · CID 0%

  1. CIF = (269 + 45) × 305 = 314 × 305 = Rs 95,770
  2. PAL = 10% × 95,770 = Rs 9,577
  3. SSCL = 2.5% × (95,770 + 9,577) = Rs 2,633.68
  4. VAT = 18% × (105,347 + 2,633.68) = Rs 19,436.52
  5. Total import tax = Rs 31,647.20
  6. Landed cost = 95,770 + 31,647.20 = Rs 127,417.20 (≈33.0% of CIF)

If Customs applies a 15% CID (illustration)

Item $500 · shipping $0 · rate Rs 300 · CID 15%

  1. CIF = 500 × 300 = Rs 150,000
  2. CID = 15% × 150,000 = Rs 22,500
  3. PAL = 10% × 150,000 = Rs 15,000
  4. SSCL = 2.5% × (150,000 + 22,500 + 15,000) = Rs 4,687.50
  5. VAT = 18% × (187,500 + 4,687.50) = Rs 34,593.75
  6. Total import tax = Rs 76,781.25
  7. Landed cost = 150,000 + 76,781.25 = Rs 226,781.25 (≈51.2% of CIF)

Frequently asked questions

Sources & references

The PAL, SSCL and VAT rates and the cascade order were last cross-checked against the PAL Act No. 18 of 2011, the SSCL Act No. 25 of 2022 and IRD guidance on 2026-07-09. CID and Cess depend on the HS heading Customs assigns; the tool defaults to the 0% band for bare PC parts and lets you override it. Rates change with each national budget — confirm the current tariff and Customs exchange rate before ordering.

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