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Send Cosmetics (Commercial) 🇨🇱 Chile

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Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Chile?

ALLOWEDVERIFIED · 2026-07-26LOW CONFIDENCE

Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Chile; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTS

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

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Full Details

Posting cosmetics to Chile in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Servicio Nacional de Aduanas applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 19% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Personal-import parcels under USD 30 duty-free; above attracts 6% customs duty + 19% IVA. Chile has bilateral FTAs with US, EU, China, etc.; preferential rates for qualifying goods. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

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.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

POSTING DETAILS

QUANTITY / WEIGHT LIMITS

Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

DESTINATION CUSTOMS

Servicio Nacional de Aduanas

COUNTRY POSTING NOTES

Correos Chile + Aduanas handle inbound parcels at Santiago. Under USD 30 duty-free; above 6% duty + 19% IVA. SAG screens for prohibited bio-items.

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