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Send Mobile Phones (Commercial) 🇵🇪 Peru

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Can I post Mobile Phones (Commercial) to Peru?

ALLOWEDVERIFIED · 2026-07-26LOW CONFIDENCE

A phone can be posted to Peru; lithium-battery mail rules require the battery installed in the device, and import tax applies above the exemption.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units 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 a phone to Peru 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 SUNAT — Customs Administration applies the ordinary parcel framework to the declared value: import VAT/GST at 18% applies above the exemption threshold. Personal-import parcels under USD 200 duty-free; above attracts customs (10-30%) + 18% IGV. Multiple new-in-box units read as commercial imports; single used personal phones (a repaired or forgotten device sent on) are routine.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

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.

OFFICIAL SOURCES

POSTING DETAILS

QUANTITY / WEIGHT LIMITS

1-2 handsets; multiple new-in-box units are treated as commercial imports

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value

COUNTRY POSTING NOTES

Serpost + SUNAT clear inbound parcels at Lima. Under USD 200 duty-free; above attracts customs + 18% IGV.

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