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Venezuela customs tariff: look up the duty on your product

By Romulo Felizola · Published November 8, 2026

Official from an official text we read (Gazette or regulation). Reported from press, law firms or companies, with its date. Unconfirmed no reliable source: ask before acting.

Venezuela Customs Tariff search · 11,883 codes

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Source: Venezuelan Customs Tariff, Decree 4,944 (Official Gazette 6,804 Ext., Apr 25, 2024), with Decree 5,103 (O.G. 6,890 Ext., Mar 6, 2025) applied. The December 2025 reform (Decree 5,198, O.G. 6,952 Ext., in force since Jan 5, 2026) is not yet included. The binding classification is the one customs determines (art. 5 of the Tariff): confirm your code with your customs broker.

Type the HS code or the product name (in Spanish) to see the duty it pays when entering Venezuela, the permits it requires and its unit. The search covers all 11,883 lines of the current Venezuelan Customs Tariff (Decree 4,944 of 2024) with the March 2025 reform applied. Then take the rate to the import duty calculator for the full landed cost.

How to read a result

The large percentage is the duty on customs value. If the code has an exception rate (column 4, marked «E»), that is the one that applies, not the AEC (art. 11 of the Tariff).
BK and BIT. Capital goods and IT/telecom goods can pay less, down to 0%, with an Exemption Certificate (art. 8).
Legal regime. The numbers say which permit is needed: 1 prohibited, 3 health ministry permit, 12 sanitary registration, 20 COVENIN standard or SENCAMER technical regulation (art. 21). No number means the Tariff lists no special permit for that code.
Changed by Decree 5,103. The March 2025 reform changed over a thousand lines: duties on medicines and food, permits and descriptions.

Descriptions are in Spanish, as in the official text: search «teléfonos» (phones), «neumáticos» (tires), «café» (coffee), «motocicletas», or type the first digits of the HS code.

Trade agreements

The Tariff shows the general rate. Preferences under trade agreements apply separately: Mercosur goods from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay follow their liberalization programs (art. 14); other ratified treaties apply only to originating goods, once the Foreign Ministry notifies customs, and only with a valid certificate of origin claimed at declaration (arts. 15-18). This tool does not yet show agreement-specific preferential rates.

Not yet included

The tariff reform of December 2025 is not yet incorporated: Decree 5,198, published in Official Gazette 6,952 Ext. on 31 Dec 2025 and in force since 5 Jan 2026. A law-firm summary says it modifies 1,371 subheadings and two technical annexes, and moves regime 9 from an “import license” to a “COMEX permit” Reported. We could not read the text or the annexes with the per-line duties, so if your product is affected the duty may differ Unconfirmed. Temporary decree exemptions are not included either. The binding classification is the one Venezuelan customs determines (art. 5): confirm your code with a customs broker before shipping.

Questions people ask

Does Venezuela use HS codes?

Yes. The Venezuelan Customs Tariff (Decree 4,944 of 2024) is built on the Harmonized System, with 10-digit national codes. The first six digits follow the international HS; the rest are regional and national splits.

What is the AEC rate?

The Common External Tariff: the ad valorem rate, as a percentage of customs value, in column 3 of article 37 of the Tariff. Some codes also carry an exception rate in column 4 (marked E), which applies instead of the AEC.

Do U.S. goods get a preferential rate?

Not under the Tariff itself. Preferences exist only under treaties ratified by Venezuela, for originating goods with a certificate of origin (arts. 14-18 of the Tariff). We found no Venezuela–U.S. trade agreement granting preferences, so U.S.-origin goods pay the general rate shown here, but confirm with a customs broker.

Sources checked on November 8, 2026

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