DRI clarifies 10% import duty on component imports, huge relief to industry

The Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has clarified that input components attached to display assembly of a mobile phone shall attract a combined import duty of 10%, clearing the ambiguity surrounding duty calculations for over four years now.

The DRI cleared that certain components such as SIM Socket, SIM Tray, Antenna Pin, Side Keys like Power Key, Slider Switch and Volume Button which are not part of phone displays, may come fitted or attached with display assembly kits. In that scenario, “the assembly continues to be a Display Assembly of a cellular mobile phone and a BCD rate of 10% shall be applied on the whole integrated assembly,” it said in a circular released late Friday.