Bringing 2 cell phones from Hong Kong, what percentage of customs duty should I pay?

From August 1, 2007, the Customs and Excise Department will implement the new version of the "Inbound Passenger Luggage Articles and Personal Postal Articles Import Duty Tax Classification Table" and "Inbound Passenger Luggage Articles and Personal Postal Articles Duty-Paid Price Table".

According to Tianjin Customs, the new version of the Duty-Paid Price List for Inbound Passengers' Luggage Items and Personal Postal Items and the Import Duty Classification List for Inbound Passengers' Luggage Items and Personal Postal Items have been revised to cover three aspects:

Firstly, based on the actual situation of on-site customs clearance, the classification of the categories of the common inbound and outbound items has become more detailed and clearer, and the items covered in the Duty-Paid Price List are wider in scope. The range of goods covered by the Duty-Paid Price List is also wider, with the addition of new electronic products such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), MP3 players and MP4 players.

The second is that the new Duty Classification Table adjusts the duty rate from the original three levels to four levels (i.e., 10%, 20%, 30% and 50%), of which the items subject to the 10% duty rate include foodstuffs, beverages, footwear and boots, medical, healthcare and cosmetic equipment, kitchen and sanitary ware, furniture, musical instruments, and part of the sporting goods, etc.; the items subject to the 20% rate include textile raw materials and their finished products, photographic camera equipment and its parts and accessories, audio-visual home appliances, and other electronic products. The articles subject to 20% tax rate include textile raw materials and their manufactured products, photographic and video equipment and their accessories, audio-visual home appliances and their accessories, computers and their peripherals, bicycles, tricycles and their accessories, televisions and their accessories, etc.; the articles subject to 30% tax rate include golf balls and their equipment, high-grade watches; and the articles subject to 50% tax rate include cosmetics, alcohol, and tobacco.

So in your case. If you bring 2 of them. As long as you don't get caught, you don't need to pay the duty. If you get caught, you'll have to pay 20% duty. Remember to throw away the packaging. And put something in the phone. Make it look used. It's not new.