[RBS] Internet purchases now exempt from customs import tax

[Shmuel Rothenberg]

On Sunday the cabinet approved Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's directive to make purchases of goods over the Internet up to NIS 1,200 exempt from customs duty.

Goods – excluding tobacco or alcohol – ordered for private use and sent by either mail or air freight will be exempt from duty. The exemption does not require legislation to go into effect and will begin as soon as Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz signs the order, something expected in the near future.

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