Shipping from China to Peru — 23–29 days sea freight, duty and customs
Importing into Peru: Most Chinese goods enter at 0% under the China–Peru FTA with a valid certificate of origin; IGV is 18% on the dutiable base. The importer of record position: The consignee needs an active RUC registration; a licensed broker is mandatory above USD 2,000 FOB. Before shipping, DIGESA for toys and food, DIGEMID for medicines and cosmetics, SENASA for agricultural goods, MTC approval for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices — permits run through VUCE. Duty and tax are assessed per commodity code, so these positions are confirmed per shipment.
23–29 days sea freight from China to Peru. What Peru requires on arrival: who may import, what duty and tax apply, and which certification and product rules must be in place.
What does Peru require before the cargo can be imported?
Peru is served from China by ocean, air and express, and the arrival-side requirements below are the part that most often changes a landed cost or holds a shipment at the port. Each position is the one we publish for this market and is confirmed per shipment against the actual commodity code and destination city.
What duty, tax and levies apply on arrival?
Duty and tax
Most Chinese goods enter at 0% under the China–Peru FTA with a valid certificate of origin; IGV is 18% on the dutiable base
Who is allowed to import into this market?
Importer of record
The consignee needs an active RUC registration; a licensed broker is mandatory above USD 2,000 FOB
Import registration
Brazil RADAR / Siscomex with NCM coding, and an Argentina SIMI import permit, are required before clearance
What certification or product rules must be in place before shipping?
Certification
DIGESA for toys and food, DIGEMID for medicines and cosmetics, SENASA for agricultural goods, MTC approval for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices — permits run through VUCE
What thresholds and reliefs change the cost?
De minimis
Courier and postal parcels up to USD 200 FOB enter free of duty and IGV; USD 200–2,000 pays 4% plus 18% IGV on the simplified regime
How is the entry cleared on arrival?
Clearance
Despacho anticipado pre-arrival filing is standard; pre-filed cargo clears 2–3 days after discharge and red-channel inspection takes 3–7 working days
How long does shipping from China to Peru take?
Typical door-to-door transit on this lane, by mode. These are working ranges rather than carrier-published schedules, so the exact window is confirmed on booking.
Mode
Typical transit
What it covers
Ocean freight FCL
23–29 days
Port to port on direct services: MSC Alpaca publishes Ningbo–Callao 23 days, COSCO runs 23 days direct ex-Chancay, and ONE’s direct AX1 publishes Shanghai 28, Ningbo 29
Ocean freight LCL
40–55 days
Door to door, with 3–5 days deconsolidation at a Callao warehouse before clearance starts
Air freight
5–7 days
Airport to airport to Lima via Miami, Los Angeles, Amsterdam or Frankfurt — no direct China–Lima cargo flights
Express courier
3–5 days
Forwarder-published door-to-door on DHL and FedEx routings; carrier-published transit confirmed with the booking
Which gateway does cargo arrive through in South America?
The gateway is the same for every country in South America; what changes between countries is the duty, importer and certification position above.
Destination ports
Callao (DP World and APM Terminals) is the main gateway; Chancay, COSCO’s new port 50 miles north, takes the direct Shanghai string
Gateway ports
Santos, Itapoa and Paranagua, Buenos Aires, Callao, Valparaiso and San Antonio
Gateway airports
GRU, EZE, SCL, LIM
How do you turn this into a landed cost?
Duty is assessed per commodity code, so the positions above tell you what to prepare rather than what you will pay. Screen the official duty range for the HS chapter your product falls in with the HS chapter duty lookup, then put the rate for your actual code through the landed cost calculator to see duty, import tax and levies on the CIF value. Transit times, loading ports and the operating detail for this lane are on the China to Peru route page.
Positions reviewed 2026-09-15 by Helen Peng. Duty, importer-of-record and certification answers are confirmed per shipment: a change of commodity code, origin documentation or destination city can change the position.
Where is the rest of this lane documented?
This page covers arrival requirements only. Transit times, loading ports, container options, consolidation frequency, the stage-by-stage breakdown and the remaining questions are on the route page, so they are not repeated here.
We have not yet photographed this lane's destination operations. Rather than borrow a stock or generated picture, the slots below are left empty and labelled. They are filled only with our own photographs from this lane.
Photo to be addedArrival and handling of our cargo in PeruOur own photograph from this lane, once recordedPhoto to be addedFinal delivery in PeruOur own photograph from this lane, once recorded
Need the duty confirmed for your product?
Send the commodity, its material, its use and the destination city, and we will confirm the position.
