Delivered
Duty Paid!

Customs duty and VAT collected at origin, so every parcel reaches Seychelles already paid. A proposal to the Customs Board and Postal Customs.

Presented by Seychelles Post. Technology by SwiftLogix.
7 October 2026

Problem: every parcel is assessed after it lands

1,000 parcels a day5,000 planned, mostly Temu and Shein

Declared on paperSeen only when the parcel lands

Valued by handOne parcel at a time

Receiver called inPays at the counter before release

0parcels waiting for an officer

167officer-hours a day, about 21 officers

Illustration, with the same team at both volumes. Officer-hours use 10 minutes a parcel, the Revenue Commission's published clearance standard for a small packet, and 8-hour shifts.

Solution: duty paid at origin

Buyer ordersDuty and VAT added at checkout

Paid at originBy the seller, or the origin post

Customs sees it firstBefore the flight lands

Released on scanDelivered to the door

80%

0parcels waiting for an officer

233officer-hours a day, against 833 by hand

Registered sellerPays per shipment, before it ships

Hybrid fulfilmentCommercial carrier, same payment

Seller not registeredOrigin post collects, the UPU settles

Solution: a model the US, EU and UPU already use

United States

A bonded filer answers for every mail item

29 Aug 2025Duty-free entry for mail ended
24 Jul 2026Bond and monthly payment for each item

European Union

The seller collects the tax at checkout

2021Import VAT through the One-Stop Shop
1 Jul 2026€3 duty per item, up to €150

Universal Postal Union

The postal network carries duty and data

176 postsOn the Customs Declaration System
DDP serviceLanded cost, declaration ID, paid status

What all three share

One answerable party

Data before the parcel

Scheduled remittance

Sources: UPU Delivered Duty Paid solution page and Implementation Guide v1.05 (March 2026); US Federal Register interim final rule on mail shipments (24 June 2026) and CBP guidance; Council of the EU, 12 December 2025.

Features: at a glance

Duty calculator

Duty and VAT from the Customs tariff

Checkout connection

Sellers collect duty with the order

Three seller routes

Registered, hybrid or origin post

B2C and B2B

Consumer and company orders

UPU link

CDS, DDP and settlement

Pre-arrival list

Customs decides before landing

Scan to release

The decision shows at the mail centre

Per-parcel record

From order to remittance

The next slides show them working: the checkout, the mail flow, a parcel's journey in 3D, and the Customs list.

Features: the checkout

CheckoutOnline store abroad
  1. 1Order
  2. 2Duty added
  3. 3Paid
Duty calculated by the Seychelles Post DDP portalMockup, sample rates
Currency
Seller

Order total

Features: mail flow

Origin post Commercialcarrier SenderReceiver Post officecounter Paper CN22 or CN23 travels on the parcel. Customs first sees the declaration when the parcel arrives. Valued and classified by hand, parcel by parcel Receiver is called in, pays duty and VAT, then collects the parcel Nothing is known or paid until arrival. Workload grows with every parcel. Seller abroadSupplier abroad Buyer inCompany inSeychelles Delivery round Pre-arrival listfor Postal Customs Release or inspect, decided before landing Prepaid parcels go straight out. No counter visit, no cash at the door. Delivered to the company's address. No personal allowance on company orders. Revenue Commissionscheduled remittance Reconciled parcel by parcel. Order and payment at checkout. The buyer pays goods, shipping, duty and VAT to the seller in one payment. Order and payment on the invoice. The company pays goods, shipping, duty and VAT to the supplier. Checkout gets the duty from the portal and files the declaration Declared as commercial, in the company's name and tax number DDP portal UPU networkCDS and ITMATT Platform manifestsent to the portal Declaration ID, S10 barcode, paid status Commercial freight, handed to Seychelles Post by agreement. No origin post is involved, so nothing goes through UPU settlement. Paid per shipmenton the portal, before it ships Seychelles Postor its licensed third party Nothing ships until the duty for that shipment is paid. Order placed with a seller that is not registered. No Seychelles duty is collected at checkout. UPU CDSat the origin post counter Counter declares the parcel and collects duty and VAT from the sender DDP portalreturns duty and VAT Collected at originby the origin post UPU settlementto Seychelles Post If an origin post cannot collect, today's counter process applies. Parcel Data Money Manual step

Features: journey

Drag to turn the model. Scroll to zoom. Double-click to reset.

Parcel record

Not declared

    Features: what Postal Customs sees

    The list for an inbound flight, before it lands. Officers choose what to inspect; everything else releases on scan.

    DDP portalPostal CustomsPre-arrival listMockup with sample data
    Show
    S10 barcodeOriginBuyerDeclared contentsCIF value (SCR)Prepaid (SCR)Status

    Features: money and control

    Registered seller, including hybrid fulfilment

    Buyer pays duty at checkout

    Seller pays per shipment, before it ships

    Seychelles Post, or its licensed third party

    Revenue Commission

    Seller not registered, B2C or B2B

    Origin post collects at posting

    UPU settlement between the posts

    Seychelles Post

    Revenue Commission

    Customs keeps

    The tariff and the rules

    The right to open any parcel

    Penalties, paid by the buyer

    Licence checks at clearance

    A record for every parcel

    Advantages: the work moves ahead of the parcel

    One tariffThe same result for every parcel

    Officers on riskNot on routine valuation

    One record per parcelFrom order to remittance

    Ready for 5,000 a dayThe counter is no longer the limit

    Benefits for Customs and for Seychelles Post

    For Customs

    Money first, data second, the parcel last.

    Revenue before the goods movePaid before shipping, remitted on schedule

    Officers where they matterPrepaid parcels release on scan

    Every parcel seen in advanceContents, value and buyer before landing

    Full authority keptOpen, revalue or hold any parcel

    A base to build onASYCUDA and every carrier later

    For Seychelles Post

    Scan, load, deliver: no stop at the counter.

    Straight to deliveryNo waiting for the receiver to come and pay

    Room for 5,000 a dayCounter and store room stop being the limit

    A stronger offer to sellersHybrid agreements, with duty settled first

    In step with the UPUPlugs into CDS and the UPU's DDP service

    Better service for the buyerFull cost at checkout, parcel to the door

    Next steps: rollout

    Approval today covers the first step. The later steps come back to this Board.

    1

    Pilot

    Consumer and company orders from every origin. Registered sellers pay per shipment; origin posts collect for the rest.

    2

    Volume

    Large platforms registered, with hybrid fulfilment by agreement. Capacity for 5,000 parcels a day.

    3
    ASYCUDA

    ASYCUDA link

    Declarations and receipts pass into ASYCUDA, so officers stop keying them twice.

    4

    All carriers

    Offered to the central customs authority for courier and freight imports, on the same rules.

    Pilot live by

    Decision requested

    Approve deployment of the DDP portal, with duty collected at checkout on postal imports and the pilot live by [date to agree].

    Click the date to type it in. It is kept in this browser and repeated on the rollout slide.

    From Customs

    • The tariff schedule, allowance rules and penalty rules in electronic form
    • The restricted and licensed goods list
    • Officers named for the pilot
    • The remittance account, schedule and statement format

    From Seychelles Post and SwiftLogix

    • The checkout connection for sellers and the Customs pre-arrival list
    • The link to UPU CDS and DDP
    • Agreements with registered sellers and hybrid-fulfilment platforms
    • Training for counter staff and officers
    • A pilot report to this Board: volumes, revenue, clearance times
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