Can I send medicine to Peru?
Yes, with conditions.
Needs DIGEMID's exceptional import authorization for individual treatment, applied for through VUCE with a prescription. Medicines for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes sent to a patient can clear tax-free up to USD 10,000 FOB.
For every Onvoyo box: Onvoyo can't carry prescription drugs. Over-the-counter medicine and vitamins follow the destination's own rules.
More rules for Peru
Allowed with conditions
- Medicines, medical devices, and health products
- Need DIGEMID's exceptional import authorization for individual treatment. Apply free through VUCE with a SUNAT SOL user, a current prescription, and the product details and quantities. DIGEMID aims to answer within 5 business days. Confirm current requirements with DIGEMID before shipping.
- Medicines for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes
- Can clear by courier free of duty and IGV up to USD 10,000 FOB (about PEN 34,000) when sent to a person in accredited medical treatment.
Quantity limits
- Medicines for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes
- Up to USD 10,000 FOB (about PEN 34,000) per shipment, free of duty and IGV, when sent to a person in accredited medical treatment.
- Other medicines
- Shipped medicines need DIGEMID's authorization for individual treatment, backed by a prescription that lists the quantities.
Before you ship to Peru
- Tax-free limit
- Up to USD 200 FOB per shipment (about PEN 680): no duty and no IGV, whether the box holds gifts, purchases, or your own belongings. Boxes for the same receiver that arrive on the same flight may be added together. Correspondence and documents without commercial value also clear free.
- Receiver ID
- DNI, or carné de extranjería for foreigners (RUC above the occasional-import limits) needed. Every courier declaration records the receiver's ID type and number, and the courier logs the ID of whoever signs for the box. Individuals don't need a RUC for occasional imports: up to 3 a year worth up to USD 1,000 FOB each, or one a year worth USD 1,000-3,000. Past that, SUNAT requires a RUC and the declaration is held until it is fixed. If the receiver is a minor, the declaration must name a parent or legal guardian instead.
- Transit
- 3-5 business days from North America; 3-6 from Europe; 4-7 from Asia
Questions
Can I send medicine to Peru?
Yes, with conditions. Needs DIGEMID's exceptional import authorization for individual treatment, applied for through VUCE with a prescription. Medicines for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes sent to a patient can clear tax-free up to USD 10,000 FOB.
Ask about a specific item
Official sources
- 1.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Memorándum Electrónico N.° 0035-2011-3O0000: Envío de ropa y calzado usado por vía postal o mensajería (opens in a new tab) - 2.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Lista de Mercancías Prohibidas de Importación (opens in a new tab) - 3.
Ministerio de Salud del Perú (DIGEMID)
Solicitar autorización excepcional para importar y usar productos de salud para tratamiento individual (opens in a new tab) - 4.
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú (SENASA)
Importación de plantas, productos vegetales y otros artículos reglamentados (opens in a new tab) - 5.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Pagos y exoneraciones en envíos de entrega rápida (opens in a new tab) - 6.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Procedimiento general Envíos de Entrega Rápida DESPA-PG.28 (versión 3) (opens in a new tab) - 7.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Conocer los tributos en la Importación (opens in a new tab) - 8.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Recibir bienes por envíos de entrega rápida (opens in a new tab) - 9.
Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT)
Ingresar menaje de casa al país (opens in a new tab) - 10.
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú
Ley de reinserción económica y social para el migrante retornado (opens in a new tab)
General guidance, not legal advice. Customs in Peru makes the final decision on every box.