I'm sure this question has been posted many times before, but I would apprecieate an up-to-date answer to the pitfalls of shipping a container in the DR.
We currently have all our furniture and personal effects stored at a storage facility in the UK. It's quite expensive as it costs us over ?200 per month for the storage. Now that we have decided to stay here and bought a house near Cabarete we have thought about shipping all our stuff here. The total inventory is valued at around ?10,000, which equates to around five years' storage. So in financial terms it's probably worth us shipping it here and buying new (if) we go back to the UK!
What I would like to know is: What kind of import taxes can we expect to pay on arrival? We are now legal (temporary) residents and have our cedulas. All our stuff is used, just removed from our house.
Although we live in Cabarete, is the best option to ship to Santo Domingo, or could it go to Peurto Plata? How can we remove our stuff from the port to our home securely? Have people experienced thefts / broken items from their containers? Can anyone recommend anybody who can deal with this for us?
Many thanks in advance.
Beeza.
We currently have all our furniture and personal effects stored at a storage facility in the UK. It's quite expensive as it costs us over ?200 per month for the storage. Now that we have decided to stay here and bought a house near Cabarete we have thought about shipping all our stuff here. The total inventory is valued at around ?10,000, which equates to around five years' storage. So in financial terms it's probably worth us shipping it here and buying new (if) we go back to the UK!
What I would like to know is: What kind of import taxes can we expect to pay on arrival? We are now legal (temporary) residents and have our cedulas. All our stuff is used, just removed from our house.
Although we live in Cabarete, is the best option to ship to Santo Domingo, or could it go to Peurto Plata? How can we remove our stuff from the port to our home securely? Have people experienced thefts / broken items from their containers? Can anyone recommend anybody who can deal with this for us?
Many thanks in advance.
Beeza.