Shipping and Moving to Costa Rica – Cars – Personal

Limon is the main port on Costa Rica Caribbean to ship your personal itmes.

Limon is the main port on Costa Rica's Caribbean to ship your personal items.

Okay, you want to pull up stakes and move to Costa Rica … now what is it going to cost?

It’s important to understand that shipping anything to Costa Rica, expect the unexpected, because Costa Rica is known for its very high import duties. The two  shipping ports are Limon (Caribbean side) and Puntarenas (Pacific Side).

After several garage sales and dealing with idiots on Craig’s List, your have narrowed it down to a large room full of personal items. The cheapest way to ship is by a 40 foot Cargo Container and ship (if you can) from the closest port. In the US that would be Miami.

Costa Rican Customs Law has several articles that covers the importation of USED (Do Not Stuff the Cargo Container with New Items, the duties/tax will break you) household goods and personal effects and the duties will vary depending on how and when you import your goods. In other words, some items will not be taxed under one article and some will be taxed under another article.  I know this sounds weird, but the difference depends on how and when you import them with the below criteria:  Read more... (676 words, 2 images, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

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This post was written by admin on June 14, 2009 Comments (8)