Hello! I did a search, and found some great information, but nothing specific to my situation. I'm curious as to where I can find an estimate of what I might pay (ballpark figure) for containers shipped by the military(no idea of the company, PSD isn't being very forthcoming with the info), about 5,000lbs (from Japan to Ecuador, without AD member, for studies). Can someone on a 12V student visa even bring in household goods?
Concerned about taxes and tariff, AD military family arriving
pinkcookie
09 February 2015 09:34:34
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cccmedia
09 February 2015 10:14:25
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Probably you'll be more successful directly contacting an English-speaking shipping company, 'Cookie.
We folks on Expat.com Ecuador have no experience shipping containers from Japan, and most of us are clueless about the jargon, i.e. AD member, PSD.
cccmedia in Quito
James
09 February 2015 11:14:16
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According to the following link about Ecuador Customs it looks like you won't be able to bring in personal belongings on a 12-V Student Visa, at the very least you will be subject to taxes and duties.
http://webportal.atlasintl.com/Customs% … cuador.pdf
pinkcookie
09 February 2015 11:54:19
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I'm sorry, I didn't think about the abbreviations. I've tried contacting a few stateside, but they were unable to assist me. Ah well, looks like I can't bring anything, so storage it is!
cccmedia
09 February 2015 12:25:11
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A lot of Expats who move here from far away -- and you're in Japan, "por amor a Elvis" -- load up a bunch of suitcases with the stuff they'd really miss, and dispose of the rest (sell, give away, toss).
You have to weigh the value to you of what you'd store against:
1. The cost, trouble and even possibility of shipping it someday to a currently unknown future location.
2. The monthly cost of the storage.
3. The fact that you might be able to furnish a place in Ecuador for less than the costs of #1 and 2, above.
4. The fact that you create emotional-mental freedom for your family by not having stuff you may never see again locked away in a storage unit 9,000 miles away.
I brought the suitcases and haven't missed the majority of the stored stuff that I didn't have shipped here. (I 'donated' that stuff to the storage facility by agreement with the manager, and she made it available to a company that sells and disposes of unclaimed storage articles.)
cccmedia in Quito
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