Moving Logistics from US to Mauritius

Hi,

I don't think the expensive freight has anything to do with port. Mauritius now has a new container terminal that can accommodate some of the biggest post-panamax container ships.
The thing is that it has always been very expensive to ship anything, ether through air or sea freight, from the US to Mauritius. If the freight is calculated with respect to weight, it gets even worse.
It's all about finding the right freight forwarding operator with the most competitive rates depending on services.

it's recommended to only bring the bare minimums and other indispensable items.
While you are granted allowances on certain household and personal good, you may be slapped with custom duties on other items which will make them even more expensive than buying one here.
http://www.mra.mu/index.php/import-expo … allowances
Most consumer electric goods are not necessary as well due to different specifications and power and voltage differentials between Mauritius and the US.
There are possibilities of some items being classified under prohibited or Restricted Goods and you won't be able to clear them through customs.

Hope this helps a bit. For any other query, feel free to ask.

Thanks Winston! Appreciate the response.

I was looking at the Returning Mauritian Scheme and diaspora.mu schema which does give good customs benefits to returning Mauritians, but with quotes as much as 14kUSD from Austin for a container, we'd probably sell our things here and get them in Mauritius.

Do you know of any good freight forwarding companies that you can recommend?

I would recommend Cargotech

http://www.cargotech.mu/

They also provide custom clearance services.