We are looking to relocate to Uruguay soon.
Trying to weigh pros and cons of using a shipping container or not. Has anyone had experience with a shipping container to Uruguay ? What company did you work with ? Appreciative of any pointers or things to consider please ....
Alternatively looking at bringing in ( and paying for extra suitcases ) Pros ? Cons ?
Thanks !
Shipping to Uruguay
herewecome
30 July 2011 04:58:54
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ColoniaMan
16 December 2021 12:21:55
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Hello, did you ever get to Uruguay? I sent a shipping container from the UK in October 2020 and it's still in the port of Montevideo accruing a storage charge of US$14 per day. It has now exceeded the value of the contents. My customs agent said there was nothing that could be done until I got to Uruguay but I have been here since September 2021. I also sent an extra suitcase by Fedex. That got held up at customs who wanted US$260. I found a big cheese at the freight terminal and put it to him that if I had struggled with a third suitcase on my flight, it would have been accompanied luggage. He agreed and it got through with charges of about US$50 saying that it was Fedex who scribbled something on the Air Way Bill that raised those charges.
diegoag78
18 December 2021 22:02:41
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Dirección Nacional de Aduanas is a very difficult office to deal with.
Uruguay is a very closed country and customs regulations are somehow difficult to deal with, specially for foreigners.
ColoniaMan
14 January 2022 16:45:25
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The shipping container arrived on Tuesday! The agent said that it would leave Montevideo at 9am so I thought it should get to my land between 11.30 and midday. Midday came and went as did 1pm and 2pm. It was deja vu. I had drank all my water and was burning in the sun. I couldn't hang around like I did the previous week. I had to get the the 3.30 bus back to town. As I was leaving, I saw something that required a closer look then I walked on toward the bus stop and as I was doing so, caught a glimpse of my container on the back of a truck. 20 seconds later and I would have missed it.
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