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Moving belonging to Colombia?

How does one go about moving their belongings to Colombia? I'm talking about a Whole household full of items. Is it best to sell most of your stuff in the states and buy new stuff once in Colombia? What kind of Import tax is there on personal belongings? What are the cost for moving a large amount of Items by a shiper?

By tampavallenato on Sep 19, 2007, 22:55 in Friendly Talkzone.

pilotguy says on Sep 20, 2007, 05:48:

You will probably hear the same I tell you. I did it. 40 ft. container from my u.s. house to my house here in Manizales.. A NIGHTMARE !!!!!!!! I say "sell it". ship what is absoulutely necessary by air.
I can tell you 10 paragraphs of this nightmare, but I will simply say... do yourself a favor and dont' ship a household of furniture here. Joe

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Lowell says on Sep 20, 2007, 06:19:

Dump the stuff and buy new with Colombian warranties. I moved a bunch of stuff (1000 kilo's) via Avianca Deprisa at about 50 cents a pound, only because my wife had been gone from Colombia for over 2 years and had duty free status for the return of goods. I only paid about $35.00 in taxes for some of my power tools.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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lawyer CO says on Sep 20, 2007, 06:35:

but it´s important to know that for a normal guy the import tax is over 15% on the total amount declared to the customs-

Esteban R.
lawyerscolombia at yahoo.com

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dwmte7 says on Sep 20, 2007, 07:51:

since we've moved our entire household back and forth to colombia three times, i think i have a few good clues as to how to do, what to do.

feel free to e me and give me a few particulars and i'll help the best i can.

dwmte

dwmte

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