dennisp
4/24/2016 05:56 EST
We are re locating to Grenada in June and have been told that we need a broker to arrange the customs clearance of our car & household effects, is this true and could anyone recommend a broker
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Dawnyd
4/24/2016 08:39 EST
Hi there, I am relocating to G'da from Uk in July, however as a Barrister and Attorney travel there every 6 weeks. My understanding is that You do not need a broker per se, it depends on whether you wish to handle matters yourselves. The first thing is to present to the Concessions Desk at the Ministry of Finance with the required documents and list of goods being imported. Thereafter they will direct you accordingly. You can contact me directly via info@ema-solutions.com Regards Dawn
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dennisp
4/24/2016 10:52 EST
Hi Dawn, thanks for getting back so quick. i had heard that you can do things yourself but as we have a car to be sorted out and have to get it all up to Carriacou i'd heard that a broker would be able to do things quicker whereas if we did things ourselves the process would be a lot slower, what do you think?
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candilicence
4/24/2016 11:06 EST
yes, this is true. We have used George's Broker and Agent a couple of times and were very pleased with the advice and service we received. Their website is http://www.buildgrenada.com/gat/index.html and local phone number is (473) 440-6678. They do this all the time and were very helpful. We brought in our goods in December 2015. The best advice I can give you is to thoroughly inventory what you are bringing in. We numbered everything and kept purchased goods separate from "used" goods that already belonged to us - IE items numbered under 200 were used, over 200 were new purchases. I made a spreadsheet with item number and what the item was (if a box of goods, I identified the major items in the box). I also had a copy of every invoice for new items sorted by box number. It was tedious setting this up an recording everything but it made getting through customs really easy and after the agent opened the first few boxes to check the contents against the inventory, they were satisfied and just stayed to check off the boxes against our form. If you have any further questions you can reply here or reach out to me via email at candi.licence@hotmail.com. Good Luck and welcome to Grenada!
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dennisp
4/24/2016 11:16 EST
That sounds like good advice i'll certainly start an inventory, thees so much stuff to record. thanks for the advice & the welcome. dennis
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dennisp
6/26/2016 10:39 EST
Well we've now been here for 3 weeks and it's great. The advice that you gave us was more than helpfull we got ourselves a broker who sorted everything.we had applied for the returnees concession and the lady in the office could not have been more helpfull. If you are sending household effects back,follow the advice that we were given that is to itemise all your stuff and put it in numbered boxes we did this and the customs people were very good on their inspection and did not hold us up at all. If you are shipping a vehicle back do your homework on the tax you have to pay as it's an arm and a leg and it takes time to sort out, this again is where a broker is vital
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mistywind
8/5/2016 16:52 EST
If you have not gone already, I used islandbargains.com to ship my belongings and car. Their shipping costs include clearing. Low prices and nice service. They ship weekly.
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Niki3
1/15/2017 10:54 EST
Re: Vehicle (in particular) - I recently imported my vehicle from the UK and similar to all the other posts a broker is essential and worth his/her weight in gold. In addition I was referred to someone that works as a customs officer and this expedited the process. Both cost me US$125.00. I got all the necessary paperwork from Geest and paid a US$10.00 fee. If you're clearing please have either cash (either in US or EC) because a credit card incurs a transaction fee at Geest.
To pay customs - I was told that they did not take cash over a certain amount (I did not notice a sign indicating that but as a precautionary measure I got a bank check/draft).
It took me a few hours and it's because I had to go to the bank for the cash (if you have check/cheque) so if you have alot of running around to do then a day rental is helpful. The Police station is 5 minutes by foot and they would generally come once or twice a day normally before 2pm and inspect the vehicle to get it off the port but you need to bring the documents to the insurance company to be able to move it off the dock. For my vehicle it was EC$50 (US$19) good for 2 days - temporary protection insurance. I just sent the info over via email (can be done via fax etc.) and you tell them what date you will be clearing the vehicle - all can be done from home but must go in to pick up the insurance because it is needed to show/produced when leaving the dock/customs.
Call to verify the tax amount. If you have a purchase agreement that expedites the process. Since mines was purchased from another student then I had to show that and how much I paid this is taken into account when the tax is evaluated. Another factor that determines the price is how old the vehicle is. Mines is 2007 so considered newer and the tax range appears from all account to be influenced by this as well. The older the vehicle the higher the tax rate.
Returning students do not pay on the contents of the vehicles. I was able to produce all my student ID's - my printer, shredder, household items etc. Please have a detailed list they will check but once they notice most reconcile they will not be overly anal retentive. However for the content - this may be one-time off since I was overseas for at least a year (this can start for at least a year and goes up to possibly infinity...
I did not utilize my returning national's allowance of up to EC$75000.00 or the 50% vehicle allowance (previously just a ec$2000.00 emission fee - so unfortunate) so this can be used later.
cheers.
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