Correos de Cuba informs those looking to send or receive international packages on its official website. Here we present everything you need to know:
Shipping international packages: To send an international package, you must follow the procedures indicated at the post office where you post it. It is recommended to do it as Registered Shipping.
International Package Tracking: To track an international package, you need to know the shipment code number. This consists of two letters at the beginning, nine digits and two letters at the end for the Universal Postal Service; or only ten digits if it is a DHL or courier package shipment. You can track the shipment using the Service Tracker.
Maximum weight allowed: Through Correos de Cuba you can receive international postal shipments of up to 20 kg in weight.
Costs of receiving a shipment: Upon receiving the shipment, the recipient will pay Correos de Cuba in Cuban pesos for the postal service and the customs service, in accordance with the approved rates by the MFP that are published on the Correos de Cuba website. The first 3 kg of the shipment weight (up to 20 kg) are exempt from paying customs duties. For the remaining 17 kg, the recipient will pay only 30% of the shipment value as a customs duty.
Exceptions to the payment of customs duty:
Medicines, food, hygiene and medical supplies that are imported without a commercial purpose by natural persons such as air, sea and postal shipments are exempt from paying customs duties, up to a limit of 200 USD or equivalent weight up to twenty (20) kilograms in the weight/value relationship established by the General Customs of the Republic.
Importation of motor vehicles, their parts and accessories: Natural persons may import by shipment up to one (1) item of so-called mopeds or motorcycles, in both cases electric, with or without sidecar, that meet the established requirements.
Cell phone shipping: The possibility of sending up to five cell phones.
Limit of shipments to be received by each person: The number of shipments received by each person is not limited.
Rates applied to postal shipments entering the country:
Correos de Cuba rates are in Cuban pesos CUP and you can find them on the website of the Cuban Post Office.
Deadline to receive an international package in Cuba: “It is not possible to specify the date of deliveries and processes, we are experiencing delays due to the fuel situation,” they point out from Correos de Cuba.
Cuban Directory It is known that from Spain, for example, air shipments are taking up to two months and sea shipments between 4 and 5 until they reach their recipients.
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