Shipping furniture and items from the US

We use Tineo shipping from NJ to punta cana. Have use them 3 times and have no complaints . Everything has arrived in about 3 weeks. We have send barrels and boxes with all kinds of house things. They are not great with their English , but are very realizable. Electronics are the big tax items.

I used Quisqueya- their main office is in NYC but they do NJ pick ups and will delivery to your home as well.  They also do boxes and barrels-  and prices were very good-  tvs are charged by the inches-

How much did you guys pay?

I paid US$100 per box for very tall boxes ( and I could even fit a small TV( don’t recommend it LOL) -  I didn’t ship any big appliances though -  or furniture-  mostly clothes, kitchen items, and decorating items, electronics …

@dlreilly18 I suggest Estrella Cargo in Paterson. You can look them up on google maps and see they have a good rating compared to others. The standard box shippers work with costs $5 and charge $65 for each box.  If you send three at a time, you get a discount, as for more essential items that don't fit in a standard box. Just have them give you a quote. As for furniture, you can visit Ikea in Santo Domingo, try some local retailers, or even have custom-made furniture.

I believe you're talking about 'mudanzas'.... door to door shiipers

Not be confused with freight forwarders - your own 20ft container.

If not too much stuff, a mudanza is bettter.....

@rdumit thank you. I have a few large light fixtures that I will need to ship. I also may need to send some furniture items.  Do they ship furniture and do you know do they pick up at your home in NJ and deliver to home in the DR? or do we need to get items to them and then pick up at the port?

Thank you again

@carolmarchena do you know approximately how much I will be charged in import taxes for a few rooms of furniture

@dlreilly18

i did not have to pay import taxes because they were personal and used items- at least is what I was told- first,I ordered boxes and they brought them to me, I sent them an itemized list per box. They came to pick them up. Wrapped my TV’ and some odd shape electronics. I paid by credit card when they came to pick up boxes. It took approximately two weeks, maybe a little longer- they delivered directly to Las Terrenas in Samana.

FYI: Quisqueya is a shipping co/Mudanza- you can send personal items, household,  or food- yeap ( food) and not a freight forwarder.

@dlreilly18 The shippers provide door-to-door service. Shrink-wrap your loose items. As for boxes, when filling them, do so cautiously because they will be thrown around before they arrive at their destination. I suggest not sending all your items at once.

If you are going to be applying for residency, you can import a container of personal items (furniture, electronics, appliances, clothing, etc.) with no import taxes.

Very informative thanks guys, I was asking because I was trying to see what was cheaper, either buying out there vs sending everything over in mudanzas. I’m 50/50 right now but I have time until my apt in punta cana is done.

This post has been very helpful.  Does anyone knows of similar services that works from Texas or Orlando FL?

Let piggy back onto this.

Anyone know of a place in Atlanta that can ship to DR?

Thank you

Pack your things and Fedex/UPS them to a Miami mudanza

Need to ship household items from Houston, Texas. Any suggestions?

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Does anyone know of a shipper (mudanza) that ships barrels FROM the Dominican Republic TO the US? I've received barrels here. But, I can't find anyone shipping the other way. I am moving and need to ship household items like bedding and small appliances to the US.

Interesting question. I've never heard of one.

Thank you everyone for this very helpful thread. I'm exploring assembling a container of furniture and appliances for a house under construction in the DR. Completion and hand over will probably take place in approx 16 months (end of December 2025) so I have plenty of time to draw up a floorplan and locally source everything I need in the New York and Toronto areas. By comparison, finding and buying everything we need in Punta Cana and Santo Domingo would be extremely time consuming and expensive. I'm now contacting the shipping companies listed above and in related posts for pricing and import duty information.

@maxdoxie If you are getting residency, be sure to import your container during the first 6 months so that you can get the import duty exoneration!

@maxdoxie

I use Awilda Shipping in New York and find them to be very reasonable , usually a 3 week delivery door to door service, I’ve shipped everything from steel security doors and bi-fold doors to food and clothing   Never a problem…

@Tippj

Thank you for the recommendation!

I'll contact them for shipping rates and information on taxes etc...

@Tippj. Do the charge you the import taxes and ibis?

@Tippj

You are lucky to get everything, everyone who i know had horrible experience with them, with things stolen and broken and they are very nasty especially drivers

@ddmcghee 20' or 40'? Or does it matter? What about shipping a vehicle?

@ddmcghee 20' or 40'? Or does it matter? What about shipping a vehicle? - @jpevans64

You can import either. We had a 40' with our belongings and our vehicle. Full exoneration of import duty on personal household items and partial on vehicle. The amount of the discount on the vehicle is based on its age. We imported a 2019 in 2020, so we got a 20% discount.