Comments on: Why is shipping to brazil so difficult? http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/1141/why-is-shipping-to-brazil-so-difficult/ The Three Proven Principles Of International Sales Success For Small & Medium-Sized Companies Sat, 01 May 2010 04:25:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: esthervega99 http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/1141/why-is-shipping-to-brazil-so-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 esthervega99 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:01:59 +0000 http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/1141/why-is-shipping-to-brazil-so-difficult/#comment-3563 International shipping is a hardship for a lot of people and businesses. There are a lot of rules, paperwork, and compliance issues. You have to remember, the job of customs is to regulate import and export and also monitor how it affects the country of origin and the destination country. For instance, if you tried to send a wool sweater to Brazil but wool sweaters were Brazil's main export, and every local salesperson sold wool sweaters, the package would probably be denied because it would threaten the economy of the destination country. Also, unless you declare an extremely accurate weight, value, etc. on your goods, it will be up to the customs agents to research and decide the value, weight, etc. This is a process that is done by workers both in the US and Brazil, so it is basically up to human discretion and subject to human error. That is why you could send the same thing on two different occasions and get charged differently. In the future you may want to "turn to the professionals," as they say and use a parcel forwarder company that will be well-versed in every aspect of international shipping and forwarding. There are many to choose from, here are some companies to look into if you want: http://www.bongous.com http://usa2me.com http://myus.com http://usglobalmail2me.com Good luck!<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.bongous.com http://usa2me.com http://myus.com http://usglobalmail2me.com International shipping is a hardship for a lot of people and businesses. There are a lot of rules, paperwork, and compliance issues. You have to remember, the job of customs is to regulate import and export and also monitor how it affects the country of origin and the destination country.

For instance, if you tried to send a wool sweater to Brazil but wool sweaters were Brazil’s main export, and every local salesperson sold wool sweaters, the package would probably be denied because it would threaten the economy of the destination country.

Also, unless you declare an extremely accurate weight, value, etc. on your goods, it will be up to the customs agents to research and decide the value, weight, etc. This is a process that is done by workers both in the US and Brazil, so it is basically up to human discretion and subject to human error. That is why you could send the same thing on two different occasions and get charged differently.

In the future you may want to "turn to the professionals," as they say and use a parcel forwarder company that will be well-versed in every aspect of international shipping and forwarding.

There are many to choose from, here are some companies to look into if you want:

http://www.bongous.com
http://usa2me.com
http://myus.com
http://usglobalmail2me.com

Good luck!
References :
http://www.bongous.com
http://usa2me.com
http://myus.com
http://usglobalmail2me.com

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