Dear Sir / Madam

I have couple hardware tools to move from Texas to Hotel in Austria. I would be in Austria to wait for upac-50… to receive goods and to move them to Montenegro.
How much would cost me 600lb normal price vs 1500lb that fits upac-50 palette?

The hardware goods include Honda gas power water pump , 600ft firehoses, etc…
What Duty taxes need to be paid for even if the goods do not stay in Austria?
How long is transit time from Texas to Austria?

Please let me know.
Thank you in advance

We will be moving from Georgia, USA to Carcassonne, FR in a few months and have looked at the items required to import a few of our household goods. The requirement appears to be that a value and date of purchase needs to be assigned each item on the inventory. How do you assign values to photographs, cookbooks, dictionaries, etc. that were gifts or over 30 years old? I also collect fountain pens so I would not even begin to be able to give a date when each one was acquired. I’m just on the first box of packed items and this can be a bit daunting.

Hello,
I have a collection of assorted herbs and spices (mostly herbs used for medicinal teas) that are hard to get locally where we a moving to. I know we are not supposed to pack ‘food’ items but would this be okay to pack in with kitchen items, are they seen as food ?..or do I need to ship them separately? thanks!

Hello

I won an online auction, and I want to ship the lots I won from USA to my company in Egypt, but the auction organizer refuses to refer their name as shipper/exporter in any documentation.

They asked me to find a freight forwarder to ship the lots and act as exporter / shipper in the USA, but all the shipping forwarders, that I’ve contacted, told me that they can’t be the exporter, since they didn’t sell me these lots.

Could you please recommend me names of shipping forwarders, who can as shipper / exporter?

Note: Some shipping forwarders in the US informed me that:

As the value of the goods is less than $2500, they do not need to complete an export Declaration or any custom formalities so they can actually show my company as the shipper and importer.

However, customs in Egypt won’t accept that…

We have a 2007 Ford Edge suv and about 20 boxes that we would like to ship from Alabama to St Thomas USVI. Can this be done in a shipping container? If so, how is it handled with customs on the vehichle? I understand it must go through a customs vehicle inspection once it arrives.

Hi.
Sorry but I think this is going to be quite a long query…..
I’m British (born & bred in England), an EU passport holder and for the past 19+ years have been living & working in Hong Kong. I plan to leave HK in the Summer of 2016 and relocate to Bulgaria.

My problem is that the current moving firm (hardly any choice of firms to be able to use for Hong Kong to Bulgaria to be honest!) are now telling me that in order for my personal items/household goods to be shipped to Bulgaria and to comply with the Bulgarian customs, I have to:
the documents required for duty free import of shipment in Bulgaria.

1. Document proving that client was living abroad (out of EU and Bulgaria) the last 12 months at least – letter from employer, visa, residence permit, prove of paid taxes, prove of payed bills under the client’s name, etc,. The more documents that can provide the better.

2. Document proving ground for moving to reside in Bulgaria – letter from employer (if client is going to work in Bulgaria – this does not apply to a returning citizen).

3. Copy of passport – all pages

4. Copy of Bulgarian residence permit (Bulgarian ID card). Please note that if the client does not have the permit yet for the customs clearance he/ she must pay duties and VAT as a deposit which will be totally refunded to him/ her once he/she obtains the permit.

5 Declaration for permanent stay (must be notarized at a notary office in Bulgaria) – we will provide template. We will need to receive the original of this document.

6. Power of Attorney letter for customs purposes only (must be notarized at a notary office in Bulgaria) – we will provide template. We will need to receive the original of this document.

7. Airplane ticket (copy)
In addition, if client is moving to Bulgaria with spouse and/or with children we will need – copy of passport from the spouse, declaration from the spouse as the one in point 5. , Bulgarian residence permit (Bulgarian ID card), marriage certificate. Copies of children passports and birth certificates only in case your children are less than 18 years old (if applicable)

The documents listed are standard what customs request. Please note that the final decision, if the shipment will be granted duty free import, is with custom authorities.

I don’t know of any British national with an EU passport who wanted their goods shipped to Bulgaria who had to physically go to Bulgaria before they actually are emigrating and sign PoA and Declarations, OR had to show their air ticket etc., etc.

Do you know of anyone in a similar situation to me who has tried to ship from HK to Bulgaria and HAS had to do all of the above?

Thank you for ANY light you are able to shed on this for me. Suffice to say I’ve hardly any hair left now as what hasn’t already fallen out with the stress of all of this… I’m pulling out myself! *!*

Kind regards,
Roxy-Jo

Hi, we are moving from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada back to Northern Ireland. we are looking to move household furniture such as beds, sofa and several boxes. do we have to buy a container or will companies supply them? Also will they pick up from our address and then deliver to our address in Northern Ireland. would you have an idea of the cost? Thank You

I am moving from Neuss, Germany to Herndon, VA, USA in a couple weeks and need to ship various household goods. This includes small kitchen items, hand tools, some small electronics, clothes, miscellaneous personal effects, and possibly (or maybe not) a bed, but no appliances or other furniture. The possible bed frame and mattress aside, because of the number of boxes (maybe 15-20 – I guess a pallets worth), shipping via the normal postal services or as extra baggage when I fly would add up to quite a cost. I don’t really care if it takes several months even for these items to follow me to Virginia as long as they get there eventually. Can you help on this timeline and let me know what kind of costs would be associated? Thanks!

Hello, I’m moving from North Carolina to Prague. I am not moving furniture, but will have couple of boxes of personal items. Do you ship smaller items as well? Thanks, Zuzana

Hello! We are planning a permanent move to eastern Europe, but although we will be moving out of the U.S., we will have a storage with our personal things until we decide, once there, on a city and country. We will be living out of suitcases for a while until this decision is made, and then will come to the U.S. to send our things. We do not have any appliances or furniture, it is mostly art, carpets (from the middle east), silverware, books and taxidermy heads. What is the rule for duties coming into Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey or Croatia for what is basically decorative items, all used and for our personal use? Thanks, this will greatly help us pare down the storage.

Hi,
I would like to move back to Scotland from Santa Fe New Mexico…possibly early in January 2016..I have a lot of artwork..flat works on paper,,small canvases ,portfolios of drawings and paintings ,paintbrushes, sketch books etc…no easels or furniture or equipment..which can be packed flat. I have no furniture..but would want to bring back my sewing fabric,cloths, some books, shoes.I don’t have so much , but too much to take on plane.Can I ship these things by cargo on a plan or boat.I am particular about my artwork not getting damaged or wet etc…

Hi Mark! Thanks for providing this great service. I am getting ready to book our container date (Stephanie has been very helpful). Here’s my question:

How do I match up the Item Numbers on the packing list with my already packed, numbered boxes and spreadsheet of items packed? I have twenty boxes coded “decorative housewares, used”, for example, that contain a mixture of fragile bric-a-brac. (I like dustcatchers, what can I say!)

My spreadsheet lists everything that’s in each box, so do I simply list each box as an “item”? Or do I list each category as an item? For example:

Box A1, containing clocks (batteries removed) and globes, becomes Item 1, category whatever the category is for useless decorative items.
Box A2, containing armillaries and taxidermy butterflies, becomes Item 2, category whatever the category is for useless decorative items. And so on.

or:

Boxes A1 through A20 (twenty boxes) become Item 1, category whatever the category is for useless decorative items.

Boxes A21 through A32 (which contain used glassware, rugs and curtains) become Items 2 and 3, categories glassware and home textiles.

thanks so much in advance for your help!

Dear Mark,

We need to send 8x Bathroom Vanity Cabinets and 8x Stone Tops thereto and 8x Wall Mounted Medicine Cabinets from a factory just outside Atlanta, Georgia to the West End of London as quickly as possible. We therefore assume that we will have to fly the goods.
We are concerned about the fragile nature of the Vanity Units and breakage to the glass in the medicine cabinets, so clearly the appropriate packaging is essential.

Can you please advise how we go about getting these goods from Atlanta to London all in one piece and as quickly as possible.

Many Thanks.

Hi again,
Thanks for the previous answers. Much appreciated! One more please: I am shipping four wooden crates that have 4″ x 4″ pieces on the bottom to enable forklifting. Do I measure volume from the floor or from the bottom of the crate itself? I can’t see reference to this on the website anywhere.
Thanks again,
Garry

In January 2016 I want to move three motorcycles, personal effects of two adults and one infant, and a queen sized bed from San Francisco to Newcastle UK.
How much will it cost ?

How can i move furniture from Athens GR to Kingston UK?Estimated cost?

How long would a move from Northeast Ohio to Northern FL take (once the shipment is packed and loaded)?

Do you offer any storage options at the destination?

Would it be possible to hire some movers to load and unload the shipment? Would UPAK arrange that or would I need to make those arrangements?

Thank you!!

Hi again, All of our belongings that we are shipping to Ireland are older than six months but we don’t have receipts for many of them – fortunately we do for the most expensive items, but not for a myriad of things like hand tools, a guitar, a desktop computer that I built etc. Will this cause a problem with customs?
Thanks
Garry

Hi, my wife wants to take her artist acrylic tube paints to Ireland. Is this possible? If so, what would they be best called so as not to alarm the customs officials?
Thanks,
Garry

I live in Lakewood, NJ. I would like to buy a trailer that could transport bicycles. It seems like it is more popular in Europe. I found two. One is from France (https://www.bicyclerack-mottez.com/article.php?lg=en∣=4&msid=7&mssid=0&rid=15) and the other is from the UK (https://www.pendle-bike.co.uk/shopping/six-bike-trailer.php). How much would it cost to ship these trailers to Lakewood, NJ?

Thank you very much,
Kenneth

I’m looking to move a 2BR apt and 2 vehicles from the US overseas to the Republic of Georgia. I was wondering how much it would be for a 40 ft container (to fit all I listed above) or even a 20 ft container (we’d take just 1 vehicle)…. Or if there is any other economical way to shit our household to Georgia. Thanks!!!

When packing items to be sent from the USA to Italy, what items can fit under the category, “kitchenware”? For instance, would it include plates, dishes, pots, pans, kitchen cutlery, glasses. What else? How do you indicate chopping or pairing knives? Thank you.

I’m trying to move 10-12 plastic storage bins (18gallons) from California to Prague, CZ. The majority of the bins are full of fabric; some with journals/letters/photo albums. Is it better to do a pod or cube? or do the box flat rate?

Hi,

I am looking to move a flat tv and some pieces of furniture ( 1 lamp, 1 wardrobe, 1 table) from Barcelona to Dublin. Approximately how much would that cost?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I’m looking to move 2 tall, shallow armoires, a drop leaf table and a few small pieces of furniture and few boxes of misc. items from San Francisco to Paris. What would be the best way and does this get my items to my door in Paris, or do I have to find transport from port to door?
Thanks

Good morning,

I want to ship a Miele washing machine (100 kg) from Madrid to Ottawa. I’m looking for the least expensive safe way of doing this. It occurred to me that it would be the simplest and cheapest to piggy back on someone who is doing a large move, but don’t know how to tap into this market of sharing shipping containers that happen to be going from Madrid to Ottawa. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Looking to move from Raleigh, NC to Honolulu, HI. Currently live in a 4 BR home and moving into a 3 BR in HI. Planning on taking sectional couch, 3 beds with mattresses, kitchen (small appliances, cookware, silverware, plates, etc), personal belongings such as clothes, computers, televisions, etc. Would like to know most economical option

Looking to move only personal items and toys clothing from Boston USA to Ireland. What is the best way to move this August.
Thanks

I am looking to ship furniture (Coach and tables from India to San francisco, US. How much would that cost?

Hi, Roughly how much would it cost to move the contents of a small 1 bedroom apartment from Montreal, Qc to Vancouver, BC? Thanks

Hi,

I am relocating and need to ship household goods and personal effects from Canada (Toronto) to the UK (Sheffield). Any recommendations? Thank you!

Hi Mark.
How much would it be to move a one bedroom amount of furniture from Vancouver BC (CANADA) to NYC?

Morning Mark,

I am looking to ship a old wooden family wardrobe, approximately 1.5m x 1wide, approx 2m high from Angers France to:
A) Amsterdam center NL
B) Normandy ( Sortosville en Beaumont ) France

Trying to decide which company to use.

Many thanks Nat
Nathalie
0031630025536

Dear shipping doctor.

Together with my girlfriend I will be travelling around the world for a while.
From Honolulu we would like to send our kitesurf equipment back to the netherlands. There is no rush, so it’s ok if it is done by boat.
The dimensions are roughly 50 x 50 x 50 cm and weighs 20kg.

Can you give an indication of how much this would cost and how we have to arrange this?

Thanks in advance for your help
eric

Dear Mark
I want to ship 5 boxes from San Francisco to Ireland. I haven’t weighed them but guessing around 160 pounds total.
Dimensions
2x 1.5 cubic feet boxes
1x 3 cubic feet box
1x 4.5 cubic feet box
1x large picture frame box around 4 feet square, 5″ wide
What is the most economical way for me to ship them?
Time is not an issue so by sea is ok.
Thank you
Fiona

Could you tell the price to ship my furniture and kitchen appliances from Dublin Ireland to uk for the lat week if June 2015?

Many thanks

How much to move table and eight chairs lisbon to Dublin. . Rough price?? Is it worth moving furniture at all?

Do you move from Australia to Bosnia & Herzegovina?

Hi – I am relocating back to the UK from Miami after 4 years here. We have 4 bedroom apartment – probably a 40 foot container load of furniture. What is the most cost effective way of getting it back quickly? We are happy to pack everything but the furniture
Thanks!

I’m looking to ship a crate that weighs 200 lbs to the Netherlands. How much would that cost?

Hi,

I need to move my herd of 24 cows and oxen, they are different breeds, ages and weights. My largest in height is 6 feet at the shoulder a large set of horns and about 2500 lbs. My smallest are the 7 babies that range in age from 13 months to 10 months and I would need to check the current weight is. I am moving them from my farm in WV to my new farm in Fl. When it is time to move they will have their ear tags in and will be certified by our vet. Since the babies will be under 18 months they will not have have ear tags. How do I go about finding a hauler/s to move my 24 cows and oxen?

I wanted to move furniture from Germany to India. Does this service cover shipments to India ?

I’m looking to move 2-3 suitcases with clothes, pillows, blankets from Massachusetts to Stuttgart, Germany can you provide me with some rates?

Hi,

I’ll be moving back to France (in the south, close to Marseille) by the end of June. My wife and I are still debating whether it is worth shipping most of our stuff or just the most important. Would you happen to have a list of prices and options to help us decide?

Thanks a lot.

my husband shipped our belonging last year from our home in Northern Ireland. There are items he missed and I would like to have them shipped over. How does this work with customs?

I AM LOOKING TO MOVE ABOUT 10 BOXES, 4 LARGE STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 ARMOIRE, AND 1 KITCHEN TABLE FROM OAKLAND TO AMSTERDAM. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BEST WAY TO SHIP THESE ITEMS AT LOWEST, MOST RELIABLE WAY?

THANKS!!

Hi – we need to move a full-size keyboard (clavinova) from Portland OR to Cheshire, UK. Can you advise whether I should approach a usual courier e.g. Fedex or if it’s cheaper to use a shipping company? I’m not in a rush to get it there. Thanks!

Hi!
I need to move a few boxes from the USA (Washington State) to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I checked out UPS, but it’s extremely expensive. Do you happen to know a few good options? Thanks! Caroline

My grandpa is wanting to give my daughter a keyboard. He said it is around 150-200 lbs. he is in Georgia and we are in Texas – wondering the best way to pick up and get it to us. Any ideas?

hey! I need to send clothing and footwear things to my friend in Qatar. . What’s the best, easiest ,cheapest and shortest shipping time that I could get? thank you!