The maritime and air operations companies chose to temporarily suspend “door-to-door” shipments pending official communication on new regulations and collection of customs taxes. The new measures are expected to be implemented from Monday, July 10
The administration of Nicolás Maduro notified the service companies courier that new regulations will be adopted in the Venezuelan customs, for the entry of containers of commercial merchandise “door to door”. It was anticipated that one of the modifications is related to the payment of taxes.
According to sources in the customs sector, the government’s intention is to eliminate “door-to-door” commercial merchandise. due to excessive use of this mechanism. They also highlighted that the companies received a government order to stop shipments to Venezuela through the services of courier of products of this type, until the new regulations are adopted.
“As long as they are boxes with personal products, there will be no problem with it, but if it is commercial merchandise, the corresponding taxes must be declared and paid with an invoice in hand,” said a source consulted by SuchWhich.
It is expected that The new measures will be implemented as of next Monday, July 10. This information was given by officials of the National Customs Administration of the seniat to various representatives of private service companies courier.
Meanwhile, the companies began to inform their clients about the actions that the Executive will undertake on this issue.
“By means of the present we address you in order to inform you that we were notified, unexpectedly, about new regulations of the Venezuelan customs”, the company FA Logistics alerted its customers in a statement.
He added that they are unaware of the impact this measure will have on shipping procedures, rates and delivery times. “However, we were told that one of the changes is related to the total declaration of the merchandise shipped.”
In Venezuela, “door-to-door” shipments have increased significantly in recent years due to the ease it represents for the person who purchases or imports certain merchandise, and the fact that they are delivered to the door of their residence, business, or warehouse. This mechanism also contributed to the strengthening of the so-called bodegones and to the sales of products through “entrepreneurships” promoted on social networks (Instagram).
Maritime and air operations companies they chose to temporarily suspend shipments awaiting official communication from the customs authorities and further details. Likewise, they are waiting to see if air departures will also be affected by the measure.
Sources from the commercial sector indicated that the issue of “door-to-door” shipments has been discussed in the various meetings that the country’s business associations have held with representatives of government agencies.
“Unfortunately, the mechanism for sending or receiving door-to-door merchandise, whose containers have included everything from refrigerators to cars without due payment of taxes, was distorted,” said the source consulted, who preferred to keep his name confidential.
It has also been warned that these shipments, especially food, have been sold in the country without proper quality control or health permit.
On the subject, it is awaiting whether there will be a reform to the Resolution Regulating International Courier Messaging Services dating from 1997 or whether the regulations will be expanded in another legal provision.
According to this legislation, shipments received from abroad through service companies courier They are treated as imports. However, they have a special regulation in the Customs Law and in the Resolution itself that this service allows the entry of imported goods into the country, whose value does not exceed $2,000 per “Guide Courier”, consigned under the “door-to-door” modality, to a service company courierto be delivered to third parties.
Customs regulations provide that the importation of goods through service companies courier it will be carried out without the payment of the tariff rate, rate determined by the customs regime, and VAT (Value Added Tax) within the limits and conditions established in the Resolution. In this sense, the goods that enter the country through a service company courier, whose unit value does not exceed $100, will not pay the corresponding tariff and taxes. If the value of those goods exceeds that limit, they must comply with the payments of customs obligations.
It was also possible to know that guilds such as fedecámaras and consecommerce have met with officials from customs agencies to discuss options that help make export operations more flexible. They maintain that the changes in this area would contribute to increasing the income of foreign currency to the country.
“We believe that the implementation of the flexibility of exports will be accompanied by other changes in customs matters and especially in door-to-door shipments of merchandise,” said another of the sources consulted.
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