جامايكا رحلات, مرشدات وعطل

يشحن برميل من ال [أوس] إلى جامايكا كان نسبيّا يتيح غير أنّ كان إنتقاء فوق برميل في كنغستون أمر منفصلة. أنا قد أنفقت مبلغة هامّة وقت في كنغستون ويعتبربنفسي جدّا [فميلير ويث] المدينة تصميم ونقل نظامات. أنا قد قدت [ألّ وفر] المدينة من كنغستون وكثير مناطق [أوتلينغ] غير أنّ ل أيّما أسباب ينفق أنا يتلقّى أبدا [ا لوت وف تيم] في أو حول كنغستون مينة ورصيف المراكب. المينة كنغستون حيث أكثر من البلاد يستورد وتصدير يتمّ وبعض 70% من ال البضائع إجماليّة يستورد يكون عالجت على كنغستون [وهرفس].

شحنت برميلنا كان على على [أسن-غينغ فسّل] وسقطت باتّجاه آخر إلى جامايكا عادات في كنغستون مينة لكلّ تعليماتنا. نحن استطاع يتلقّى التقطت فوق في [موبي] [أر فن] تلقّى هو يسلّم مباشرة إلى منزلنا هنا في [نغريل] غير أنّ اختار نحن طريق رحلة إلى كنغستون بدلا من ذلك وبما أنّ معتادة أنا أكون سعيدة نحن أتمّنا. نحن تلقّينا رحلة عظيمة وعالج الجزء مريضة من هو كان مع يقود حول كنغستون [وهرفس]. هو جميلة إلى الخلف نظامة من طرق ذو اتّجاه واحد وما من [سنج] أنّ حافظني يفتل في دوائر الى حدّ بعيد لقمة. أنا وصلت على اليوم أولى مع الزوجة وجديات في جر غير أنّ سريعا أخذ يحقّق أنا يحتاج أن يعاود على ي خاصّة لذلك أنا عناية من الخطوة أولى في عمل ورقيّ ورجع على ي خاصّة الصباح تالية. أشياء ذهبوا كثير [سمووثر] في المينة قبل [9م] واقترحت هو أنت تصل [أس رلي س] أنت يستطيع.

كان الخطوة أولى في يسترجع برميلنا أن يتوقّف بالمكتب محلّية ل [فينلس] شحن أيّ كان فقط اثنان قوالب بعيدا من المينة غير أنّ واحدة من ال أكثر يصعب شوارع ل ي أن يجدني. The Jamaican lady in the office kept giving me bad directions and it took me almost an hour to find it once I arrived in the general area. At Finlays I paid the $2,000 JA for local handling charges and received my Arrival Notice and Bill of Lading documents to be presented to Jamaica Customs agents. Finlays filled out all the necessary documents for me and made things quite a bit easier in doing so. I only had to make one simple modification to any of the paper work we received from Finlays in order for Customs to accept it and all the document transfers went pretty smoothly. I bailed out here and came back the next morning with the necessary documents in hand ready to deal with the Jamaican customs process all in one day.

I got to the docks at roughly 8:30 am and things we’re still kinda quiet. I grabbed a banana porridge and coffee from one of the many vendors in the area and hung out in front trying to catch a photo opportunity. The entire area is a security zone with no children and no cameras allowed. The first time I pulled up to the gates in the van I had my camera on the seat next to me and they told me I had to take it home. No cameras allowed. I came back with my smaller camera and was only able to grab the one shot above without being seen.

They have a special parking lot for individuals picking up imports and the parking lot attendants are the first to verify you have the proper docs before you even park. Once they let you in they will send you across the street to the clerk in the Customs Manifest Branch where your documents are processed. You have to present identification at this step and all persons receiving imports must now have a Jamaican TRN number as well. I paid roughly $2000 JA for this service to the Jamaican government and was sent over to the Warehouse manager who would find my barrel amongst all the others. The warehouse manager actually waited about 30 minutes while a number of us finished the first stages paperwork that morning and then he disappeared into the warehouse for about another 20 minutes before returning with everyones barrel on one flat trailer. All the barrels were lined up in front of rows of tables and each of us was told to stand before our barrel as we awaited the customs inspections.

Personal Imports information from the Jamaica Customs website

Persons to whom packages have been sent from overseas

1. Take your Arrival Notice, Bill of Lading and identification paper to the Freight Agent who is responsible for receiving and handling your goods.

2. The Freight Agent will process your papers and collect all fees due to them (not Customs import duties) and advise you when and where (wharf or warehouse) the package(s) will be available for inspection by Customs.

3. Take your documents (including Customs Form C78X) to the Wharf or
Warehouse at the appropriate time and present same to the clerk in the Customs Manifest Branch. The documents will be processed and returned to you.

4. Take these documents to the Wharf Authorities or Warehouse Keeper so that your goods can be located and placed in the Customs Examination area.

5. The Customs Officer may request that you open your packages for inspection.

6. After inspection of the goods, you will be sent to the Customs Cashier to pay the necessary duties and fees. On your return, after paying the duties and fees, the Customs Officer will issue the Customs Release.

7. The Customs Release should be taken to the Warehouse Keeper’s clerk who will supervise delivery to you of your packages.

The customs agents are fairly thorough in some cases I guess but they surely did not search my barrel at all. Not that I brought in anything illegal but I could certainly have carried a firearm amongst the many tools and other metal objects that walked right through untouched. I brought over a small tool chest full of hand tools and things and no one ever looked through any of it. I was open and honest and told them everything I shipped was my own used personal effects and they let me through pretty easily. Some Jamaican families shipped over lots of new commercial goods and they went over those guys much more thoroughly. It was obvious to me they were more interested in those shipments then they were in my crap.

My barrel was valued at just under $24,000 JA and my import duties were $3500. They underestimated by quite a bit. The total cost for shipping my barrel to Jamaica was about $170 for 260 lbs in a 55 gallon steel drum. I brought over a full tower pc with loads of accessories, a medium sized tool box of hand tools sockets and wrenches, power tools including a circular saw and a reciprocating saw, corded and cordless drill, most of my housewares and small kitchen appliances including my grind and brew coffee maker, a nice stainless steel wok and bamboo steamer, a counter top deep fryer and some new pots and pans I bought over the holidays and used at moms so they look old. We now have a complete kitchen and cooking is much nicer for us now. I grind and brew fresh coffee every morning and I’m loving our new place that much more. It really has become our new home and I can’t see any reason for us to ever leave this place.

Here are some relevant websites for you.

Jamaica Customs Website

Jamaica Customs Fact Sheet from E Jamaica

Finlays Ship to Jamaica

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