CHILE

Goods
Removal Goods

Documents required
Returning Citizens - Non Citizens or Chileans Original bill of lading. Inventory list.

Customs Prescriptions
Chileans with at least six uninterrupted months of residence abroad, have an importation franchise of US$500.00 FOB and pay a tax of 1% on the CIF value. free re-importation of goods is possible if the shipper retires.

Remarks
Time of Dispatch: 3 working days. In case of having a proceeding reimportation free, the customs verification is obligatory to check the old and the new items in the declaration.

Goods that are imported duty free: Travel articles, used clothing, electric appliances personal effects or decorations, not for sales purposes. Maximum of 400 single cigarettes, 500 grs. of pipe tobacco, 50 single cigars and 2,500 cc of alcoholic beverages will be accepted per adult. Books Household goods returning to the country. All merchandise, except personal effects, is affected by an Added Value Tax (I.V.A. Impuesto de Valor Agregado). Non Citizens must have a visa based contract or a temporary for a period of at least one-year. They may import up to US$5,000.00 FOB (customs nominal value) in which case, only 1% duty is charged based on the CIF value. Shipments over US$5,000.00 FOB is subject to Custom duties. The same is applies if the required visa is not presented. Duty free, as long as it is within the franchise granted to their position/rank.

Non Citizen Shipments Original bill of lading. Inventory list.

Time of Dispatch: 2 working days.

Diplomats' Removals

Original bill of lading. Inventory list. The corresponding Embassy or International Organism must provide the Exoneration Form issued by the Ministry

Time of Dispatch: 3-7working days

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of Foreign Affairs. See Removal Goods.

Customs Prescriptions

Remarks

Wedding trousseaux

1. Duty free is it enters the country as an unaccompanied luggage and new effects. 2. Taxes plus an additional charge for used merchandise. I.V.A. (Additional Value Tax) and Customs duty (approximately 31%). Customs duty (approximately 31%).

Inheritance New Furniture and Household Goods. Works of Art and Antiques

See Removal Goods. See Removal Goods. See Removal Goods. An invoice may be required, or a certificate issued by the corresponding museum or Gallery. See Removal Goods. A commercial invoice may be required. See Removal Goods. See Removal Goods. See Removal Goods. See Removal Goods. Original endorsed OBL The vehicle's Identification certificate The Purchase Invoice Ownership Certificate International Police Certificate Final Cost Certificate Internal Taxes Passport R.U.T. See Removal Goods, plus approval from the Agricultural Livestock Service (Servicio Agricola Ganadero) and the National Health Service (Servicio Nacional de Salud).

Precious Metal Objects Household Appliances Electrical Appliances Carpets Movies and Video Cassettes Motor Vehicles

May be entered as personal effects if in a reasonable quantity.

Used vehicles: Used motorcycles are not allowed to be imported into the country. New vehicles: Subject to the authorisation of the Central Bank (Banco Central). Returning Chileans can import new or used automobiles, but have to pay full import duties.

Import of automobiles is not recommended because of the high importation costs. Diplomats and foreign diplomatic personnel are exempt of duties when importing one vehicle. They are required to have a special authorization from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Asentimiento Previo).

Alcohol

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Goods
Tins and Food Pets Prohibited Articles

Documents required
Same as above. Cats and Dogs Health Certificate. See Removal Goods.

Customs Prescriptions

Remarks

Arms, Ammunitions, dangerous objects Plants, Medicines, Narcotics, drugs, Pornographic movies or videocassettes, books, or others such as soil. The Chilean Government adopted ISPM-15 (International standards for Phytosanitary Measures Publication 15) Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (aka NIFM-15) to standardise the treatment of wood packing materials used for the transport of goods. Shipments into or out of the country in wooden packaging, need to have a Seal, certifying that the shipment has received the required treatment (HT = Heated Treatment [a minimum wood core temperature of 56C for a minimum of 30 minutes] or fumigation with Methyl Bromide (MT). The minimum temperature should not be less than 10C and the minimum exposure time should not fall below 16 hours. The treatments established in the present regulation have the intent to reduce the introduction and/or the dissemination of quarantine plagues associated to the wood packing.

Import of other animals is considered case by case. Only sporting weapons allowed for importation. These must be released to Customs upon arrival until a permit is granted. This regulation DOES NOT apply to wood packing materials manufactured of: Raw wood of 6 mm thickness or less Processed wood produced by glue, heat and pressure, or a combination thereof Plywood sheets & agglomerated sawdust sheet Oriented wooden fibre sheets Sawdust & Wooden fibre

Fumigation of wood packaging

The wood packing material must be marked in a visible location on each article, on at least two
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opposite sides of the article with a legible and permanent mark in black ink. Labels and adhesives are not allowed. The approved format of the mark should be as follows:

Remarks

Where XX is the country code, 000 the producer number, YY the treatment type, and AAA the inspection agency logo. If a shipment arrives without this seal, it will be returned to the origin country at the shippers/origin Agents expenses.

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