Shipping to Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States and is just as easy to ship to as pretty much anywhere else in the Untied States. In fact all the major parcel companies and many of the major LTL companies service Puerto Rico as a truck shipment even though the shipment spends a few days on the water.

However one thing that is often overlooked by shippers is the necessary US Census Bureaus reporting requirements. Although shipping to Puerto Rico is pretty easy, companies that do business in Puerto Rico or anyone making a sale to a resident of Puerto Rico and shipping the product there is required to report those items to the US Census Bureau because they record it as an export out of the United States.

Gateway O.T is an AES Direct certified company. This allows us to file export data electronically with the US Census bureau on behalf of the U.S.P.P.I the U.S Principal Party in Interest. Companies or as in the case of a person selling an item on eBay to someone in Puerto Rico must provide an EIN number or a S.S. number to record the export.

This has no Tax implications to the seller other than it is a sale but the Excise Tax or Duty on the item is normally collected from the recipient in Puerto Rico. But for the shipment to successfully deliver it must have an ITN (Internal Transaction Number) which is a transaction number that says the census data has been collected and the product is cleared to deliver.

Keep this in mind next time you sell something and ship it to Puerto Rico, filing your census data will make this shipment as easy as if you were shipping anywhere else in the Untied States. If you have any questions or need further information in regards to these requirements give us a call:

855-474-4685

or visit

www.gatewayot.com

www.gatewaycrateandfreight.com

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