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Customs Procedures

These are all services related to the process of customs regimes for the import/export of merchandise.

Declaration regime for consumption / Definitive

  • Nationalization
  • Merchandise declaration service for importation to pay import duties (taxes and others) and local trade.
  • Export
  • Merchandise declaration service and port operations for export.

Import duty suspension regimes

  • Temporary customs clearance or temporary admission without transformation
  • Merchandise declaration service that allows entry to the country in order to fulfill a purpose, for a limited time.
  • Temporary admission for active improvement
  • Merchandise declaration service that allows entry into the country in order to be subjected to an improvement process.
  • Temporary admission for inward processing:
  • The process that allows entry into the country, the merchandise declaration service, is subjected to a refinement process. The activities under refinement are transformation, assembly, assembly, adaptation, repair, restoration, and conditioning.

Special Laws

  • Exoneration (Law 4027)
  • Service of management and procedure of discharge benefit payment of import rights of merchandise through the resolution of the ministry of finance official gazette, laws that protect it.
  • Free Trade Zone (Law 8-90)
  • Merchandise declaration service in the legal regime that has the benefit of discharging payment of import duties, income tax, and other tax obligations.
  • Moving (Law 14-93)
  • Service of declaration of household goods and personal items with the application of partial benefits to Dominican citizens who are retired from abroad.
  • Partial vehicle exemptions (Law 168)
  • Service of management and procedure of benefit of partial payment of import rights of vehicles of citizens who live abroad.

Other customs regimes

  • Re-Embarkation
  • Declaration service for non-nationalized exported merchandise.
  • International Transit
  • Merchandise declaration service that allows the passage of said merchandise through the country toward its final destination.
  • Local Transit
  • Merchandise declaration service that allows the transfer of said merchandise from one local customs office to another. The transfer process accounts for any import duties.

International trade and customs procedures advisory

We provide consultation and information services on processes related to customs regimes for the import/export of merchandise.

Other arrangements and procedures

  • Change of customs regime
  • Processing service and management of the change of customs regime.
  • Control and conciliation before the DGA (General Directorate of Dominican Customs)
  • We offer representation for an importer before a control and conciliation process.
  • Processing of permits for import and export
  • Management services and processing of consents required for the import / export of merchandise.
  • Processing of first license plate for equipment and vehicles
  • Service for management and processing the first license plate for vehicles and equipment, exempt plates, and temporary plates.
  • Transfer of license and equipment plate
  • Management services and rights transfer from one natural/legal person to another.
  • Ground Transportation
  • Transport coordination service for merchandise in ports and warehouses.
  • Marine Transport
  • Maritime transport service for containers and loose cargo.
  • Consolidation
  • Grouped cargo transportation service.
  • Other types of exemptions