Any tips on freight??

[Roslyn]

Hi everyone

Been reading some of the 'heavy' conversations going on recently and thought I'd chuck in a 'hard fact' question....actually no, scrap that, I would like your opinion on something.

Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with freight companies coming into Bali??

All going well, I don't think we'll be bringing a house full of stuff...that's a big 'no no' according to the forum, as everything is pretty cheap there (thanks for the tip!).

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks.

[Dasha]

Gedday Ros

Last time you started up a post we all shut down cos it got a bit nasty! .. where is this one going.

You know where to find me.. can answer tis querie easliy.

[Bert Vierstra]

Well don't hold back Dasha

Answer it !

You will need to hold a Kitas to be able to recieve house hold shipments, if that is what your planning.

I recently saw some papers from Dutch People and their shipping company in the Netherlands used Santa Fe Jakarta:

http://www.santaferelo.com/ecs/location ... &people=No

Maybe they know an agent to contact where you live.

[Roslyn]

Dasha, it wasn't my fault that some of the forum members confused 'why do expats leave bali?' with 'let's have an open-slather-on-for-all-cultural-differences-fight'. Anyway, will speak to ya soon.

Thanks for the info Bert, will check it out at my end.

[niksing]

Roslyn,

We ahve moved our shipment from Singapore using Raffles Movers but it is not here yet - waiting for our Kitas to be finalized before it can leave the country of origin.

However, my parents moved their shipment from Australia with Allied Pickfords - it arrived last month with no problem at all.

As mentioned, you need to have a Kitas to bring in household goods tax free. The shipment cannot leave the country of origin until the Kitas is finalized and a copy of this together with your passport is sent to the shipping country that pack the goods for you. Once the shipment arrives, someone needs to go to the arrival port (in our case this is Surabaya) with the passport of the person receiving the goods, and the Kitas. The shipping agent in the destination port views the documents, copies them and then does the customs clearance.

When my dad flew to Surabaya he managed to get it all done on the same day but this is not always the case. The goods, once customs cleared are put on to a truck and delivered to wherever you have requested them to be sent.

There are lots of restrictions on bringing household goods into Indonesia. You cannot bring in more than one eletrical item. So for example, only one computer, one printer etc. More than that is taxable. Also, anything in its original box is considered new and therefore taxable. Certain items are not allowed - there are quite a few places online where you can read about the prohibited and restricted items.

When we arranged a shipping company I made sure that we received one months free storage at the Singapore end (where we were leaving from) as I knew we could not have it shipped until the Kitas was complete and wanted to allow plenty of time.

Nikki

[Petenjo]

We did a stint in Jakarta in 2001 and when our household shipment arrived we were contacted by our agent who informed us it would take 6-8 weeks to clear. Alternatively we could pay a back hander and have it in 2 days. With 3 young kids, 2 changes of clothes and a new house to move into it was a no-brainer. But when I received the invoice from them, I was surprised to see printed on the last line was "Under the table payment, IDR 1,500,000" It was even documented!

So was my introduction to doing business with the beauracracy in Indonesia...just have to factor that little extra into the equation...

We're currently building in Bali but figure basically everything we need to furnish the place is available there so will sidestep a large freight shipment this time....