Shipping from Nicaragua

here is some of the things I know, I came to Nicaragua in 1991 for the first time, I am looking at things here to, I see money here , and I do things. The first container I exported cot 3.300$ to Miami, now it is half of that.

Everybody and their brother is looking into rocking chairs and hammocks nobody is realy doing well, reason, well the hammocks looks nice for 30 days or so, and the sun or rain will eat them up, rocking chairs, quality - workman ship - the same chair as the first one you get, is the big problem.

Problems is even on this site, you are getting bad advice and it is not facts, but I can give you one example, somebody was asking about driving a car down here, it was clearly told that you would be stopped in the immigration because your car had not left. totally wrong, I brought down a new Honda here and was driving around for 10 months with Florida plates.

Freight rates : go to a representaive of AA, ask for their best rates for shipping, I was quoted 78 cents per pound for Florida, 2 years old now, but just think about it, Nicaragua - and all this countries import more than they export, as a example, it was over 12.000 containers siting in Venezuela a while ago, those need to get out, same with AA and their air freight containers in Managua, they would rather getting something than nothing from sending all those LD3 containers back to Miami.

I this sounds like nonsence, contact me, because I was to sucsessful in a business here, and President Aleman made a law to stop me, and he did. Copy of the law will be forwarded at request. One final advice, be careful doing biz here, if you do good, they will steel it from you, I know, so why I am still coming here, because I love the country and their people, and perhaps the abuse. Excuse my English, This is the best I can write. Roger

searched this site and still haven't found a definite contact or info on shipping wood furniture from Nica to Miami. anyone know who can do this or average price. am not buying enough to fill container, but if that's the only way to go pricewise, then I can buy more furniture. right now, just 5 disassembled rocking chairs and a small coffee table. any ideas, are appreciated

try www.trans-express.com -let us know what the results are... i'm in california and would like to send things to mga. and also have stuff sent to me from mga back to bay area. i think they everything goes to miami, and then fwded by mail to other parts of us... and their own service [plane ] to managua [from where it goes on nicaragua mail to it's final destiny]... i haven't looked into it yet... so, ck out the web* ... and please comment on results... and specially after you've tried them.

UPS, DHL and FedEx all ship to the US plus Correos. I use DHL all the time for "important stuff/fast stuff" and correos for the rest.

Nicabox is an alternative. They are primarily for shipping to Nicaragua but they do stuff in the other direction as well. Be aware that if you send something back by them then the USPS requires them to hold it before placing it in the USPS mail. This is not true if you have them then send it via a different service such as UPS.

have you looked into DHL, I have seen an office in Managua. Maybe they will return your calls?

I tried the same thing with UPS and found that they will only ship up to 140 lbs in some cases.