Puerto Rico Steel Kits: Easily Shipped Buildings That Withstand Natural Disasters

SteelMaster has a Latin American logistics expert team ready to assist you at all stages of the shipping process.

The Quonset hut’s panel design makes it easy for ocean freight shipping to Puerto Rico. Panels can be easily stacked on top of each other, framed with wood and covered with a metal case for protection.

The panels are placed in a shipping container to ship to Puerto Rico. Several buildings can fit into a 20′ or 40′ container depending on the size of the buildings.

The building will be loaded onto a container ship and sail to the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Port of San Juan has 108 acres for container storage and handling and is overseen by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority.

In some cases, the container can even be used as one of the walls of your building, helping you save even more money.

Our team will take care of delivering the necessary documents and assistance for simple and stress-free import handling.

There are several very important factors that should be noted when importing products to Puerto Rico, one of them being an IVU payment.

SteelMaster is covered under the umbrella of the Free Trade Agreement, which covers import taxes. However, the IVU or local taxes must still be paid.

The only deviation from this rule is whether it is goods exempt from payment of the IVU or if the importer itself is exempt from having to pay this tax. For more information on this subject, you can refer to the Department of the Treasury of the Government of Puerto Rico.

The second most important point is a requirement of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) department.

For containerized imports, a form called “The Import Security Filing / Importer Security Declaration ” (ISF 10 + 2) must be completed.

This is a regulation that requires the declaration of certain information on containerized goods that are to be imported into United States/Puerto Rico by sea. Therefore, it does not apply to air shipments, loose cargo or packaged materials.

The ISF must be electronically transferred to the US customs department by the importer or its customs broker.

The 10 points required by customs to complete the ISF are the following:

• Seller
• Buyer
• Importer
• Consignee
• Maker
• Addressee
• Country of origin
• Tariff classification code (HTS / HTSUS)

All information is found in the documents SteelMaster provides to our customers when we ship your cargo.

It is important to comply with this requirement since failure to issue the ISF on time or correctly may result in penalties for the importer for violation, inspections and delays in releasing the shipment.

The importer, by himself or through his customs broker, is responsible for submitting the declaration in a timely manner.

In fact, part of the information is obtained at the source from the exporter, who will provide it to you or your broker so that he can communicate it to the destination. This process must be processed as soon as they receive the shipping documents from us.

Given the complexity and importance of the process, the declaration at destination is usually presented by the broker/customs agent of the importer.

It is recommended that both exporter and importer work with a broker that has their own offices. We collaborate with reliable agencies and freight forwarders to help find competitive rates for our customers.