Question about Postage to Puerto Rico?

[dan5]

So, I've shipped to Puerto Rico before and have never had to fill out a customs form. Is this something new?
It's asking me to fill out one on Paypal shipping.

 

[David K.]

I trade often with members living in Puerto Rico (two members that I know of) ..and I never had to file out customs form. Best regards, David

 

[calsp3]

New to me. Puerto Rico is a part of the US and the USPS therefore considers it domestic shipping. There are probably restrictions on animals, plants or large cost shipments, but first class and ground advantage ship to PR just like Alaska, or Nebraska. I am not a postal worker, I just play one on the internet.

 

[bdink25]

I just sent something there and had to do customs.
That's our government. Butch

 

[rotorob]

So, I've shipped to Puerto Rico before and have never had to fill out a customs form. Is this something new?
It's asking me to fill out one on Paypal shipping.

If I understand correctly, a PWE or something USPS classifies as a flat do not need customs forms, but parcels do.

 

[calsp3]

This is all news to me regarding parcels, have only shipped flats. As a side note, my experience with USPS this year has been quite worse than normal.

 

[dan5]

I'm trying to send a bubble mailer. I guess I'll just have to ask when I go to the PO tomorrow.

 

[millo67]

Hi, went I send something from here I don't have to do Anything, PR is part of USA, and we use the same USPS. Is rare.

 

[desertdogg]

For letters and bubble envelope. you should be ok for PR. i had no issues. Unless your sending a box or something large.. if your trying to buy postage online. that might be your problem. i would take it into your local post office.. thanks. Larry

 

[dragonslayer913]

I sent a pkg to PR and had to do a customs form thought it was odd

 

[dan5]

UPDATE

So, I went to the post office, and they said that I didn't need a customs form. For some reason PayPal Shipstation requires it. So, if you use PayPal for your postage you might want to use something different to ship to Puerto Rico.

 

[zlw1]

The form you fill out on shipstation never prints anyway so you could fill it out as photographs and $5 value and it doesn’t matter. That’s what I’ve always done.