You need identity card number to ship from the US to the DR
The Customs Agency (DGA) has announced that from Monday, 1 May 2018 they will require the identity card (cedula) number of those who are receiving packages that should be on the invoice. The shippers will also have to provide a detailed list of what is being shipped. These actions have followed the discovery of US$1,456,570 that was inside a metal tube inside a barrel being sent to the Dominican Republic via Salcedo Cargo Express.
The freight shippers have agreed with the measure, to improve security so that the identification and location of the receivers of goods can be identified.
Secretary General of the Association of Cargo Providers in the Dominican Republic (ACOREDOM) Wilson Perez, has said that everyone from the United States who ships to the Dominican Republic has to provide the cedula number of the recipient in order that there can be more control over shipments. There is no need for an actual copy of the identification card (cedula), just the number and they hope that the number will be correct.
Source: DR1, Diario Libre
May 1, 2018
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