Cuba
Cuba Customs Contacts
Website: http://www.aduana.co.cu/
Email: publico@agr.aduana.cu
Telephone:(537)855-5466-71
Address: 6 st y 39 st, Plaza de la Revolución, La Habana, CP 10400
Cuba is situated where the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean meet. It is located south of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of Jamaica. The country is a member of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, Latin American Integration Association, United Nations, Association of Caribbean States and Mercosur.
Export/Import Requirements
Goods can be imported into Cuba only by government entities and joint ventures holding permits for the specific goods in question. Agents can handle goods on consignment for licensed importers, but they cannot import on their own account and they cannot conduct distribution operations. Joint ventures with foreign participation will generally obtain their import permits through their Cuban partners, but the right to import specific categories of products may be included in negotiations when seeking approval of the joint venture agreement.
Import duties are generally managed and paid for by the Cuban importer. Following an update in 2008, the simple average tariff on approximately 5,400 commodities was reduced from 11.5% to 10.4% for most favoured nation (MFN) countries, according to the Ministerio del Comercio Exterior (MINCEX), Ministry of Foreign Trade. The maximum MFN tariff is 30%. Cuba applies the MFN rate to goods originating in Canada and other countries with which it has bilateral agreements. Non MFN general tariff averages 17.9%. Cuba is also a member of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI). Import tariff classifications are based on the Harmonized System (HS) at the 8-digit level. Entities with foreign partners may be granted duty free status for some or all of those products as part of their economic association or joint venture agreement.
A license is required for the export or reexport to Cuba of all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
Source:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/country-guidance/sanctioned-destinations/cuba
