Discusses the prevalence and reliability of express delivery firms within the country, time from large U.S. cities, and relevant customs procedures, including de minimis amounts.
Last Published: 9/30/2019
Consumers are often unsatisfied with parcel delivery through Peru’s postal system. Courier companies are capitalizing on this opportunity to promote their services, including express delivery.
The express delivery has implemented the advance clearance, which has permitted the reduction of release times. The average time for the release of packages is two days, of which a significant proportion is on the day of the aicraft arrival. On September 12, 2018, representatives from the Peruvian Customs Agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol signed the Authorized Economic Operator agreement. This program streamlines the customs processes between the two countries and is a very important step towards the promotion and trade facilitation. Also, the United States - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) explicitly addresses express delivery services.
A number of express delivery companies service the Peruvian market including: The express shipments industry has expressed concerns over policies that appear to disproportionately penalize manifest discrepancies for low value shipments.  Express delivery managers are subject to criminal penalties for discrepancies in the value of invoices of low value.  Additionally, express delivery carriers are subject to the same fixed monetary penalty as containerized cargo, regardless of the differences in shipment size or value.
For more details please contact the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service at the Embassy in Lima. Points of contact are included below:
  • Val Huston, Commercial Counselor
  • Leon Skarshinski,  Commercial Attaché
  • Jorge Prado, Commercial Specialist
Phone: (511) 618-2442
 
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