How Much Does It Cost to Send a Barrel to Haiti?

Haiti's barrel trade is one of the biggest in the Caribbean — Miami and Fort Lauderdale sail constantly, with New York, Boston, Orlando, Montreal and Paris behind them. Every one of the Haiti companies in this directory is also listed, with Haiti-only guides and the Haiti pack, on our sister directory SendItToHaiti.

Barrels land at Port-au-Prince (Lafito and Varreux terminals) or Cap-Haïtien for the north. A few Haiti companies publish barrel prices openly; most quote at the counter. What is included differs more than the headline — one price is the sea trip alone, another includes pickup and help on the Haiti side.

The Haiti side of the bill

Haitian customs charges stack: a verification fee, the TCA, the CFGDCT contribution and duty by category — the full build-up, in plain words, is in the Haiti guides on the sister site and in the kit. Ask the company what families paid on arrival for a barrel like yours last month, and write it on your receipt.

Get your tracking number printed on the receipt — Haiti routes are exactly where the “where is my box?” phone calls pile up, and the steps page answers them instead.