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Boat Forum / Cruising / June 2006BVI customs fees
Has anyone taken their boat to the BVI in the last six months or so? While checking on customs fees for our upcoming cruise to the eastern caribbean I checked the BVI Tourist Board web site I found the following: Cruising Permit $4 per person per day Ban on importation of meat products unless you apply for a Department of Agriculture permit. Cost $25 Import duties on food products of between 5% and 15%. You must have reciepts for the food purchase. "Don't even bother to bring alcoholic beverages" If this is the case, I guess we'll cross the BVI off of our list of destinations. krj Just got back. Cruising permit is $4/day per person for charter boats not based in the BVI. Different rules for private non-charter yachts. Short term it is best to pay the $4/day but for long term stays you pay $200 for a temporary import license that is good for a year. Slightly more than the Bahamas but you can come and go as you like and not be limited to two departures. Provisions on the boat don't count as imports so there is no duty. If you have meat shipped to you it is best to apply for a meat import permit but the rule is seldom enforced for private consumption. If you are having a lot of meat shipped to you the meat permit cost $25 payable when the shipment arrives along with a 10% duty and the form is available here: http://www.bvipirate.com/documents/BVIMeatApplication.pdf I brought in a cooler with about 70 pounds of steaks, ham and shrimp last month and was charged $20 duty with no permit. No rules against bringing in alcohol but don't bother because it is cheaper in the BVI than anywhere else in the Caribbean except airport duty free shops. The bars pour strong because ice and mixers cost more than the booze. Diesel OTOH is $3.75 and up/gallon.  SignatureGlenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com > Has anyone taken their boat to the BVI in the last six months or so? While > checking on customs fees for our upcoming cruise to the eastern caribbean [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > destinations. > krj > Just got back. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > shops. The bars pour strong because ice and mixers cost more than the > booze. Diesel OTOH is $3.75 and up/gallon. Glen, Thanks for the clarification. The web page I looked and also the cruising guide weren't very clear on rules for private yachts. Guess they cater to charter yachts. I don't plan to import any food, just the provisions we have on the boat. So I will put BVI back on the list so we can go to Sidney;s and Foxys. krj > Glen, > Thanks for the clarification. The web page I looked and also the cruising > guide weren't very clear on rules for private yachts. Guess they cater to > charter yachts. I don't plan to import any food, just the provisions we > have on the boat. So I will put BVI back on the list so we can go to > Sidney;s and Foxys. Sidney's and Foxy's are just the beginning. The islands are heavily bareboat oriented so there is a place to party or have a great meal almost every where. You really need 3 or 4 weeks to cover everything in the BVI. Soggy Dollar is a great afternoon watering hole (except on the weekends). Corsair's down the beach from Foxy's serves great food. Quito's in Cane Garden Bay Friday and Saturday nights are always a party. The C&F in Road Town for the Caribbean's best BBQ ribs. Then you have to get to Anegada for at least a couple of days. Neptune's Treasure serves a lobster omelet to die for and the conch fritters at Big Bamboo are the best I have ever eaten. If the first mate is on the verge of mutiny Brandywine Bay for a really fine meal will get her back in line and if you are feeling really rambunctious try the Willy T at least one night. Provisions are a little higher than Ponce or Fajardo but much lower than further down island. Road Town Wholesale is a good place to stock up before heading for St. Martin and points south. SignatureGlenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com >>Glen, >>Thanks for the clarification. The web page I looked and also the cruising [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > further down island. Road Town Wholesale is a good place to stock up before > heading for St. Martin and points south. I know about all those places. We have done bareboat charters many times in BVI and the windwards in the last 15 years. This will be the first time taking our own boat. krj >Diesel OTOH is $3.75 and up/gallon. I recently read a note from someone who was able to to buy so called "duty free" diesel in the BVI because they were leaving the country for the US. I believe the price they quoted was about $2.25 USD. Hi! Great info! Do you happen to recall the price of unleaded regular? Thanks. > Just got back. > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > destinations. > > krj Yeah, $3.69 at the Delta station east of Road Town. $3.89 at the Shell station at the roundabout in town. And the Delta station has cute girls running the pumps. :-) SignatureGlenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com > Hi! Great info! Do you happen to recall the price of unleaded > regular? Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> > destinations. >> > krj BTW, for marine diesel the Delta fuel dock on the east side of Road Harbor consistently has the lowest prices in the BVI. Sopers Hole is #2. SignatureGlenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com > Hi! Great info! Do you happen to recall the price of unleaded > regular? Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> > destinations. >> > krj |
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