USA news on Youtube May 25 2018

We are an American family of 7 living, working and loving Brazil. Welcome

to the adventures of Our Brazilian Life. Bom Dia. We are at the port of Salvador

and we are getting ready to take a tour. Our trampolines are here at the port and

we decided we wanted to get to know the process a little bit better. So we've

asked for permission to come and have a tour of the port to see what the process

is like. Importing and exporting in Brazil is a complicated process. The port

of Salvador is a deep-sea port located in All Saints Bay, the oldest port in

South America. We came down to the port to get a glimpse inside and take a look

at the process. We are opening up a trampoline park. Two shipping containers

full of our trampoline equipment have just arrived at this port . Here are some

tips we learned about the importation into Brazil along the way.

1. Do your homework. Find out what tax is applied to the type

of products you are shipping but plan on paying 100% tariffs and fees for your

shipment. 2. Choosing a competent supplier who understands the import and

export process is crucial. We did our research. It was more economical to

import trampolines into Brazil than to buy them in country. Even with the high

tariffs. 3. The three most important documents for Customs are Commercial

Invoice, the Parts List with material composition and Bill of Lading.

I cannot stress how important it is to make sure that these documents are

correct. Lastly, find a good Freight Forwarder.

A freight forwarder takes care of the shipment from the time it arrives in the

port, to moving it to your final destination. They plan all the logistics.

We have about ten tons of equipment to get from

the port to our Park in Piata. There are many steps in the process but a good

freight forwarder will help you with every detail.

We used HC Logística and are very happy with their services.

All right, we're going in to get our tour.

We are signing in and they asked us to go through a security porcess.

They asked us to watch this training video so we know what to expect.

So we are signing in right now.

The largest exports at this port are petrochemicals and paper. We were very

impressed at how clean, organized and structured this port was. The employees

were kind, skilled and educated. They all spoke English very well. They have big

plans to double the size of this port in the next three to five years.

All of the details in this video are listed in the description below.

We are here at the port and it's so cool. There're so many amazing things that

come in and out of this port in Salvador Brazil. Like donkey skins that are

exported to China. Full containers of donkey skins.

We had a great time here at

the port of Salvador and we learned a lot. We are excited to get our

containers out of this port and to start up our trampoline park.

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