How do you import household goods to Curaçao in 2026?

Official guidance defines verhuisgoederen as used personal goods that belonged to your household for at least six months. One private passenger vehicle per household can qualify only after twelve months of continuous ownership and use before shipment. Pleasure boats, hobby vehicles, excess alcohol, and tobacco sit outside the exemption and attract normal import charges. New-looking goods can be challenged; keep invoices if Douane asks for proof of age.

Tourists and temporary @HOME stays that do not transfer normal residence usually cannot claim the full removal exemption the way settling residents can. Align the shipment with a real residence and Kranshi path when you want relief.

Douane pages ask for an Enig Document (ED) import declaration, often prepared by a paid expediteur, plus a signed valued inventory, the exemption application, original deregistration proof from your previous country (or alternative residence proof if your origin country does not issue one), passport copies including Toelatingsorganisatie stamps, and either a Kranshi BB-10 population extract or a work permit. Private importers generally need a CRIB number on the declaration.

Book housing before the container sails so the address on customs papers matches the lease: How to rent a home. Pets follow a separate veterinary track even when they travel with the move: Bring a pet. Keep the whole stack beside Paperwork after moving and sedula timing.