Garage doors and commercial doors for Costa Rica, shipped from Miami to Puerto Limon
Sectional garage doors, rolling steel, commercial operators, gate operators and parts for homes, warehouses and free zone buildings, crated in Miami and delivered to your forwarder for Puerto Limon. Se habla español.
- FCA Miami
- Puerto Limon
- Doors, crating and freight on one quote
- Supply only
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Puerto Limon and Moin, then up to the Central Valley
Our Costa Rica lane runs to Puerto Limon on the Caribbean coast, where the Moin container terminal handles most of the country's Caribbean cargo. There is no minimum ocean charge on it, so freight follows the size of the shipment.
Most projects are not at the port. San José, Heredia, Alajuela and Cartago are a truck ride up from Limon, and your forwarder or customs agent arranges that leg. If the site is on the Pacific side, say so and we will tell you whether Limon still makes sense.
What your written quote covers
One written quote for Costa Rica, in US dollars: the doors, crating in Miami, delivery to your forwarder and ocean freight to Puerto Limon. Duty, taxes and customs at destination are yours. The crate sizes, the terms and every port we quote are on the export page.
CAFTA-DR and the country of origin
Costa Rica is a CAFTA-DR country, so goods made in the United States can enter at a reduced or zero duty rate when they meet the agreement's rules of origin and the importer claims it. Not everything we sell is made in the US, so ask for the country of origin of each item when you request the quote and your customs agent can work out what applies.
Your agent files the import in Costa Rica's customs system, run by the Servicio Nacional de Aduanas. We supply the commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin they need, with the product approval papers for any wind rated door.
Earthquakes set the structure, the door still has to fit
In Costa Rica the structural question is usually seismic, not wind. The Código Sísmico governs the building, and a door is fixed to a header and jambs that your engineer has already designed for it. Send the rough opening, the headroom and the side room and we match a door and a lift type to them.
Wind still matters on the Caribbean side: Hurricane Otto crossed into northern Costa Rica in 2016. If the building is exposed, ask for a wind rated model and we quote both so you can compare.
What you handle in Costa Rica
Import duty, IVA, customs clearance and delivery from the port are yours. The amounts depend on how the goods are classified and whether CAFTA-DR applies, so confirm them with your customs agent before you order.
You can deal with us in Spanish from the first message to the booking. Quotes and invoices are in US dollars.
Your export cart
Add the models you want right here, in any size, or from the shop and the designer. Pick your port and send the cart: your written quote comes by email. Nothing is charged online.
Add a door, opener or gate operator
Your cart is empty. Pick the model and size above and tap Add to cart, or add them from any door in the shop. Or describe the doors in step 2 and we quote them the same way.
Get your export quote
Check your details and send. We email you the written quote with the doors, crates, handling and estimated freight, and the deposit invoice to get started.
- Today You send the cart. Nothing is charged online.
- Within one business day You get the written quote in US dollars, valid 14 days.
- When you approve it We send the 50% deposit invoice and get started.
- Commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin
- Se habla español
Your details
We reply within one business day.
Frequently asked questions
Do you ship garage doors to Costa Rica?
Yes, to Puerto Limon and the Moin terminal. We crate the doors in Miami and deliver them to your forwarder (FCA Miami). Your written quote covers the doors, crating, delivery to the forwarder and ocean freight. The written quote comes by email within one business day, or right away when the doors are in our price book.
Do US made garage doors enter Costa Rica duty free?
They may, under CAFTA-DR, if they meet its rules of origin and your importer claims the preference. It depends on each item's origin and classification, so ask us for the country of origin with the quote and let your customs agent confirm the rate.
Can the doors go straight to San José?
Our lane ends at Puerto Limon. Your forwarder or customs agent arranges the truck from the port to San José or wherever the site is, and clears the goods on the way.
Do I need a wind rated door in Costa Rica?
Usually the governing load there is seismic, not wind, but on the Caribbean coast and on exposed sites your engineer may ask for one. We can quote a standard and a wind rated door side by side.
Shipping to Costa Rica?
Send the sizes and the port. We come back with the doors, crating, delivery to your forwarder and ocean freight on one written quote.