The best option to avoid losing merchandise at Cuban Customs

One of the most commonuneOne of the most tormenting things travelers entering Cuba have to deal with is the nightmare of having their merchandise confiscated.

The possibility of having your items confiscated when entering Cuba is a concern.cupaction that accompanies almost all Cubans who leave the island, at the time of their return to it. It is also a concerncuplatent action for Cubans living abroad who have their relatives or friends on the Island and carry in their luggage merchandise destined for them.

No one wants to lose their imports, not even part of them, when they enter Cuba. Simply put, everything brought to the island has a purpose, a destination, and was brought to make someone's life easier.

For these purposes, Cubans living outside of Cuba certainly bring with them items they wouldn't attempt to import to any other country in the world. These are items that are scarce, unavailable, or simply extremely expensive on the island.

However, many of these necessary items must comply with certain formalities for importation, and may be held in Customs while these formalities are completed. This is the case with items requiring a permit for importation.

If you live outside the island, you may not be in Cuba long enough to wait for the formalities to be completed. What to do then, to avoid losing your import?

To avoid losing merchandise to Customs, the best option is endorsement.

Whenever Cuban Customs detains or seizes merchandise from a passenger, whether or not they reside in Cuba, they record this legal action on a single serial form (RAD-01, acronym for Retention, Abandonment, and Confiscation), of which several copies are made. The passenger is always notified and given one of the yellow copies of this form.

On one side of this copy of the form, there is a space for the traveler's use. This space explains that the rights to the goods that were seized or confiscated may be transferred to another natural person only once (i.e., they can only be transferred once to a person) through the corresponding endorsement.

In simple words, all passengers whose merchandise is detained or confiscated at Cuban Customs, They have the option of transferring their rights to that merchandise to another natural person.This can be done through the use of endorsement.

How do you proceed with an endorsement so you don't lose your merchandise?

The owner of the goods must provide in writing the information of the natural person to whom they are transferring rights to their goods. The owner must also include their full name, surname, and signature in the spaces provided on the copy of Form RAD-01 issued to them by the Customs official. Keep in mind that your copy of the form will be yellow and always has a unique serial number on the back. These are important formalities.

The copy of the endorsement, once the information is filled in, remains in the hands of the person to whom the rights were transferred.

The merchandise endorsement appeal has the same legal value as a sworn statement. Once the owner of the goods endorses the RAD-01 form in favor of another person, the beneficiary has the right to have the merchandise returned once the formalities are completed, or the right to file a claim if a confiscation sanction was imposed.

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