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Books4Uy is coming soon with English books delivered to your home in Uruguay.
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Overview In 1987, the Uruguayan government created duty free shopping zones in Uruguay towns along the Brazil border as a way to boost the economies in these less affluent areas. They are not what you would expect. Visitors from either side of the border are allowed to shop in the Uruguay duty-free stores. For Uruguayans, […]
Importing Under Law 16.340 For those on a path to become temporary, then permanent residents, vehicles cannot be imported duty-free, other than by those retirees who choose to fall under Uruguay’s Law 16.340. Vehicles imported under that scheme cannot be resold for four years. Not many retirees opt to fall under this law, generally because of […]
Where You Are Coming From This section applies for the most part to non-Mercosur foreign nationals seeking legal residency in Uruguay, and to Uruguayans returning from living abroad. Both groups are entitled to bring in a one-time shipment of household goods duty-free. Residents of Mercosur countries moving to Uruguay have slightly different rules. Bring or Buy Local? There […]
Small Imports Don’t do it. That is the consensus for the most part of both locals and expats. Exhaust every local source first, including local stores, the grapevine on expat Facebook groups, and online stores like Mercado Libre. Then, if you absolutely must, familiarize yourself with the rules and restrictions, and do the math on the […]
The Postal System Correo Uruguayo – Unfortunately, the postal service in Uruguay is not considered to be reliable. Mail is almost unheard of here. Almost everything is sent electronically, or by courier. Uruguay Courier Services Uruguay has a few internal courier services, similar to the international firms like DHL, UPS and FedEx. Their operations are similar, both having […]
Currency Symbols The symbol in Uruguay for pesos is generally just the “dollar sign” $, and for US Dollars it is sometimes written as US$, or more commonly U$S. To avoid any confusion, the UruXpat website uses the international standard “USD” for US dollars, and “UYU” for Uruguay pesos. To make it more confusing, in money amounts […]
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