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Legal Name: Club Postal S.A.
Legal ID: 3-101-659376.
BAC Colones: CR24010200009240484997
BAC US Dollars: CR63010200009240485071
BCR Colones: CR70015202001242864787
BCR US Dollars: CR12015202001242864861
BNCR Colones: CR64015114710010012888
BNCR US Dollars: CR27015114710026007205
How to register with Club Postal:
Billing Address: This is the locker information registered to your international credit or debit card.
Shipping Address: This is the address where the package will be physically delivered. It can be the same or different from the Billing Address. (For us, both are the same).
Shipping weight: The registered weight of the package.
Shipping and handling: The cost associated with the transport and handling of goods from the store to your locker in Miami.
Shopping Cart: An icon that represents the action of adding purchases to the cart. Sometimes a Shopping Bag is used as an equivalent symbol.
Checkout: The process where we verify all purchase details before completing the order.
Place order: The final step in the purchase process where we confirm the order.
Tracking Number: Tracking number used to follow the shipment from the store to the locker. It identifies the domestic transport in the United States according to the shipping provider.
Pallet: Wooden platform used to arrange goods and move them easily with hydraulic equipment.
Consolidation: Grouping several packages or pieces to simplify handling, export, and import. In this case, individual packages are grouped on pallets, consolidated, and shipped to Costa Rica.
Deconsolidation: Refers to separating a group of packages or pieces.
Dispatch (Shipping): Transport within the US, from the store to your locker address in Miami. This shipping cost is paid directly to the store at the time of purchase.
Freight: International transport of the package from Miami to Costa Rica. This is one of the charges billed to your card for our services.
Home Delivery: The final stage of transport, carried out in Costa Rica, when we deliver the package to the customer’s home.
Customs Inspector: A customs officer responsible for supervising processes such as exemption, red/yellow inspection, abandonment, etc., ensuring correct nationalization procedures.
Red Channel Inspection: A customs determination requiring a physical inspection of the package to verify the accuracy of the information entered into the customs system. It is a random control by the General Customs Directorate.
Yellow Channel Inspection: A customs process that halts an entire policy (global or individual) for a detailed review of all documents to ensure completeness and accuracy.
Green Channel Inspection: Once the process is completed in the customs system, it means the package has been authorized for release (it met the nationalization requirements).
Individual Policy: A procedure transmitted individually for each package. It applies when a package (due to permits or missing invoices) must be processed after the six-hour simplified period, or when the customs value exceeds $1000. Individual policies take longer to process.
Global Policy: A simplified customs process available to courier companies to nationalize multiple packages under one procedure. Packages under this method must be processed within six hours after the flight arrives. It is much simpler and faster than the individual policy.
Exemption: A legal right allowing exemption from import taxes for goods with a customs value up to $500, once every six months. This benefit applies to non-commercial purchases.
Tariff Code: The code used to classify all items and assign taxable percentages. The assigned rate determines the import tax payable for nationalization.
Customs Agency Procedure: The process carried out by the customs agency, where all documents and details of the goods are recorded in the TICA system. The agency classifies each item and pays the corresponding taxes to obtain customs release authorization.
Customs Entry Clerk: The official responsible for correctly assigning the tariff code to each item and transmitting this information in the system to process the payment of import taxes.
Movement Number: A specific number assigned to a package in the TICA system when registered at the bonded warehouse.
Abandonment: Status given to merchandise when more than 15 days pass without being registered with a movement number in the bonded warehouse. After 15 days, the system considers it abandoned.
TICA (Information Technology for Customs Control): A system that controls all nationalization processes. For our business, TICA manages the entry, movements, procedures, taxes, and release of all packages.
Packaging: The wrapping of a package. It also refers to the process of covering consolidated packages on a pallet with plastic.
Unpacking (Clareo): Part of the deconsolidation process where packages are removed from the consolidated shipment, registered, and classified individually in the warehouse. During unpacking, a preliminary inspection is carried out.
Tax: Sales taxes associated with the item. This charge is made by the store and is unrelated to the import taxes payable in Costa Rica.
Suite or Locker Number: A unique identifier assigned to each client, linked to their shopping locker for package traceability.
Customs Value: The sum of the merchandise value, transportation cost, and insurance, plus customs service fees. Practically, it can be defined as the CIF value plus other customs-related expenses.