When you move your furniture to Surinam you can use the services of a international mover this mover will transport your furniture from your house to Surinam. Make sure that your furniture is well packed and insured for transportation.

Also make sure that your mover has a agent in Surinam if not you can get in to a lot of trouble. Steeman one of our advertisers is a good agent and they have a lot of experience in the way things are handled in Surinam. Moving your furniture can take 8 till 12 weeks this in important to know because if you arrive after your container has arrived in Surinam you will pay something like US 12 for each day your container is standing at the harbor.

Important to know

  • Before you leave did you receive a copy off the Bill of Loading, this copy you need otherwise you have to pay tax, importing your car is not free of tax;
  • Will your container been moved from your house to your house in Surinam;
  • Are the cost for the harbor calculated as well in your country as Surinam;
  • Are demurrage cost calculated(standard three days);
  • Are custody fees calculated when you container is staying on the harbor longer than three days;
  • Are the cost of visitation calculated(each container in Surinam will be searched);Are the costs of unpacking your container calculated;
  • Are the cost of transporting your container to your house in Surinam calculated(transportation from the harbor to your house is about US 75,–);
  • Will the container be unpacked and your furnitere be brought in to the house;
  • Once your container is unpacked will packing material be removed;
  • When you have your container insured did you receive a copy of your insures polis;
  • Witch company insures your container;
  • Witch person in Surinam will handle your claim if there is anything broken or missing;
  • Read your contract with your moving company good if there are any notes in the contract make sure they are paragraphed and take the signed contract with you in your hand luggage.

Houshold equipement

You can take your electric equipment with you especially if this equipment is based on 110 voltage and 60 Hertz If this is not the case there is the possibility to use a transformer. Electricity in Surinam is based on 110 V 60 Hertz this is standard if you want 220 V 60 Hertz you have to apply for it at the Surinam electric company EBS.

Electricity in Surinam can be unstable the best thing to do is to buy a UPS for some equipment like for instant computers and note books. If your washing machine and other equipment use a electric clock and 220 V 50 Hertz don’t border to bring them with you they will not work. Your refrigerator and stereo equipment will work so as long as it don’t have a electrical clock there is no problem.

Television

Television signal in Surinam is NTC, so if you have a television with the possibility of NTC it will work. Pal systems can only be used for your video or DVD player.

Buying new equipment in Surinam is no problem prices are reasonable and most of the time lower when you compare them with western countries.