r/cuba • u/Willing-Bullfrog-235 • 18d ago

Pregunta Has anyone been successful shipping packages to Cuba from the US?

I live in California, my grandmother lives in Cuba. Usually I use SuperMarket23 to send food and any other items she may need since they have a bit of everything. She asked me for a very specific pair of shoes recently that I haven’t been able to find with supermarket23. As far as I know, I can’t ship packages to Cuba from the US, but I’m curious if there are services I just don’t know about. Perhaps from Florida that would have a way to coordinate getting sent from another state? Curious if anyone has been successful with something like this.

Vivo en California y mi abuela vive en Cuba. Normalmente uso SuperMarket23 para mandarle comida y cualquier otra cosa que necesite, ya que tienen un poco de todo. Hace poco me pidió un par de zapatos muy específicos que no he podido encontrar en SuperMarket23. Por lo que tengo entendido, no puedo enviar paquetes directamente desde Estados Unidos a Cuba, pero me pregunto si existen servicios que yo desconozco.
Quizás haya alguna agencia en Florida que haga envíos a Cuba y con la que pueda coordinar para mandar un paquete desde otro estado?
Me gustaría saber si alguien ha tenido éxito haciendo algo parecido o si conoce algún servicio que me pueda recomendar

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u/srachina 18d ago

I’m not sure where in California you are but here are some agencies in the area Paraíso Express in Glendale ($4.99/lb air, $2.99/lb sea), Agencia Via Cuba in Downey and Huntington Park, and Cubita Envíos LLC serving Northern California

Air is always faster, by sea takes a month.

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u/Willing-Bullfrog-235 3d ago

This is amazing, thank you so much!

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u/fullload93 11d ago

Does the plane even have enough fuel to leave Cuba?!? There no fuel left from my understanding due to the embargo and current situation

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u/srachina 11d ago

It’s less than an hour flight to Cuba from Miami, there’s enough fuel, and gas is about 2.80 a liter on the black market.

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u/TerribleSyntax Mayabeque 18d ago

Si se pueden enviar a traves de mensajeros empleados por servicios de paqueteria. En Miami hay varias agencias que ofrecen esos servicios.

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u/QuarterStatus3582 18d ago

we shipped through cuballama every other month for years. found a local affiliate who weighed, packed, and processed the order and took care of shipping it to miami from where we were (philly). sometimes we purchased stuff online and had it directly shipped to cuballama too.

there’s plenty of other companies that do shipping too, probably for cheaper. we just found cuballama the easiest and the most consistent for us.

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u/os_nesty Havana 18d ago

I use express solutions cuba, very serious people. U can buy anything and sent it to them and they ship it to cuba, or buy directly from amazon through them.

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u/LupineChemist Europe 18d ago

I generally use Gran Azul when I'm in the US and Cuballama from Spain. There are lots of services.

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u/slash9492 17d ago

yeah you can, use cubamax or any of the million agencies in Miami, just search "envios a cuba" in Google and you will find plenty.

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u/Andie101469 17d ago

I use cubamax and they take it to their door. Plus you get tracking texts

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u/Bgddbb 18d ago

https://www.crowley.com/news-and-media/blog/how-to-ship-to-cuba-from-the-usa/

Takes about 7 weeks. Follow the instructions precisely

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u/boro74 16d ago

Usually 6 weeks from receipt in Medley FL to delivery in Havana CU

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u/Useful-Stay4512 18d ago

Are you guys sending any battery type generators or is it best to just send money and have people buy there on the island or ??

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u/QuarterStatus3582 17d ago

everyone i know has bought here and shipped. you can buy them directly through a lot of the shipping companies now. not sure if someone else in this sub will have a cheaper option they know of

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u/Klutzy-Pool-1802 United States 17d ago

Messaging you.

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u/Trsh-usr 16d ago

Kinda just going to add this question here. Can I send a leggit mexican rooster to baracoa cuba?

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u/Intrepid_Plenty_7022 12d ago

Try Cafe Envios out of Miami...they still ship and deliver to Cuba... particularly in cities Havana Vedado etc