Removals to Brazil

How much do removals to Brazil cost?

Every Brazil move is priced on volume, access at both ends, how much packing you want and when you need it there. As a guide, a part load of boxes and a few items of furniture is usually £2,600 to £4,200, a two bedroom home is £6,500 to £9,000 and a three bedroom home is £8,500 to £12,000. Larger houses, pianos, vehicles and fine art are quoted individually.

We do not quote by the hour and we do not add fuel or waiting charges on the day. After a free survey by video call or in person you get one written figure covering collection, materials, transport to Brazil, customs work, delivery and placement and goods in transit cover. If your dates move, we move with you.

Sharing a vehicle is the cheapest way to send a smaller load, because you pay only for the space you use. The trade off is timing: a part load runs to a consolidation schedule and takes 8 to 12 weeks shared container, while a dedicated vehicle leaves when you want it and arrives in 6 to 10 weeks by sea.

The route: UK to Brazil

Collection anywhere in the UK, professional export packing at our facility then a full or shared container from Felixstowe, Southampton or London Gateway to Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador or Itajai.

Distance from our base to Brasilia is around 5,800 miles. You must normally be in Brazil before the goods arrive, because the declaration is filed against your entry stamp so we time the sailing around your flight rather than the other way round.

Drivers are on tachograph hours and we plan legal rest into the schedule rather than pushing a single driver too far which is one of the reasons our delivery dates hold. You get the vehicle's progress by phone or message so you know the day before it arrives.

Customs clearance for Brazil

Brazilian customs are demanding and paperwork must be exact. You need a permanent or temporary visa, a CPF number, a passport with the entry stamp and a bagagem desacompanhada declaration filed within the allowed window after arrival. New items and multiples of the same item attract duty so the valued inventory must be honest and detailed. We work with a Brazilian clearing agent throughout.

Whatever the destination, we build a full inventory at packing. It is the document that supports your insurance claim if anything is damaged, and it is the basis of the customs entry so it has to be accurate and honestly valued.

A CPF taxpayer number is required for the customs entry and for daily life and is best obtained before shipment.

Delivery and access in Brazil

Sao Paulo and Rio condominiums have strict rules: deliveries only on weekdays in set hours, the service lift booked and padded in advance and the building syndic notified. Rio's hillside addresses have long stepped approaches from the nearest road.

We survey the destination as carefully as the collection address. Lift dimensions, doorway widths, stair turns, height barriers and parking restrictions all change the crew size and the vehicle and finding out on the day is what turns a smooth move into an expensive one.

Delivery does not stop at the front door. Furniture is placed in the room you want, beds and wardrobes are rebuilt and boxes are stacked where you can work through them. Full unpacking with the packing debris taken away is available if you would rather start straight from an empty floor.

Packing, part loads and storage

A long European journey is harder on furniture than a local move so everything is packed to export standard: double walled cartons, wardrobe boxes for hanging clothes, bubble and tissue for glass and china, corner protection on case goods and export wrap over upholstery and mattresses. Televisions, mirrors and artwork travel in purpose made cases.

We collect anywhere in the UK for Brazil so a load can combine your current home with items held elsewhere, such as a family member's garage or a storage unit. Cars, motorcycles and bicycles can travel with the household on the same vehicle where space allows.

Dates rarely line up perfectly across borders. Secure containerised storage in the UK bridges the gap: your goods are inventoried, sealed into containers and held until your Brazil property is ready then delivered without being handled again in between.

Why choose BlueSky for your move to Brazil

Fifteen years of European relocations, our own directly employed crews rather than agency labour, fully branded vehicles and full goods in transit and public liability cover as standard. We are rated 4.9 out of 5 by our customers and the same coordinator handles your move from survey to final placement.

You will get a written quote you can hold us to, honest advice about whether a part load or a dedicated vehicle suits you better and a straight answer about what a Brazil move really involves. Call us or send your inventory and dates and we will price it properly.