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Years in international removals
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Sending a barrel, moving a home, or coming back to the island after years away? We connect you with one vetted partner for shipping and removals to Antigua and Barbuda, from a single barrel to a full container and a car. One short form, one suitable partner, free.
✅ The quick answer — Tell us what you're sending to Antigua or Barbuda and we connect you with one vetted partner. Free.
📦 How you ship — A barrel, a shared (groupage) load, a full container, or a car.
⏱️ How long — Roughly 3 to 5 weeks door to door, usually transhipped through a US hub.
📍 Where it clears — Deep Water Harbour, St John's, then on to your address, including Barbuda.
🏠 Returning home? — Used effects owned a year or more can come in free of duty and ABST.
💰 Money side — Currency exchange in any currency, through trusted partners.
The right option comes down to how much you're moving. A barrel suits clothes, food and gifts for family. A shared container is best value for a part load, since you pay only for the space you use. A full container suits a whole home and can carry a car as well. Whatever you choose, one vetted partner packs, ships and clears it for you.
The classic way to send clothes, food and gifts to family, from around £80.
Groupage for a part load. You pay only for the space your goods take.
A sole-use 20ft or 40ft for a whole home, and it can take a car too.
UK right-hand-drive cars suit the island. Dutiable, and clears separately.
Clothes, food and gifts in a barrel, the most popular way to send to family.
Coming home after years abroad? Bring used effects in under the duty concession.
Shared or full 20ft and 40ft containers for a large load or a whole home.
Barrel, container and car prices compared, and how to spend less.
Packing, crating, dismantling and reassembly for single pieces or rooms.
Any currency, through trusted partners, with no hidden fees.
Cargo for Antigua and Barbuda is usually transhipped, sailing first to a US hub and then on to the island by feeder vessel, so the run takes a little longer than the most direct Caribbean routes. As a rough guide, allow three to five weeks door to door, plus packing before and customs after. Everything clears at Deep Water Harbour in St John's, the country's main commercial port, and anything bound for Barbuda travels on from there. Your vetted partner gives you a firm sailing schedule once your move is booked.
If you're a returning national, an Antiguan coming home to live after years abroad, used household and personal effects can come in free of duty and ABST, as long as they aren't for resale and you've owned and used them for at least a year. You apply to the Customs and Excise Division and a broker files the entry in ASYCUDA World. For other shipments, goods may attract import duty, which averages around 20% but varies by item, plus 15% ABST and a few smaller charges. A couple of things are banned outright, including older R12 and R22 refrigerant gases, so check before sending an old fridge or air-conditioner. Your vetted partner and a local broker handle the paperwork either way.
Moving or settling on the island often means changing money as well as shipping, and a fair rate matters on a big move. For years we've connected customers with trusted partners who handle any currency, so the money side is one less thing to worry about. It's offered through our partners, alongside the shipping.
The service runs both ways. Most of what we do is moves between the UK and Antigua and Barbuda, but we also connect people leaving the island for the UK and the USA, the two homes of the largest Antiguan and Barbudan communities overseas. The sea-freight idea is the same; the customs changes at the other end, and your vetted partner handles it.
Most household belongings travel fine: clothes, bedding, kitchenware, small appliances, tools, books and toys in barrels or boxes; furniture and white goods in a container; and cars by container or roll-on roll-off. Non-perishable food and toiletries fill many barrels for family. Used personal and household effects are what returning nationals bring home under the duty concession.
Some things need care or a permit. Plants, fresh produce, meat and animal products need agricultural clearance; firearms and certain medicines are restricted; and older R12 and R22 refrigerant gases are banned, which matters for old fridges and air-conditioners. We aren't a removal company, a man with a van or a house clearance service — shipping here means sea freight to Deep Water Harbour and customs at the port, which is the work of an experienced international shipper. Your vetted partner flags anything that needs a permit before it sails.
We keep this page useful for real users, however they search. Related terms include UK to Antigua removals, send a barrel to Antigua, shipping to Barbuda, Caribbean shipping and freight to Antigua. One short form brings your quote by email.
Pick your area for local detail, or just start a quote and give the full address. We cover the capital and villages where most barrels and returning-nationals moves go, the expat and relocation areas, and Barbuda.
Tell us what you're sending and we connect you with one partner suited to the Antigua and Barbuda route, not a call centre and not ten quotes to chase. For a full household move, partners hold FIDI FAIM accreditation, the global benchmark for international movers audited by Ernst and Young, with BAR Overseas the UK marker, and they work with a local broker to clear your goods at Deep Water Harbour.
International Removals Companies isn't a shipper itself; we pass your enquiry to one vetted partner who does the work, free since November 2010, with more than 850,000 enquiries connected since. DATACONTEXT (UK) LTD, company 07425576, ICO ZB022743, Norman House, Saint Saviours Estate, Abbey Street, London, SE1 3DH. Working Member of AGM Group since 2010.
Tell us what you're sending and where it's going, and one vetted partner comes back with a price, a sailing schedule and the customs steps. No cost, no obligation.
Get my free quoteYour partner confirms every price, transit time, insurance and customs point before you book.
International Removals Companies is the official enquiry service for three FIDI FAIM and BAR Overseas certified international moving companies in AGM Group, members of IAM, EUROMOVERS and FEDEMAC. It's a free route-matching service, not a removal company, a man with a van or a house clearance service.
Use this page to send your Antigua and Barbuda removal enquiry, then speak directly with the partner mover we connect you with before booking.