How to Send a Parcel to Haiti — and What It Costs

For a small parcel — documents, medicine, a phone, a gift — you have more choices than for a barrel, and they work very differently. Two questions come up every time, so here are the honest answers first. Does USPS ship to Haiti? The post office has offered international mail toward Haiti, but service can be interrupted and delivery inside Haiti is not like delivery to a US address — check the current USPS service status for Haiti before you rely on it for anything important or time-sensitive. Does Amazon ship to Haiti? Amazon does not deliver most orders directly to Haiti. The common workaround is to order to the US address of a shipping company that carries parcels to Haiti, and let that company bring the package the rest of the way.

That is why most families send parcels through a shipping company or a parcel service instead of the mail. In the directory, Neighborhood Parcel in Massachusetts publishes a FedEx parcel price from $158.42 for a 5 lb parcel — a real published price that shows what fast, tracked parcel service can cost. Other companies carry parcels as part of a wider service, often at prices you only learn by asking. This guide helps you choose the right route for the size and urgency of what you are sending.

What does it cost to send a parcel to Haiti?

Parcel prices split into two worlds. Fast courier-style service, with tracking at every step, is priced by weight and speed — the published FedEx parcel price from Neighborhood Parcel, from $158.42 for 5 lb, is the honest reference point for that world. Companies that carry parcels by sea or in shared air shipments usually charge less, but more slowly, and most do not publish a parcel price — you ask, and you get a quote for your package.

In New York, OneVision Multiservices publishes shipping by weight from $2.50/lb for its boxes, barrels and parcels service — a published per-pound starting point that makes comparing easier. In South Florida, Topaz Trans-Express LLC carries parcels and boxes to Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien and Les Cayes, and Chatelain Cargo Services handles parcels and online-shopping cargo through its CCPACK service in Miami. Compare parcel carriers on the Boston & Massachusetts and South Florida corridor pages, and always quote the same weight and contents to each company.

How do people send online shopping to Haiti?

The pattern is simple once you see it. You shop online as usual. At checkout, you use the US address the shipping company gives you — its warehouse — instead of an address in Haiti. The company receives your packages, tells you they arrived, and carries them to Haiti on its next shipment. Your family picks them up, or the company delivers, depending on the arrangement you made.

Ask three things before you order. First, exactly what address and name format to use, so your package is matched to you when it lands at the warehouse. Second, how you will be told it arrived — and never assume silence means it did not. Third, what the Haiti leg costs and how it is worked out: by weight, by size, or per package. Write the answers down. A lost-package argument is almost always an address-format argument that happened weeks earlier.

What about parcels from Canada, France or Chile?

Parcel routes exist from every diaspora corner. From Canada, CAM Transfer in Montreal carries parcels and air cargo. From France, Black Cube Import Export carries parcels and containers, with drop-off points across France. From Santiago in Chile, Mi Envío Express carries parcels and air cargo to Haiti, and CIS Express Chile handles packages and documents, working with DHL.

Air routes are the natural fit for small, urgent parcels — documents, medicine, small electronics. Sea routes fit heavier parcels that are not urgent. Browse the Canada — Montreal & Toronto and Chile — Santiago corridor pages to see who serves your city, and check the list of what you cannot ship before you pack anything unusual.

How do you send a parcel safely?

1. Write the receiver's full name and phone number inside and outside the parcel — labels fall off; ink inside does not.
2. Keep a list and a photo of everything inside before you seal it.
3. Ask how the receiver will be contacted and where pickup happens, and tell your family before the parcel leaves.
4. For anything valuable or urgent, pay for the route with tracking, and keep the tracking or receipt until your family confirms they have it.

If the parcel matters more than the money — medicine, documents for an appointment, papers for a process in Haiti — say so to the company and ask which of its routes they would trust with it. Honest companies answer that question clearly. More short answers, including the mail questions, are on the frequently asked questions page, and the wider step-by-step picture is in how to ship to Haiti, step by step.