“Received at local distribution center (MailAmericas)”Normalized: in_transit (In transit)MailAmericas (correios)Correios (serpost)

What MailAmericas 'Received at local distribution center' means.

Your cross-border shipment handled by MailAmericas has cleared destination customs in Latin America and arrived at the regional sorting center where it is handed off to the national postal service (Correios, Serpost, Correo Argentino, Correos de Chile) or a local private courier.

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What is happening in the supply chain

When a cross-border parcel from AliExpress, Amazon Global, or a US/European DTC merchant flies into Latin America via MailAmericas, it first clears customs at the entry airport (São Paulo/Curitiba, Lima, Bogotá, Santiago, or Buenos Aires). Once released by customs, the shipment moves to MailAmericas's domestic deconsolidation warehouse—logging 'Received at local distribution center'—where parcels are sorted by postal code and tendered to the domestic last-mile carrier.

Handoff guide: /handoff/mailamericas-to-correios →92… USPS Awaiting Item Checker →
Verbatim carrier scan
“Received at local distribution center (MailAmericas)”
Normalized API status
in_transit
Typical time to delivery
3–8 business days
Recommended recipient action
Your package has already cleared customs and is in your country. Allow 3 to 8 business days for the local carrier to transport it to your city and complete delivery.
Developer / WISMO action
Query GET /v1/track/{number}?carrier=correios or ?carrier=serpost (using the 13-character S10 barcode) to track domestic postal scans after MailAmericas deconsolidation.

How lastscanned normalizes this scan

Instead of maintaining brittle regexes for every carrier's raw scan phrasing across 273 carriers, query GET /v1/track/{number} or connect https://mcp.lastscanned.com.

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Synchronous GET request

curl "https://api.lastscanned.com/v1/track/MH123456789BR" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer lsk_live_YOUR_API_KEY"

Normalized JSON response

{
  "carrier": "correios",
  "trackingNumber": "MH123456789BR",
  "status": "in_transit",
  "statusDescription": "Received at local distribution center (MailAmericas)",
  "events": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2026-10-26T14:22:00Z",
      "localTime": "2026-10-26T10:22:00",
      "status": "in_transit",
      "description": "Received at local distribution center (MailAmericas)",
      "location": "CURITIBA / LIMA / BOGOTA DISTRIBUTION CENTER"
    }
  ]
}

Frequently asked questions

Does 'Received at local distribution center' mean my package is in my city?
Usually it refers to the national arrival distribution center near the international airport (such as Curitiba/São Paulo in Brazil, Callao/Lima in Peru, or Bogotá in Colombia) before domestic linehaul to your local town.
Who delivers my MailAmericas package after this scan?
Depending on the country and service level, MailAmericas hands off to Correios (Brazil), Serpost or Urbano (Peru), Servientrega or 4-72 (Colombia), and Correos de Chile or Blue Express (Chile).

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