Exporters Alert: All You Need to Know About Shipping Products to Foreign Locations

There can’t be a better means to grow your business than to export your products internationally. However, the process is laced with countless challenges. Amongst the most obvious ones includes the overseas shipment.

Here are a few things that you need to bear in mind while you Send goods to foreign countries (ส่ง ของ ไป ต่าง ประเทศ ราคา, which is the term in Thai).

Freight Forwarder

Before you get ready to roll out your first international shipment, you’ll need the assistance and services of reputable freight forwarder. This is especially important if you are considering the exporting part seriously and hence, would want everything to be immaculately streamlined- A freight forwarder understands the import and export rules like no other. They are also well versed with different foreign shipping regulations besides the best shipping options that might work as per your requirements.

Here are the major responsibilities that they are supposed to undertake:

• Arrange suitable transportation
• Find shipping charges
• Complete the necessary paperwork involved in shipping
• Apprise you of the freight costs, taxes, handling fees, insurance, or any other additional cost as applicable.

Mode of Transportation

Next important thing, which you need to take account of, is the medium of package transportation- The three obvious choices that you have include the shipping by road, ship or via air. The method that you’ll eventually pick will depend greatly upon the articles which you are exporting besides the time that you have on your hand.

If you are sending a truckload of items in a big cargo and time isn’t a problem then the sea is hands down the most economical and viable medium of transportation.

On the other hand, truck charges are somewhat in-between ship and airlines. The drawback is shipping service via an automobile might not be available in case of far off countries.

Even some of the airlines provide highly competitive rates when you need to send mail to foreign countries (ส่ง ไปรษณีย์ ไป ต่าง ประเทศ, term in Thai).

The best way to go about is to take in the quotes directly or via a freight forwarder and then decide accordingly.

Paperwork

When you are exporting your goods overseas, there is bound to be a lot of paperwork involved. Some of the documents that would need to go along include:

• Commercial invoice
• Shipper’s Export Declaration
• Bill of lading.

Managing all these details in time will help you plan and execute your next international shipping in a highly efficient and immaculate manner.