Importing and Distributing

[CLAVEL3699]

Not worth it wag ka manghinayang dito ka na lang bumili. Sabihin sa yo ng broker mo sya bahala kaya nya pero its your money. Mas madali magpasok ng brand new kaysa used car believe me been there done that.

hindi sya personal thing,

biznes sya po. madali lang sya pag may mga kakilala ka basta wag mo lang aasa lahat sa broker.

Dati kaya namin maglabas nang isang araw lang at less cost.

[jedi]

I have a relative who's actively doing this business... PM mo ako pre and i will give you their contact details, i believe they can give good rates too.

[jedi]

one more thing, sa pagkakaalam ko while asking my tito kung paanp ang process, it really depends talaga sa contact mo sa loob ng customs, then para mas mapadali madami LAGAY, pati sa escort na pulis kasama na duon... better yet canvass ka ng ibat ibang services

[oldblue]

kailangan mag-anak ka sa binyag ng isang customs officer dyan. this importing business is highly dependent on our brothers in custom. for instance my bayaw who works with his uncle importer/broker: uncle nya ang gumastos ng litson baka para sa X'mas party last 2006 ng isang division ng customs sa port. plus 10 cases of beer.

[wildthing]

Our company is involved in this - importation of products for animal use abroad.

As general guide ganito ang nangyayari (normally):

1) Negotiate with supplier the product and quantity. Initially you would ask quote or cost estimate of their product of certain quantity and sent to Philippines...."CIF Manila" means price quote of C-argo, I-nsurance of cargo and F-reight up to the port of Manila. If you want it in other ports ex Cebu it would be "CIF Cebu". Dito you would be receiving the goods sa port of delivery (ex Manila or Cebu). Yung paglalabas sa port ay gastos mo pa ulit. Dito ka babayad ng broker (kasi gusto nila licensed brokers lang ang maghahandle nito sa port). Ang broker mo ang magpapalabas, kakausap sa customs and other port officials as well as magbabayad sa mga ito para mailabas ang goods. You will just pay the broker (depending on usapan) the cost and their corresponding handling fee.

Sa limited experience namin mas mahal magpalabas ng goods sa Manila port than Cebu port. Mas mabilis at hassle free din sa Cebu port than Manila port. The reason behind is the lagayan sa customs ng manila is more expensive. In fact it is so expensive that if we receive it in cebu and then send it through local shipping from cebu to manila ay mas nakatipid pa rin kami. Eversince that trial, we never had our goods shipped direct to manila port...we always go via cebu.

Other info

CNF Manila - this is form similar to CIF...pero NO Insurance of goods. So kung naisipan ng capitan ng barko na itapon sa dagat ang goods mo, wala ka ng habol sa insurance. Kung nawala, nanakaw or nadamage ang goods mo and it is not insured wala ka na rin habol. CNF is usually done on low value goods and are very bulky - ex Yellow Corn grain importation. Sa insurance naman, may tendency that you should declare the "real" cost of the goods...kasi ito ang pagbabasihan ng insurance premium (usually 1 or 2% of the cost of the goods).

Naga-undervalue ng goods and ibang negosyante to lower tariff or tax (but customs will always have the means to know kung tunay ba ang price o hindi).

Another style is FOB,

Sometimes supplier would immediately send you a quote na kung tawagin naman ay "FOB" example "FOB Frankfurt". This mean F-reight O-n B-oard port of Frankfurt...where the port is the origin port (normally this is the port where the manufacture of goods is nearest). Sa FOB quote wala pa ang cost of handling/delivery or shipment of the goods. Bale isasakay lang nila sa barko. In this case, it is assumed that you will be the one taking care of the freight and handling until makarating sa iyo.

You usually want FOB kung meron kang suki at contact sa Freighting and brokerage from point of origin to point of receipt of goods. Companies like HAPAG-LLOYD, APL can do this.

Now if you are importing small or high value or very perishable items, you can always go the air route...companies like Fedex, UPS, DHL and even our LBC (on limited locations) can do this for you. Sila na rin ang broker so pagdating sa iyo, you'll pay tax and other incidental expenses. Yung freight malamang nai-bill na rin sa iyo ng supplier mo prior to shipment.

How do you go about payment to the supplier:

L/C or letter of credit is payment via a bank...bank nila at bank mo ang magkausap. As such you pay a "handling fee". On top of that the bank would get your money na and "hold" on it until you confirm that you get/receive your goods. They don't pay the bank of the supplier until the goods are confirmed received or arrived in the port. You should watch out what kind of L/C ito...L/C site means the supplier gets paid when the goods ay naka-arrive na sa site....marami pang ibang klase which you should know and decide before opening the L/C. Any revisions on the L/C means magbabayad ka ulit. So those documents must be scrutinized properly before approval.

A cheaper option but less secure is bank tranfer or TT (telegraphic transfer). Bank to bank din, but the charges are cheaper. Parang paying via western union.

Credit card and Paypal have been common lately on internet type negotiations lalo na kung maliit ang amount.

HTH