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Ordering, Freight and Payment by Market

Country-level pages on how an order is actually placed and delivered: the Incoterm to compare, who files the customs entry, which documents the port asks for, and where the money risk sits for a first order.

6 pagesWritten from our own production records
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Vietnam

Ordering and delivery in Vietnam

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Thailand

Ordering and delivery in Thailand

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Indonesia

Ordering and delivery in Indonesia

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Malaysia

Ordering and delivery in Malaysia

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Philippines

Ordering and delivery in Philippines

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Singapore

Ordering and delivery in Singapore

Execution by market

What each market page settles

The six pages are written as delivery instructions rather than as country background: the term to compare, who files the entry, and which papers the port expects.

MarketEntry points the page works againstThe decision it helps you take
VietnamCat Lai and Hai Phong, with the plant catchment around themHow a custom die-cut MOQ is actually derived: material lots, tooling and the FOB Shenzhen comparison
ThailandLaem Chabang sea legs into Bangkok-area plantsWhere the lead-time clock starts, and which five inputs move it
IndonesiaLCL into Tanjung PriokWhat a sample policy means once transit and clearance are added to it
MalaysiaPort KlangHow payment milestones, entity and currency sit on a first order
PhilippinesManila, Batangas or CebuFOB versus CIF: the transfer point, who books, and what the landed cost difference really is
SingaporePSA handling and LCL consolidationThe export packaging specification a distribution centre can actually receive

Three terms that decide the landed price

The Incoterm

FOB and CIF are not two prices for one shipment; they are two different divisions of responsibility. The transfer point decides who books the vessel, who pays freight and who carries the risk at the port, so the two options have to be quoted as what they are rather than compared as numbers.

Who is importer of record

Normally you, and that is the sentence most cost surprises hide behind. As importer of record you own the customs entry, the classification, the duties and the clearance relationship, so the document set has to arrive in the form your broker files against.

The document set

Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and, where claimed, certificate of origin. The declared grade and construction should match the label on the batch, because a mismatch is a clearance delay regardless of how the freight was arranged.

FAQ

Ordering and freight questions

Can you quote both FOB and CIF?
Yes, side by side, when the decision depends on the comparison. The quotation states the term, the currency and the validity period, and the freight element is described as what it is rather than folded into a unit price.
Do you handle customs clearance in my country?
We handle export customs in China and prepare the shipping documents. Destination clearance is done by you or your broker as importer of record, which is why the pages state what the port asks for instead of promising to file it.
Can a small order travel with someone else’s cargo?
Yes, consolidated groupage is normal at trial quantities, and it changes transit time rather than removing it. A full container is a different cost shape, so the two are quoted separately when a decision turns on volume.
How long does sea freight take?
The market pages give published transit ranges for the lane, and the booking confirms the sailing. A range is what you should plan against; the committed date belongs to the carrier, not to a supplier quotation.
What is the risk on a first order, honestly?
It sits in the terms rather than the freight: entity, currency, milestone, document set and verification. The Malaysia page is written around exactly that sequence, and the same checklist applies to the other five markets.

Ask the question behind the page.

Send the part, the material and the market you sell into. We answer with what we can actually hold, and we say so in writing before tooling.