suk53

We will be both in Thailand in regular intervals, so can do things on the ground.

Re-export? No, it is more straight forward "produced in Thailand > sold abroad" type of export (unless there are some re-import-tricks that would help me getting down my cost...?)

Tom: I am going to email you regarding services/portfolio.

Thank you for sharing. I am still researching on how to best go about the export business, it is quite difficult doing that remotely (as I am not living in Thailand at the moment). But I really determined to understand the process.

As Tom says, some Thai friends recommending registering an export company—in this case I would also got for the Certificate of Origin. However, there is not option of doing this online, so I would need to go to Bangkok for doing this...

In contrast, there is also this part of my Thai friends (and forum postings here and elsewhere) suggesting to just sending things as a private person, so to have less hassle. I am expecting to ship about 3 x 20 kg parcels per months. Is sending privately a realistic options?

What is difficult to find out, what actual paper work is required. What kind of forms do I need to fill out sending from Thailand to have it going through customs in Germany and Australia? Will this be different if I use the Thai Post vs. a shipping company? (can I "outsource" the paperwork to a shipping company"?)

Best wishes

p.s. Tom: I might come back to you for future products (we will be working on the next one after this launch). This time, I want to go it all by myself, simply to understand the process and to see which agent/outside services are worth paying for. As I understand, you can do company registration in Thailand? Do you also do export/shipping? If you have a website/portfolio please sent.

Hi,

Thank you both for the answers!

I tried Google first for quite some hours, but found the results quite confusing (contradicting each other), and/or rather not practical (legal text of trade agreement), and some seem to be outdate... Thaivisa would not let me post the actual links, but I had a couple of posts, including from this forum, that gave contradicting advice. For example, there were posts saying you can just post private to private, while tombkk is saying you better register a company (which seems to be reasonable, now I need to find out how to actually do that...) I will do some more research online and post a summary (and probably more questions) here.

In the meantime, if you are reading that and have and additional advice/experience/ideas/resources on how I can go about the export business — I'd be happy if you share.

Best wishes

Hi!

Nobody here exporting out of Thailand?

Any advice would be most welcome!

Best wishes

Hi,



Hoping you can help us with this... -and apologies in advance if I am asking dummy questions, I am completely new to export/import!-



We (German-Thai couple living in Australia with a long-term 457 "all business allowed" visa) would like to export clothing from Thailand to both Australia and Germany. We are producing the clothing in Thailand (our own label), so far only selling in Thailand.



Basically, what I would like to know is how a "Thailand to Australia/Germany door-to-door export-solution" could look like, especially 1) how to ship the clothing and 2) what forms/legal/pre-arrangements, customs, and fees are required for this type of export/import.



1) Who to ship with? I would think to send in 20kg parcels, but that may change (hopefully upwards ). According the figures I researched a while ago, the cheapest option for shipping is actually with the normal Thai post? Or should I go for a shipping company, say 3PL?



2) What forms (e.g., I was reading about an optional certificate of origin?) do I need? Or do I just need the form that goes with any international parcel?Do I need to register a business for doing import/export (this is for all three sides Thailand, Australian, Germany)? Do I need to pay custom fees? How can I can pay customs fees? And, as some seem to imply, is there an "inofficial" way of doing the export as an alternative to the "official" way? E.g. as marking the parcels as "gift", understating the value, or something of that sort? (I am receiving overseas "gifts" or "no value" abroad ebay purchases all the time...) If I am declaring a value: is that our costs, or the expected retail price? Do I need evidence/invoices to show the costs (and if so, in what language)? Is there an import quota from the Australian side for clothing, or is this covered by the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement? How about Germany?



Even it may not sound like it, but I actually did a extensive search on the web... (the form wont let me post links here) Yet, I am not sure all the information is still current, it is somewhat contradictory. I am rather confused.



Does someone here currently have a similar export/import business, or is otherwise knowledgeable about this? Of course a step-by-step guide for newbies would be fantastic - but any help is much appreciated!



Daniel