Importing To Thailand

[Thailand1212]

Hi I hope this is the right thread for this

Advise needed please

I'm thinking of starting a new business in Thailand which includes importing products from Indonesia

I'm in the process now of a test run again

Firstly the company im buying from is using a door to door carrier TNT. Therefore i feel they will be adding charges to this as well as costs to them.

Is their a better method of carrier for door to door between these two asean countries.Or should i go direct myself to the courier?

I dont want too use sea cargo as its takes too long and weights vary from quantity i order so i cant give you any weights at the moment or prices.I would use this method though if i was ordering container loads.

The things ive experienced so far:

Import duty - Which i understand is payable

Courier charges which this time relates to 25% of my purchase cost

Clearance payments at the airport. - is this a charge also or tea money as i always thought clearance was covered at airports within import duty and tax.

Now im not a big company and my shipping wont be that big unless it really takes off, so i dont feel i would need a shipping agent or would this still be cheaper method to use rather then what im doing now with TNT etc.

The company that i buy from includes a form D which brings duties down with the necessary invoice.So i feel were doing that right.

Advice would be appreciated from importers

Regards

[yermanee]

My advice to you is : First do your homework !

Except from that, do you have a work permit ?

Goodluck

Yermanee

[farang000999]

if you take a look at OP's previous topics, he seems to keep himself busy.

[mogandave]

Standard, low priority airfreight is generally cheapest. Shop around.

Clearance fees and whatnot are legitimate charges.

Sea freight is much cheaper, and you don't had to take a full container, you can ship LTL.

Remember, you have to pay duty and VAT on the freight as well as the cost so you need to keep freight costs down.

[Gopi]

My advice to you is : First do your homework !

Except from that, do you have a work permit ?

Goodluck

Yermanee

I am in a similar situation and I am sure Thailand1212 would like to know if a Working permit is needed to imprt a few things for a test run. I have read on this forum that a registered company can give a work permit only to one farang when there is 4 employees... when there is a test run being done there is no scope to have all those employees and business structure in place. There mus be another alternative ?

[farang000999]

break the law.

[cooked]

Tea money guaranteed, seems fair enough to me.

[farang000999]

it is the same everywhere. you can't legally test out of a business idea before you get the required licensing.