Easy steps in transporting goods across Thai-Cambodian border for business that wishes to import or export goods

Nowadays, importing and exporting of goods to and from Cambodia has been made more convenient due to upgrades in infrastructures and high popularity of Thai products in Cambodia. There are steps, factors and standard practices that businesses need to be mindful of which are listed below; 

  1. Research data of the country you would like to invest in from product in demand, condition of competitive, rules and laws related to your business, religions, cultures or any other related aspects that might affect your products.
  2. There are various customs related documents that business must prepare in importing or exporting of goods. Business can choose to either prepare these documents by themselves or hiring an agent or a customs broker to prepare these documents on their behalf. Documents that an exporter should prepare for the customs clearance process are;
    1. Invoice and packing list
    2. Export license or other license related to export
    3. C/O form (FTA form, namely Form-D and Form-E)
    4. Export declaration form
    5. Other required forms
  3. To choose a transnational transportation services provider, one must consider multiple factors such as;
    1. Availability of storage space for goods prior to import or export
    2. Availability of customs clearance service to help reduce the number of difficult steps you need to go through
    3. Providing a specific timeframe to complete given tasks
    4. Providing an appropriate insurance for goods
    5. Costs of transportation and overall operations adhere to what an agreement clearly states
    6. Trackability of the status of goods throughout the journey to ensure that your products will not be lost

If you are a business who is looking for a professional logistics services provider that provides a transportation service across Thai-Cambodian border, contact us at 02-710-4070 #4011