Category Archives: Import & Export Guides

A cold storage unit near the coast fights salt-air corrosion and higher humidity that an inland setup never sees. Here is how to specify and maintain one for a coastal fish retail business.

Fresh mushrooms lose quality within hours without proper cold handling. Here is how pre-cooling, humidity control and packaging decide whether an export shipment survives the journey.

Papaya keeps ripening after harvest; guava has a much shorter window and bruises easily. Here is how their cold chains actually differ, and how to choose between air and sea freight for each.

The base air freight rate is only part of the bill. Here is how fuel surcharges and currency adjustment factors move independently, and why they matter most on long-lead-time orders.

One purchase order, two Air Waybills, two customs files. Here is why air shipments split, how it changes your chargeable weight and clearance timeline, and when it is actually worth doing.

The carrier you booked with is often not the carrier whose vessel actually moves your container. Here is how slot chartering works and why it affects rollover risk and equipment availability.

Two words on your Bill of Lading decide who the carrier will hold responsible for freight at destination. Here is how Prepaid and Collect work, and how importers end up billed twice.

Short-landed cartons, a rolled container, or an over-landing at the port all mean your IGM no longer matches your Bill of Entry. Here is who can fix it, and how it affects your clearance timeline.

When Bangladesh Customs holds cargo over a valuation, classification, or test-result dispute, provisional release needs security first. Here is how a bank guarantee and a cash deposit actually compare.

Dried chilli, turmeric and whole spices need a cool, dry, dark, pest-controlled store — not a freezer. Moisture limits, the aflatoxin risk, stored-product insects and packaging inside the room.