Tips for importing your own boiler.
1) THE COMPANY -- Most, if not all, overseas companies want to be paid in full before they ship the product. This is standard practice and is done all the time. Just make sure it is a reputable company that you want to do business with. Ask for customers that they have dealt with in the States and actually call them to get there input. If you get screwed, it is your own fault for not doing the research.
2) SHIPPING -- The cost for shipping is usually from port to port. This is included in your final payment when you take the plunge. It should be CIF – cost, insurance, freight. Cost of the product, Insurance incase the boat sinks, and the Freight charge to ship it. If you want it delivered to your house, you have to make the arrangements yourself with a local shipping company. If you go this way, it will cost you a lot more money, so I recommend to pick it up at the port. This is a link to all the US Customs Ports of Entry available that you can ship to. (broken link removed to http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/) Click your state and find the port you want it shipped to – make sure it is a Service Port. If you have any questions – call the customer service number for the port. Also, the more product you ship, the shipping charges are less. For example – if one boiler will cost $800, two maybe $1200. These are not actual numbers, just an example. The best deals are full containers. You get substantial discounts in shipping and product cost.
3) PAYMENT -- The wire transfer is the common payment and most big banks will do this for you for a fee. I recommend sending it in the currency of that country. This will save money because these foreign companies don’t want our currency. They would have to get it exchanged from USD to there local currency and will gladly pass the higher exchange rate on to you. I would say 95% of the time you can get a better exchange rate at your bank then the supplier is willing to give you. You will need the Bank Name, Bank Address, Account Number and sometimes other numbers. This may take several trips to the bank so call ahead of time to see what the bank will need from you for the transaction. Every bank is different.
4) AFTER THE PAYMENT -- After the payment is sent, your product will be sent to the ship yard. There, it will sit and wait for other products that are going to the same port. This is called consolidating the shipments, so your one boiler will be consolidated with many other shipments in one container. Your product my sit at the ship yard for 60 days until the container is full. It all depends on what is there and when.
1) THE COMPANY -- Most, if not all, overseas companies want to be paid in full before they ship the product. This is standard practice and is done all the time. Just make sure it is a reputable company that you want to do business with. Ask for customers that they have dealt with in the States and actually call them to get there input. If you get screwed, it is your own fault for not doing the research.
2) SHIPPING -- The cost for shipping is usually from port to port. This is included in your final payment when you take the plunge. It should be CIF – cost, insurance, freight. Cost of the product, Insurance incase the boat sinks, and the Freight charge to ship it. If you want it delivered to your house, you have to make the arrangements yourself with a local shipping company. If you go this way, it will cost you a lot more money, so I recommend to pick it up at the port. This is a link to all the US Customs Ports of Entry available that you can ship to. (broken link removed to http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/) Click your state and find the port you want it shipped to – make sure it is a Service Port. If you have any questions – call the customer service number for the port. Also, the more product you ship, the shipping charges are less. For example – if one boiler will cost $800, two maybe $1200. These are not actual numbers, just an example. The best deals are full containers. You get substantial discounts in shipping and product cost.
3) PAYMENT -- The wire transfer is the common payment and most big banks will do this for you for a fee. I recommend sending it in the currency of that country. This will save money because these foreign companies don’t want our currency. They would have to get it exchanged from USD to there local currency and will gladly pass the higher exchange rate on to you. I would say 95% of the time you can get a better exchange rate at your bank then the supplier is willing to give you. You will need the Bank Name, Bank Address, Account Number and sometimes other numbers. This may take several trips to the bank so call ahead of time to see what the bank will need from you for the transaction. Every bank is different.
4) AFTER THE PAYMENT -- After the payment is sent, your product will be sent to the ship yard. There, it will sit and wait for other products that are going to the same port. This is called consolidating the shipments, so your one boiler will be consolidated with many other shipments in one container. Your product my sit at the ship yard for 60 days until the container is full. It all depends on what is there and when.
