Sea freight to the Philippines (LCL)

Share a container, pay only for the space you use, and get one all-in rate that already contains the duties. From ₱8,500 per CBM, no minimum volume.

Transit and lanes

China (Yiwu, Shishi, Guangzhou) — 15–25 days warehouse to warehouse, from ₱8,500/CBM. Hong Kong from ₱18,500/CBM. South Korea from ₱20,500/CBM. Taiwan at ₱950 per cubic foot. Full grid on the rates page.

Transit is warehouse to warehouse and includes customs clearance both ends. What causes the variance: sailing schedules, port congestion, and customs inspection. We publish the honest range rather than the best case — more in how long sea freight takes.

No minimum, and why that matters

Most LCL consolidators impose a 1 CBM floor, so a 0.3 CBM first order gets billed as 1. We have no minimum and flat rates for small packages, which is why a lot of our clients started with a single test carton. Below about 0.01 CBM, air is usually the better economics anyway.

Pricing basis

Billed per cubic metre against the volume tier you land in — larger shipments get a lower per-CBM rate automatically, no negotiation required. Dense cargo is billed by weight instead where that is greater; the allowance and per-kilo rate are on the rates page. How to compute your own CBM: the formula, worked.

What is included

Customs duties and taxes · port fees in origin and the Philippines · ocean freight · warehouse fees · tracking · free delivery in covered Metro Manila areas. Claim in person at Malabon or Quezon City if you prefer.

LCL or FCL?

Past roughly 15 CBM the maths starts favouring your own container, and your customs obligations change with it. Straight comparison: LCL vs FCL.