Buying from the Philippines
Philippine produce, shipped on paper your bank accepts.
Desiccated coconut, dried mango and banana chips from mills we audit, loaded in Manila, FOB or CFR to your port — on a letter of credit or a telegraphic transfer.
Terms
How we sell
- Incoterms
- FOB Manila, or CFR to your port on our freight. Other terms by agreement.
- Payment
- Irrevocable letter of credit at sight, or 30% deposit by telegraphic transfer and the balance against a copy of the bill of lading.
- Currency
- US dollars. Deposits are applied at the rate they were received.
- Lead time
- Three to five weeks from a confirmed contract, depending on the mill's schedule and the vessel.
With every container
The documents
- 01
Commercial invoice and packing list
Signed, matching the contract and the credit word for word.
- 02
Bill of lading
Clean, on board, to order of the bank when the credit asks it.
- 03
Certificate of origin
Form D or RCEP, so your customs can grant the preferential rate.
- 04
Phytosanitary and health certificates
From the Bureau of Plant Industry and the FDA, issued before loading.
- 05
Certificate of analysis
Moisture, fat, sulphite and micro results from an accredited laboratory, per lot.
On a letter of credit we check every document against the credit before presenting it, so a discrepancy is caught here, not at your bank.
