reliable outbound shipping & import duties
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:27 am
Hi folks, I'm Vic from Australia...
Some years ago I started an online spare parts business with the view to be able to eventually migrate my life and my business to a South-East Asian country...
Previously I lived in Thailand part-time for four years, (built a house and bought a car there even) in between flying to and fro for my regular full time job in Oz and maintaining a home on the West coast...
As a way of supporting myself for the eventual move to Thailand, I tested my online business and the ability to efficiently send orders from there, which in it's infancy was quite successful enough that I'm encourage to move forward with the plan...
Nowadays I'm thinking Cambodia is looking more of an attractive proposition than Thailand, and there's a volunteer organization in Cambodia I'd like to become more involved in...
My business model involves importing and holding parts stock and then re-exporting upon recieval of orders. None of my sales would likely to be within Cambodia, all would be re-exported, I recieve orders from customers all over the world, although 70% of orders currently are to Australia.
What I'm trying to find out, is:
1 - reliability of out-bound shipping/export services, usually small parcels, previously I've used Thai Postal Service and/or Australia Post but am thinkiing DHL international would be a more effective service, does DHL exist there, and/or has anyone on the board sent stuff by Cambodia's postal service?
2 - I need a referral to a Cambodian accountant - need to find out if VAT and import duties would be refundable upon re-export. (From the Cambodian government website it does seem VAT would be refundable, but for import duties the information is a little more ambiguous.
Any constructive comments welcome.
Best regards,
V
Some years ago I started an online spare parts business with the view to be able to eventually migrate my life and my business to a South-East Asian country...
Previously I lived in Thailand part-time for four years, (built a house and bought a car there even) in between flying to and fro for my regular full time job in Oz and maintaining a home on the West coast...
As a way of supporting myself for the eventual move to Thailand, I tested my online business and the ability to efficiently send orders from there, which in it's infancy was quite successful enough that I'm encourage to move forward with the plan...
Nowadays I'm thinking Cambodia is looking more of an attractive proposition than Thailand, and there's a volunteer organization in Cambodia I'd like to become more involved in...
My business model involves importing and holding parts stock and then re-exporting upon recieval of orders. None of my sales would likely to be within Cambodia, all would be re-exported, I recieve orders from customers all over the world, although 70% of orders currently are to Australia.
What I'm trying to find out, is:
1 - reliability of out-bound shipping/export services, usually small parcels, previously I've used Thai Postal Service and/or Australia Post but am thinkiing DHL international would be a more effective service, does DHL exist there, and/or has anyone on the board sent stuff by Cambodia's postal service?
2 - I need a referral to a Cambodian accountant - need to find out if VAT and import duties would be refundable upon re-export. (From the Cambodian government website it does seem VAT would be refundable, but for import duties the information is a little more ambiguous.
Any constructive comments welcome.
Best regards,
V