Africa
Inland cities away from the port included. Duty, destination taxes and the final delivery are all carried on our side.
DDP · 200+ countries
Duty paid, customs cleared, delivered to your door
We can quote a delivered price that includes duty and destination charges for destinations in 200+ countries, so the landed cost of the fabric is known before it leaves China. It is not the only one. Terms depend on the destination and the volume, and are confirmed per order.
What DDP means
The customs process does not land on your desk
DDP means delivered duty paid. In practice it removes the parts of an import that most often stop a shipment after it has already arrived.
- Duty paid
- Import duty and the taxes that fall due at destination are paid by us, not by you on arrival.
- Customs cleared
- Export clearance in China and import clearance at destination are both handled, including the entries and the inspections that go with them.
- Delivered to the door
- The shipment is moved from the port to the address you give us, not left at the terminal for you to collect.
- One delivered price
- You are quoted a single price for the fabric delivered to that address, instead of separate freight, clearance and duty invoices.
- One point of contact
- The order, the documents and the delivery are followed by the same team that sold the fabric.
- Delivered quantity
- The DDP price is built on the volume and the article mix you confirm. A change in either is re-quoted before shipment.
Coverage
200+ countries, quoted per shipment
Coverage is not a blanket promise — it is checked against the destination city, the volume and the article mix before we commit to a delivered price.
Europe, North America, Australia
Door delivery with duty and destination charges settled before the goods arrive, quoted against the destination city and the volume you confirm.
Middle East and Asia
Same structure, quoted per shipment. Tell us the city and we confirm what can be arranged before you commit to the order.
Everything else
Duty-paid delivery can be quoted for 200+ countries. Coverage, terms and transit are confirmed per shipment, so send the destination and we will check it.
Send the destination country and city and we confirm whether duty-paid delivery can be arranged for that shipment.
Compared
DDP against conventional sea freight
The difference is not the ship, it is who owns the clearance and where responsibility ends.
| Point | Conventional sea freight | DDP delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Who clears export | We do | We do |
| Who clears import | You or your broker | We do |
| Import duty and destination taxes | Paid by you on arrival | Included in the delivered price |
| Where responsibility ends | On board at the port of loading, or at your destination port under CIF | At the delivery address you gave us |
| Documents you receive | Commercial invoice, packing list, transport document, test reports | The same set, with the destination clearance handled on our side |
| Typical transit | Weeks port to port | Longer door to door, because duty and clearance are completed before delivery |
| Best when | You have a customs broker and your own inland haulage | You want the landed cost fixed before the goods leave China |
Transit ranges in this table are typical and subject to confirmation.
Who it suits
Usually a buyer who wants the landed cost fixed
DDP is not the cheapest route on paper. It is chosen when a delay at the port costs more than the difference.
Traders importing to sell
Where you need the landed cost on the goods before you price them on, and you would rather not carry a clearance file yourself.
Buyers sending fabric to a factory
Where the fabric has to reach a garment unit in another city and a delay at the port would stop a production line.
Buyers without a broker
Where there is no customs broker on your side, or where the duty and tax treatment at destination is the part you least want to own.
If you already have a broker and your own inland haulage, FOB or CIF will usually cost less. Ask us to quote both so the comparison is on the same volume.
To quote it
What we need, and the documents that go with it
A DDP price is built on the destination, the volume and the article mix. Give us five lines of information and the quote can be firm for that shipment.
What we need to quote
- Destination country and city
- Delivery address, and whether it can take a container or needs a smaller vehicle
- Volume: metres or kilograms, cartons, and the cubic volume if you have it
- Article mix: how many articles and colours, and which are the bulky ones
- Trade term you are comparing against, if your purchase order already names one
- Whether the shipment combines with other cargo of yours
Clearance documents
- Commercial invoice and packing list for the order
- Bill of lading or air waybill for the shipment
- Certificate of origin, where the destination applies a preferential rate
- Product test reports and any certification the buyer requires, completed to their requirement where the product documents support it
- Consignee details, tax or importer registration number where the destination requires one, and a contact who can take delivery
- Any import permit or pre-shipment inspection document the destination requires for textiles
Requirements differ by destination. Where a document cannot be issued for an article, we say so before the order rather than at the port.
Price, transit and questions
How the delivered price is built, at a high level
You receive one delivered price for the volume and the address you confirmed. The components below are what it has to cover.
- The fabric
- Article, quantity and packing, at the price quoted for the order.
- Export side
- Inland haulage to the loading port, export documentation and terminal charges.
- Freight
- Sea or air freight to the destination, chosen against the delivery window you need.
- Destination charges
- Duty, destination taxes, clearance fees, port handling and any inspection at destination.
- Delivery
- The final move from the port or clearance point to the address you gave us.
We do not publish internal cost figures or the charges we pay to third parties. Ask the commercial team for the delivered price against your own volume and address.
Transit
Typical ranges, subject to confirmation
| Sea DDP | Measured in weeks door to door. The exact range depends on the destination, the sailing schedule and clearance. |
| Air DDP | Measured in days rather than weeks, at a higher cost per kilogram. |
| Destination differences | Port congestion, inland distance and clearance workload move the range more than the sailing does. |
Ranges are typical, subject to confirmation, and are not a guaranteed delivery date.
Request a DDP quote
Send the destination city, the volume and the article mix, and the commercial team will confirm the delivered price and the transit for that shipment.
Next step
Send the destination and the volume
Country and city, volume, article mix and the delivery address is enough for us to confirm what can be arranged and what it costs.
DDP coverage, terms and transit are confirmed per order.