Shipping luggage from Shanghai to Singapore by sea

Customer Information: Mr. Wang
Shipping Route: Shanghai to Singapore;
Service Date: August 13, 2019;
Case Summary: Mr. Wang from Shanghai chose Seapoe's door-to-door dual-clearance service to ship some luggage and personal items to Singapore by sea.

Singapore has always been recognized as one of the world's most livable countries and cities. Many Chinese people choose to settle in Singapore, and one important reason is that over 70% of the population here is Chinese. Mandarin is also a widely used language in Singapore, so choosing to live here means less unfamiliarity and loneliness, and a faster integration into local life. For older people, it also saves the pressure of learning a new language.

Mr. Wang from Shanghai is relocating to Singapore and planned to ship some of his familiar belongings there, about 5 cubic meters in total, choosing LCL sea freight to Singapore. Among Mr. Wang's items were books, computers, coffee tables, chairs, handicrafts, clothing, and more. Seapoe provided cardboard boxes and auxiliary materials for Mr. Wang to pack and organize loose small items. For valuables and large items, Seapoe's staff handled the packing when they came for door-to-door pickup, using multiple materials and layers of packaging to effectively ensure the safety of the items during transport, safeguarding the international move.

Below is the packing scene at Mr. Wang's home on the day of pickup:

After packing was completed, the items were transported to Seapoe's warehouse in Shanghai, where the shipping marks and outer packaging were checked, and reinforced packaging was applied as needed (custom wooden crates could be made for fragile valuables). Then booking and customs declaration were arranged, followed by sea freight to Singapore and customs clearance. Since Mr. Wang is a new immigrant and all the items shipped were used, they met Singapore's tax-exemption conditions (if you are a new immigrant, citizen, or hold an Employment Pass, personal items and personal property used in China for more than 6 months and brought back to Singapore can enjoy tax exemption. For brand-new items, Singapore levies a 3% consumption VAT on the item value. Singapore imposes no customs duty on most personal items and personal property.), so no customs duty was incurred. In addition, after customs clearance was completed, the items were delivered to Mr. Wang's new home in Singapore, placed in position, unpacked, and the packing waste was taken away.