1. TIXIMAX Philippines customs support
Leaving Japan, and entering Philippines. An international shipment passes customs twice. We take both sides at the same desk.
Documentation, declarations, duty payment and inspection attendance are ours — including answering the destination authority when it raises a query.
2. What is Customs Clearance for Philippines?
What a broker covers varies. Here is where our range starts and ends.
2.1 What is Customs Clearance
On this lane, clearance means both the export declaration in Japan and the import declaration in Philippines. We act for you on both, and see the goods released afterwards.
Split the two sides between two companies and there is nobody to reconcile a discrepancy when one appears. That is why both sit here.
2.2 Two customs authorities, not one
Japanese export rules and Philippine import rules apply independently to the same cargo. Something that leaves Japan freely may need a filing on arrival, and the reverse happens too. Cosmetics, food and anything containing a battery are the usual cases where both sides need checking.
2.3 When you need this
The situations customs support is for on this lane.
- You ship from Japan to Philippines regularly, for a business.
- You do not know the HS code, or the Philippine duty rate, for what you are sending.
- You are sending cosmetics, food or goods containing batteries — anything likely to be regulated on import.
- A shipment has been held on the Philippine side before.
- You want one point of contact instead of one at each end.
We can also clear cargo that did not fly with us.
2.4 Who Should Use Customs Clearance?
Who uses this service.
One shipment or a standing flow, the same person handles it.
3. Benefits of Customs Clearance for Philippines at Tiximax
What changes when we handle it.
3.1 Benefits of Customs Clearance for Philippines at Tiximax
Both sides checked in advance
Japanese and Philippine requirements are researched together, before the cargo moves.
HS classification handled
We confirm the classification and rate for each item, and explain the basis.
One point of contact
Queries and corrections, at origin and at destination, are ours.
Joined to the freight
Cleared goods pass straight into local delivery.
Not having to face two customs authorities separately is the main thing this changes.
