Let us help you lower your costs, and make your business easier.
- Distribute sake products via refrigerated warehouse and transportation
- Lower your shipping cost by 50%, with minimum quantity of one pallet
- Accept small quantity: less than one pallet at special price (negotiable)
- Manage complicated documents for international trade on behalf of you
Just ask us via contact form, and you will no longer need person in charge for importing from Japan.
If you import beer from Japan, please see here.
Challenges for international trade of sake
- Damaged easily by high temperature
- Need to ship huge amount at one time
- Complicated paperwork…
Sake products must be stored and transported under refrigeration, whether or not they are pasteurized.
Appropriate temperature range is roughly 3°C ～ 5°C (37.4°F ～ 40°F), and should never exceed 16°C (60°F).
*To be precise, appropriate temperature depends on the type of sake.
| Namazake | unpasteurized sake | 3°C ～ 5°C (37.4°F ～ 40°F) |
|---|---|---|
| Ginjo-shu | made at a lower temperature | 3°C ～ 10°C (37.4°F ～ 50°F) |
| Other Sake | other pasteurized sake | 3°C ～ 15°C (37.4°F ～ 59°F) |
Therefore you must arrange cold chain: refrigerated warehouse, truck and container.
FYR… if you use general-purpose dry container for ocean freight, temperature inside will easily rise more than 50°C ( 122°F ) and sake will be damaged immediately.
Shipping cost accounts for a large percentage of purchasing cost of imported sake.
The more amount you ship at one time, the more you can save the cost.
If you ship more than 2,000 liters (6,000 bottles), appropriate option is FCL. Otherwise you can ship by LCL, but still there is minimum quantity.
LCL forwarders claim cost based on shipping quantity for a minimum of 1 M3 (cubic meter), which is equivalent to 960 bottles of sake. Cost will be the same even if you ship 1 case (24 bottles) only.
1 Pallet can contain approx. 1.5 M3 (≒1440 bottles), which is more cost-effective.
*Below charts show examples with standard size product, for reference only. Actual product may vary.
| < Minimum Shipping Quantity > | < Shipping Cost > | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 M3 (cubic meter) |
(300ml) 70 case x 12 bottles (720ml) 35 case x 12 bottles (1800ml) 30 case x 6 bottles |
≒ HK$ 8,014 ～ HK$ 11,363 Ave. HK$ 23 per 720ml bottle |
| 1 pallet (MAX 1.5M3) |
(300ml) 105 case x 12 bottles (720ml) 52 case x 12 bottles (1800ml) 45 case x 6 bottles |
≒ HK$ 8,014 ～ HK$ 11,363 Ave. HK$ 16 per 720ml bottle |
Planning to ship only a few cases?
The only option is Air (Speedpost/Fedex/DHL/etc.), which costs you HK$ 50 per bottle.
There are bunch of documents you have to handle.
You need to contact supplier, inland distributor, forwarder, custom, local distributor, etc…
Payment terms are complicated, including foreign transfer…
>>There is a much easier and cheaper way!!
We will help you make your business more efficient.
- Coordinate one-stop/partial cold chain management
- Reduce shipping cost: as low as HK$ 8 per 720ml bottle
- Flexible minimum shipping quantity: less than pallet
- Manage shipping and other documents on behalf of you
We have much knowledge, wide experience and economy of scale. You can select from below two options.
- One-stop Cold Chain Management
- Oversea Transportation Arrangement
We buy sake from supplier in Japan, then deliver them to your warehouse/shop in Hong Kong.
You only need to place order to us, and we arrange all transportation and paperwork.
We deliver goods from warehouse in Japan to your warehouse/shop in Hong Kong.
You can arrange goods delivery to designated warehouse in Japan, and we take it from there.
We just charge you shipping fee. There is no commission nor other additional charges.
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