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The rates, the permits and the port pages our customers ask us for — gathered in one place, so you are not hunting for them at the wrong hour.

Rates and duties

What the shipment will cost

before anyone books it

Duty is charged on the customs value, and the customs value is settled by the rate on the day of declaration — not the rate on your invoice.

The daily ringgit exchange rates — what a foreign-currency invoice is worth on the day of declaration.

Sales and Service Tax: registration status lookup, rates, and the current guides.

The department portal — tariff, legislation, forms and the branch directory.

Permits and clearance

What has to be approved

before the box moves

A permit that arrives after the vessel does is the most expensive piece of paper in forwarding. These are the agencies that issue them.

Import and export licensing, trade agreements, and certificates of origin.

Quarantine and inspection for food, plants, animals and agricultural cargo.

The certification NL holds for halal logistics, and the directory of certified operators.

Filing and status

Who you declare to,

and what standing counts

The electronic declaration and permit gateway most Malaysian forwarders file through.

Authorised Economic Operator: what the status covers and which companies hold it.

Policy, road and maritime regulation, and the national transport statistics.

Ports and terminals

Where the cargo lands

and who runs the gate

Container and conventional terminals, the ferry and the cruise berth. Our own front door.

The country’s largest gateway — Northport and Westports sit under it.

The southern transhipment hub, at the Johor end of the peninsula.

Air and market

The figures behind

a shipping decision

KLIA and the state airports, including the cargo terminals air freight clears through.

Malaysia’s export promotion agency: market reports, buyer leads and trade fairs.

External trade figures — what is actually moving, by commodity and by country.

Written here

And the answers we

wrote down ourselves

Ten short guides from our own forwarding desk — the arithmetic, the documents and the charges that decide what a shipment costs.

CBM and chargeable weight

CBM and chargeable weight

Why the weight on the invoice is often not the weight on the scale.

Read the guide
Container types and sizes

Container types and sizes

Which box your cargo fits, and what it costs you to pick the wrong one.

Read the guide
FCL, LCL and groupage

FCL, LCL and groupage

Whether to buy a whole container or a share of one — and the four ways that can be arranged.

Read the guide
Reading a Bill of Lading

Reading a Bill of Lading

Which document you are holding, who issued it, and what has to happen before the cargo is released.

Read the guide
Demurrage, detention and storage

Demurrage, detention and storage

Three charges that look alike on an invoice and come from three different places.

Read the guide
Freight prepaid or collect

Freight prepaid or collect

Who pays the carrier, where they pay it, and why the two words on the bill of lading matter.

Read the guide

These are outside sites

Each link opens the agency’s own page in a new tab. Rates, tariffs and permit rules change without notice, and nothing here is advice on your particular shipment. Checked 22 September 2026 — tell us if one has moved.

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