Manufacturing: stage 09 of 9
AHM International has documented FOB apparel export experience from Port Qasim, Karachi to the United States. FOB means responsibility transfers to you once the goods are on board, and everything up to that point is ours.
Process
- 01
Commercial documentation is prepared: commercial invoice, packing list and the export documents required for the shipment.
- 02
Cartons are packed, marked and sealed to your packing instruction, with dimensions and weights recorded.
- 03
Booking is coordinated with your nominated freight forwarder.
- 04
Goods are delivered and cleared for export at Port Qasim.
- 05
Documents are released against your instruction and responsibility transfers on board.
What you supply
- Nominated freight forwarder and shipping instructions
- Destination port and required delivery window
- Any documentation your import process requires
What you receive
- Commercial invoice and packing list
- Marked and sealed export cartons
- FOB handover at Port Qasim
Risk
Every stage has a characteristic failure. Naming it is more useful than claiming it never happens.
Documentation does not match the physical shipment and clearance is delayed.
Carton dimensions and weights are recorded at packing and the documents are built from that record.
The buyer assumes FOB includes freight and insurance.
The scope is stated plainly up front: under FOB, freight and insurance from the port onward are the buyer's responsibility.
Buyer questions
Under EXW you collect from the factory and carry everything from there. Under FOB the manufacturer delivers the goods on board at the named port and you take over freight and insurance. Under CIF the manufacturer also arranges and pays freight and insurance to the destination port. AHM supplies FOB.
Port Qasim, Karachi. The port AHM has documented export experience shipping from.
Yes. Under FOB the forwarder is normally your nomination, and we coordinate the booking and document release with them.
Send a specification and we will come back on construction, materials and commercial FOB costing against it.
Other manufacturing stages
Other manufacturing stages
Product Development
Development turns a reference garment, a sketch or a tech pack into a manufacturing specification the factory floor and your QA can both read the same way.
Fabric Sourcing
Fabric is usually the largest single line in an apparel cost and the hardest thing to change once a program is running.
Sampling
Sampling is where the specification is proven.