Eyelash Manufacturer Export and Shipping: What to Know Before You Order
Placing a first international order with a factory you have not bought from before raises questions that have nothing to do with the lashes themselves: who books the freight, who pays duty on arrival, and what paperwork actually clears customs. This page covers what MCI Eyelashes prepares for an export shipment, how the shipping method changes as your order grows, and what a first-time export buyer should have ready before placing an order.
MCI Factory at a Glance
- Export reach
- Worldwide
- Shipping time
- 7-14 days
- Shipping methods
- Express courier, air freight, sea freight
- Export documents
- Commercial invoice and packing list on every shipment
- Duties
- Buyer’s responsibility unless a landed-cost price is agreed
- Verification
- Live production-floor video call
What MCI Prepares on Our Side of an Export Shipment
Every export shipment leaves our production floor in Purbalingga with a commercial invoice and a packing list, the two documents a customs broker needs to clear your goods on arrival. We pack and label the shipment, and we either book the freight ourselves or hand off to a forwarder you have already chosen, depending on how you prefer to run your logistics.
Our product catalogue lists worldwide shipping at 7 to 14 days. That window covers the shipping method itself, not production, so add the 5 working days a standard 100-pair order takes to produce before you count shipping days. For a buyer-side view of the same process, read our guide to importing eyelashes from Indonesia.
How the Right Shipping Method Tracks Your Order Size
A Starter order at the 100-pair minimum rarely justifies sea freight, since the saving per unit barely covers the extra weeks on the water for a shipment that small. Express courier or air freight suits that stage, where getting your first order and your samples in hand quickly matters more than shaving cost off a small box.
Once an order grows toward our Growth or Scale volume tiers, the balance shifts. A larger, heavier shipment makes the cost-per-unit saving on sea freight worth the longer transit, especially once you are reordering on a schedule rather than waiting on a single first shipment. Ask us for a shipping estimate at the volume you are actually placing, since the right method for 100 pairs is rarely the right method for a much larger order.
Who Pays Duty, and Where to Find Your Own Rate
Unless we agree on a landed-cost price in writing, our quotes cover the lashes and the export shipment to your border, not the duty your own country charges on arrival. That duty rate is set by your customs authority, not by us, and it depends on how your country classifies eyelash products, so there is no single number we can quote that applies everywhere.
Check your own customs authority or a broker for the rate that applies to your shipment, and ask about any de minimis threshold your country sets, since a small sample order sometimes clears with no duty at all where a full wholesale order would not.
What a First-Time Export Buyer Should Have Ready
Whether you need a registered business or an import license to bring lashes in commercially depends on your own country, so confirm that with your local authority before you place an order rather than after it ships. Decide where the shipment should land, a home or office address or a bonded warehouse if you already work with one, and have that address confirmed before production finishes so the shipment does not sit waiting on instructions.
Agree the shipping method and who books it in writing before you pay a deposit, since that decision affects both your cost and your delivery date.
Verifying the Factory Behind Your Export Order
An export order travels further and takes longer to reach you than a domestic one, so verify the factory before you commit to the shipping and documentation above. We offer a live video call to our production floor in Purbalingga for any buyer who wants to see where an order would be made before paying beyond the cost of shipping a sample.
Placing Your First Export Order
An export order with us runs through the same steps regardless of destination:
- Send your country, the styles you want and your estimated quantity so we can quote shipping accurately.
- Request [samples](/eyelash-samples-catalogue-request) on existing catalog styles, free except for the shipping cost.
- Confirm the shipping method and who books it, along with whether duty is included or your responsibility.
- Place the order at 100 pairs per style, mixed across styles if you want more than one.
- Production takes 5 working days, then the shipment leaves with its commercial invoice and packing list attached.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does MCI Eyelashes ship wholesale orders outside Indonesia?
Yes. We export worldwide, and our catalogue lists shipping at 7 to 14 days depending on the method and your destination.
What documents does MCI provide for customs clearance?
We provide a commercial invoice and a packing list on every export shipment, the documents a customs broker needs to clear your goods.
Who pays import duty on an order from MCI Eyelashes?
Unless we agree on a landed-cost price in writing, duty on arrival is the buyer’s responsibility and is set by your own country’s customs authority.
Which shipping method should a first export order use?
Express courier or air freight usually suits a first order at the 100-pair minimum, while sea freight becomes worth the longer transit once your orders grow larger and repeat on a schedule.
How do I verify the factory before placing an export order?
Ask for a live video call to our production floor in Purbalingga before you pay anything beyond the cost of shipping a sample.