EXW
Ex Works
Buyer collects from our Cobán / Guatemala City facility. Buyer assumes all risks.
MaisonRoyal Spices
⸺ Logistics & Shipping
✦From Guatemala to your port.
Two ocean coasts, weekly sailings and direct relationships with the major carriers — built around the rhythm of the harvest.
❦Guatemala · Origin · Est. Alta Verapaz
⸺ Ports & Lead Times
Reliable transit, harvest after harvest.
We ship from Puerto Quetzal (Pacific) and Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla (Atlantic). Lead times are indicative — sailings vary with carrier rotation and season.
Europe
Rotterdam · Antwerp · Hamburg
Days:22–28
CMA CGM · MSC
Mediterranean
Algeciras · Genoa · Valencia
Days:20–26
MSC · Maersk
Gulf / Middle East
Jebel Ali · Dammam · Sohar
Days:32–40
CMA CGM · MSC
North America (East)
New York · Savannah · Houston
Days:10–14
MSC · Hapag-Lloyd
North America (West)
Los Angeles · Long Beach
Days:12–16
CMA CGM · ONE
Asia
Yokohama · Singapore · Shanghai
Days:35–45
MSC · CMA CGM
⸺ Incoterms® 2020
Trade terms tailored to your operation.
FOB
Free on Board
We deliver, clear export and load on vessel at Puerto Quetzal or Puerto Santo Tomás.
CFR
Cost & Freight
We pay sea freight to the named destination port. Insurance is buyer's responsibility.
CIF
Cost, Insurance & Freight
We arrange freight and minimum cargo insurance to destination.
DAP
Delivered at Place
We deliver, ready for unloading, at the buyer's named location. Customs is buyer's.
DDP
Delivered Duty Paid
We deliver, customs-cleared and ready for unloading. Available case-by-case.
⸺ Containers & Packaging
Built for the long voyage.
20' FCL — Cardamom
Net:8–10 MT
5 kg vacuum bags · master cartons · 20 pallets
40' FCL — Cardamom
Net:16–18 MT
5 kg vacuum bags · master cartons · 20 pallets
20' FCL — Green Coffee
Net:19.2 MT
320 × 60 kg jute bags / GrainPro
40' HC — Spices
Net:18–22 MT
Multi-wall paper sacks · master cartons
LCL / Air
Net:100 kg – 5 MT
Cartons or pallets · door-to-door courier or consol.
Air freight
Ex La Aurora (GUA) — rates & calculator
For samples, urgent top-ups and small commercial lots we ship by air from Guatemala City — La Aurora International (GUA) via KLM, Iberia, Avianca Cargo, American Airlines and Turkish Cargo.
Calculator
Estimate your air freight, ex GUA
Dimensions per piece (cm)
- Volumetric weight
- 16.0 kg
- Chargeable weight
- 100.0 kg
- Freight @ $4.85/kg
- $485
- Handling, AWB & security
- $95
- Indicative total
- $580
Indicative only. Volumetric divisor 1:6000 (IATA). Excludes pickup, destination handling, customs duties and VAT. A firm quote is issued by the trade desk.
Indicative rates
USD per kg, ex La Aurora (GUA) — +45 kg break
Destination
IATA
USD / kg
Transit (days)
Europe — Frankfurt
FRA
$4.85
2–3
Europe — Amsterdam
AMS
$4.95
2–3
Europe — Madrid
MAD
$4.40
1–2
UK — London
LHR
$5.20
2–3
Middle East — Dubai
DXB
$6.10
3–4
Middle East — Doha
DOH
$6.25
3–4
Middle East — Riyadh
RUH
$6.40
3–5
Türkiye — Istanbul
IST
$5.60
3–4
Egypt — Cairo
CAI
$5.95
3–4
Jordan — Amman
AMM
$6.30
3–5
Lebanon — Beirut
BEY
$6.45
3–5
Russia — Moscow
SVO
$7.10
4–6
USA — Miami
MIA
$2.10
1
USA — New York
JFK
$2.95
1–2
Asia — Hong Kong
HKG
$7.80
3–5
Asia — Tokyo
NRT
$7.50
3–5
China — Shanghai
PVG
$7.95
3–5
China — Beijing
PEK
$8.10
3–5
China — Guangzhou
CAN
$7.90
3–5
China — Dalian
DLC
$8.25
4–6
China — Shenzhen
SZX
$8.00
3–5
China — Qingdao
TAO
$8.20
4–6
Pakistan — Karachi
KHI
$6.95
3–5
Pakistan — Lahore
LHE
$7.15
4–6
Pakistan — Islamabad
ISB
$7.20
4–6
Ocean freight — instant quote
CMA CGM SpotOn for FCL bookings
For 20′ and 40′ container shipments ex Puerto Quetzal or Santo Tomás de Castilla, buyers can pull a live, secured spot rate directly from CMA CGM SpotOn — valid for 72 hours and bookable online. We mirror the same routings on Hapag-Lloyd Quick Quotes and Maersk Spot on request.
Direct from origin
No agents. No brokers. No middlemen. Straightforward business, exporter to buyer.
Every offer, contract and shipment is handled in-house by the Royal Spices trade desk in Guatemala City — one price, one counterparty, one invoice. No commissions stacked on top, no third-party "representatives", no back-channels.
Exporter of record
Royal Spices Guatemala S.A.
Price source
In-house trade desk, daily
Contract counterparty
Direct — no intermediaries
Commissions on offers
Zero
⸺ Documentation
Every shipment, fully papered.
- ✦Commercial Invoice
- ✦Packing List
- ✦Bill of Lading (Original / Telex Release)
- ✦Certificate of Origin
- ✦Phytosanitary Certificate
- ✦ICO Certificate (coffee)
- ✦Cardamom Origin & Quality Certificate
- ✦EUDR Due-Diligence Statement
- ✦Lot Card (notarised, sealed)
- ✦Insurance Certificate (CIF)
Need a route quote?
Our trade desk can quote door-to-port and door-to-door for any of our products.