New motorcycle export from Thailand, in this shop’s sense of the phrase, means new and unregistered Thai domestic machines bought from a Bangkok supplier and shipped by the container, rather than used bikes sourced at auction or one private machine moved for its owner.
New motorcycle export from Thailand: new machines, not used ones
Almost everything written about moving a motorcycle out of Thailand concerns used machines: auction sourcing, grey imports, guides for an owner taking one bike home. This page is about the other transaction: new, unregistered Thai domestic models bought from a shop in Bangkok and shipped by the container.
The commercial shape is short. Thai domestic models across the Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki ranges; a minimum of one 20ft or one 40ft container for complete machines; packing and warehousing at our own premises in Ladprao, where TSSK Co., Ltd. has traded as Faddybike since 2002; everything quoted by email in Thai Baht. Our container export hub states those terms, and this page covers the goods and the paperwork behind them.
What “Thai domestic model” means for a buyer
A Thai domestic model is a machine sold new on the Thai home market. It is a commercial category rather than a technical one, and it is why an importer sources here at all: the range a marque sells in Thailand is not the range it sells everywhere else.
The difference is worth understanding before ordering. Naming and identity, meaning which machine the Thai parts system thinks you have, is covered on Thai-market motorcycle parts, and origin and specification variance on Japanese motorcycle parts. Neither argument is repeated here; the export hub remains the place for the shipping terms.
For export purposes the category does one job: it says what is on sale, new, in Thailand and can therefore be bought. It says nothing about what your own market will accept, which is dealt with below.
The badge does not change the shipment
Buyers regularly ask for a Honda export page, a Yamaha export page, and so on. There is no useful difference to write about. The sentence this business has used since the beginning names all four in one line: motorcycle export from Thailand, for Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki, all Thai domestic models.
A container does not know the badge. The packing is the same, the declaration asks for the same things, and the route out of the country is the same one, described on motorcycle container shipping from Thailand. What varies by marque is which models are available and what they cost, and that belongs in a quotation.
What an export declaration has to say about your order
The hub asks a container buyer for three things: models, quantities, and destination port. That is not an arbitrary shortlist; it maps closely onto what an export declaration must contain under Thai customs law.
The unofficial English translation of the Customs Act B.E. 2560 (2017), published by the Customs Department, provides in Section 52 that a goods declaration must at least state the type of goods, the quantity, weight and quality of the goods, the customs value, and the country of departure and country of destination. Section 51 makes submitting that declaration a precondition of taking goods out of the Kingdom.
Line the two lists against each other. Models give the type of goods; quantities give the quantity and feed the weight; the destination port gives the country of destination. The three things a shop asks you for are, in substance, the three the declaration needs, which is why a vague answer to any of them stalls a quotation. The customs value in that list, incidentally, is a figure the Act defines for its own purposes and not the price we quote, which is in Thai Baht with CIF understood as FOB plus shipping.
What is your side of the line
Two further sections are worth knowing. Section 50 provides that an exportation of goods by sea is deemed complete when the vessel exporting the goods leaves a final port to depart from the Kingdom, which gives the Thai end a defined finish. Section 63 requires an exporter to keep the account, documents and evidence relating to goods passed through a customs formality for not less than five years, so a dealer reordering later deals with a supplier who still holds the file.
None of that settles anything about your country. Whether a particular new Thai domestic model can be registered, approved or sold where you are is decided there, not here, and we do not make that determination for you. The same applies to import duty, taxes, and clearing the container when it lands.
The Act also recognises prohibited and restricted goods, both defined by other laws; what applies to a specific order is confirmed at enquiry rather than asserted here. One further term to settle before committing: we do not accept returns after shipment except for a manufacturer’s fault, and motorcycles cannot be returned to Thailand at all.
| If this is you | What you are buying | What that commits you to | What we need before we can quote |
|---|---|---|---|
| A dealer stocking a model you already sell | New Thai domestic machines, one container minimum | A full container; complete machines are container-only | Models and quantities |
| A dealer entering a new model into your market | New Thai domestic machines | Checking at your end whether the model can be registered and sold there | Models, quantities, and the destination |
| An importer with a mixed order | Machines plus parts in the same box | The parts list closes before the container is packed | Both lists, and the destination port |
| A buyer wanting one or two machines | Nothing we can ship | Complete motorcycles are container-only; no part-load option | Nothing |
| A buyer wanting used machines | Nothing we can ship | We supply new Thai domestic models only | Nothing |
| A buyer wanting parts only | Parts and accessories | No container needed; parts go by post or courier | The parts list |
| Any of the above, any of the four marques | Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki or Kawasaki Thai domestic models | Nothing changes with the badge | The same three things |
Questions importers ask before a first container order
Can I buy one or two machines instead of a container?
No. Complete motorcycles are container-only and the minimum is one container, so there is no part-load option for machines. Parts are the exception, and a parts order of any size travels by post or courier from parts and accessories.
Do you supply used motorcycles?
No. We supply new Thai domestic models, which is the whole basis of the arrangement described here. If a used machine is what you are after, this is the wrong supplier.
Will you act as our customs agent?
No. We supply the motorcycles and ship them. Being an authorised agent of an exporter is a permitted role under Section 99 of the Customs Act, and it is not one this shop occupies; clearing the container where it arrives is arranged by you.
What to send before a container can be quoted
Send the models you want, how many of each, and the destination port. Say as well whether parts are going into the same box, because a mixed load is packed to a different plan and its list has to be settled first, as motorcycle parts container consolidation explains.
The quotation form for container shipping carries those fields, and the same details by email work equally well. If you want the trading terms first, how to order sets them out.