I talked to another local transhipper, Sincere Aquatic about this. Typically for a case of thailand, the paperwork (health cert, etc) for each shipment will cost $1xx each at Thai end and AVA. Normally such certs are one application per shipment and the same for 1 fish or 100 fishes. So, it only makes $ense when it can be bundled by transhippers who are bringing in their own fishes anyway. This is probably the case for Yunfeng if the charge can be only $100+.
IMO, before bidding from AB, it should be clarified with the seller ALL aspects of the shipping cost by specifically asking "does it include freight? Repacking? Permits? Health Certs? GSTs? etc. So we minimize disputes later when certain "unforeseen" add-ons are incurred involuntarily.
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