To import wood shavings from Vietnam, you buy by the container: you choose the shavings and the cut, agree the terms, and the shavings travel compressed in a 40ft HC container to your port. This guide walks through each step with the figures Woodbase works to, so you can plan your first order.
In short: Woodbase ships pine shavings and mixed pine and acacia shavings in compressed blocks or jumbo bags. One 40ft HC container is the minimum order and holds on average 22–24 tons, depending on compression. We supply about 20 containers a month, paid by T/T (30% deposit, 70% against copy of documents) or L/C at sight.
1. Choose the Shavings
Start with the animal or use. Pine Wood Shavings are 100% pine, the bedding most horse owners ask for. Wood Shavings blend pine with acacia and suit cattle, poultry, mushroom growing and compost. For the finest bedding, Wood Sawdust is cut to 1–5 mm.
Then choose the cut. Both shavings come in 1–5 mm or 1–15 mm. The 1–5 mm cut lies flat in an even layer for poultry houses, small animal cages and mushroom beds; the 1–15 mm cut makes a looser, springier bed for stalls and cattle pens.
2. Ask for a Quote
A quote needs five things: the product, the cut, the packing, the number of containers and your destination port. With those, the price and the delivery schedule can be fixed in one reply instead of several rounds of questions.
3. Agree the Terms
- Minimum order: one 40ft HC container.
- Payment: T/T with 30% deposit and 70% against copy of the original documents, or L/C at sight.
- Volume: about 20 containers a month, so a regular monthly shipment can be planned rather than buying one container at a time.
4. Packing and Container Load
Shavings are light and bulky, so they are compressed before loading. Pine shavings ship in blocks of 35 × 35 × 30 cm (15 kg) or in jumbo bags of 550–600 kg; mixed wood shavings ship in blocks of 10, 15 or 20 kg. A 40ft HC container holds on average 22–24 tons; the exact figure depends on how hard the blocks are pressed, which is why the price is quoted per container.
5. Documents and Plant Health
Each container travels with a commercial invoice, a packing list and a bill of lading. Wood by-products are checked for plant health in most destination markets, and a missing phytosanitary certificate will hold a container at the port, so confirm your country's rules with your customs broker before the order is placed. Woodbase is FSC certified (licence code FSC-C181688).
6. Receiving and Storing the Shavings
Mixed wood shavings are dried to 10% moisture or less and pine shavings to under 15%, so they arrive ready to soak up liquid. Keep the blocks dry and covered until use: shavings that take on water in the warehouse lose the absorbency you paid for. Opened blocks loosen as soon as the wrap is cut, so open them where the bedding will be spread.
Wood Shavings from Woodbase
If you are importing your first container, these are the bedding products Woodbase ships from Vietnam:
- Pine Wood Shavings: 100% pine, moisture under 15%, 1–5 mm or 1–15 mm, in compressed blocks of 35 × 35 × 30 cm (15 kg) or jumbo bags of 550–600 kg, up to about 20 containers a month.
- Wood Shavings: mixed pine and acacia, moisture ≤ 10%, in compressed blocks of 10, 15 or 20 kg, about 20 containers a month.
- Wood Sawdust: acacia and pine, 1–5 mm, in compressed blocks, for finer bedding, mushroom growing and compost.
Before you order, read how to tell good wood shavings from bad and the advantages of wood shavings as bedding. Send us the product, quantity and destination port for a quote.
