What are the costs and recommendations for shipping freight from Los Angeles to Bangkok?

its my understanding we got no tariff charges because my brother in law picked the boxes up , showing thai ID/passport. i would have shipped more but i heard expats were getting charged so much it wasnt worth it. i had mostly sentimental stuff - photos, college and High School yearbooks. My wife had some clothes shipped. I had told her we were only getting on the plane with 1 suitcase each/1 carryon each. We also had the dog in a crate that was the most stressful part of moving here.

@John ***

จอนห์ พิวห์you can easily ship from LA with DHL, or UPS, but it’s extremelly expensive, but convenient if you can afford it and it takes only a few days for the package to arrive. I sometimes send books from LA to Bangkok

@John ***

only once you give the inventory and values, tel them you want to know all costs through to delivered door.

@John ***

I think you need to do some research on The Ports Authority of Thailand

@John ***

my Thai wife had the personal household shipped in her name. It cost from memory 10,000bt for the ports authority and 3,800bt for the import agent who were the exporting agents in the UK, and assigned the import agent in Thailand. Trust you'll be able to provide a Thai telephone number (and email, and address in Thailand for the personal household goods to be eventually delivered your address in Thailand) to your shipping company / exporter in the US for that number, and email address to be passed on to the import agent in Thailand. Make sure it's 'Door to Door shipping, also to include all delivery costs to your address in Thailand.

@John ***

make sure that they will do it for you or your import tax will be high, so make sure

@John ***

you need a specialised personal effects lcl agent, make an inventory, costs one for insurance and one for customs. 30 years experience