Shipping from Cambodia to USA
Airlift USA ships FCL and air freight from Cambodia to the USA, with LCL on request, and its own office in Phnom Penh handles pickup, loading and export documents. Ocean transit is 22–48 days port to port with a transshipment: Phnom Penh cargo goes through Vietnam (Cat Lai or Cai Mep), and Sihanoukville cargo through Singapore or Chinese hubs such as Shekou: Phnom Penh to Los Angeles takes 24–34 days, Sihanoukville to Los Angeles 35–42 days and Phnom Penh to New York 38–48 days. Air freight takes 4–8 days airport to airport.
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Lane Overview
Shipping from Cambodia to the USA by ocean takes 22–48 days port to port. Airlift USA, in business since 1999 and an FMC-licensed NVOCC (FMC No. 016162), ships full containers (FCL) and air freight on this lane, with LCL on request. Its own office in Phnom Penh handles pickup, loading and export documents, and its Los Angeles and New Jersey offices coordinate the US customs entry and delivery.
No transpacific service calls in Cambodia, so every container is relayed at a hub. In the 28-day carrier schedule snapshot taken September 18, 2026, every listed Phnom Penh sailing to Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York relayed at Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam, on HMM, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd services; Sihanoukville sailings relayed at Singapore or at other hubs, including Chinese ports, on ONE, HMM, Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM services. Carrier schedules change, so confirm the routing when you book.
Airlift’s planning ranges come from its own shipment history (P10–P90): Phnom Penh to Los Angeles 24–34 days, to Long Beach 22–32, to New York 38–48 and to Columbus by inland rail 36–45; Sihanoukville to Los Angeles 35–42, to Long Beach 36–43 and to Columbus 38–47. Main cargo is furniture, garments, lamps, handicrafts and consumer goods.
Quick Facts: Cambodia USA
Main Ports by Export Volume
Origin ports:
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (KHPNH), a river port on the Mekong close to the capital’s garment and furniture factories; its containers go by barge or truck to Cai Mep or Cat Lai in Vietnam. Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (KHKOS), Cambodia’s only deep-sea port.
Destination ports:
Los Angeles (USLAX), Long Beach (USLGB) and New York (USNYC); Columbus by inland rail from the West Coast.
Transit Times by Port Pair (Airlift Data, P10–P90)
From Phnom Penh
| Destination port | Transit planning range |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 24–34 days |
| Long Beach | 22–32 days |
| Columbus | 36–45 days |
| New York | 38–48 days |
From Sihanoukville
| Destination port | Transit planning range |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 35–42 days |
| Long Beach | 36–43 days |
| Columbus | 38–47 days |
P10–P90 means 8 in 10 of Airlift’s past shipments on each port pair arrived within the range shown. Every routing includes at least one transshipment: Phnom Penh cargo usually relays in Vietnam (Cat Lai or Cai Mep–Vung Tau), and Sihanoukville cargo at Singapore or Chinese hubs such as Shekou.
These ranges are port to port only. The glossary explains what a quoted transit time includes and which origin and destination legs it leaves out.
Guides for each port pair
Pick your load port and destination. Each page has the port codes, live sailings, the planning range (where the table above lists one) and a quote form with the route already filled in.
- From Phnom Penh: Long Beach · Los Angeles · New York
- From Sihanoukville: Long Beach · Los Angeles
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Send your cargo details and ready date, and we’ll quote your shipment.Air Freight from Cambodia to the USA
Air is the fallback when 22–48 days by sea is too long — a late garment order, a sample set, showroom pieces or replacement parts. Airlift books air freight from Cambodia to the USA through its own Phnom Penh office and the U.S. offices that handle its ocean containers.
Expect 4–8 days airport to airport, depending on how quickly the connection is made. There is no direct freighter service from Cambodia to the United States, so cargo leaves Phnom Penh’s Techo International Airport (KTI) — or Sihanoukville (KOS) and Siem Reap for specific shipments — and connects through a regional hub such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei or Bangkok. Door-to-door takes longer once pickup, US customs clearance and final-mile trucking are added.
Air freight is priced on chargeable weight: the greater of actual weight and volumetric weight (length × width × height in centimeters ÷ 6,000). Hanging garments, lamps and decorative goods are bulky for their weight, so they are usually charged by volume. Price that out before choosing between air and an earlier sailing.
- Documents: air waybill, commercial invoice and packing list, plus a certificate of origin when the buyer or the tariff treatment calls for one. ISF applies only to ocean cargo, so air shipments need no ISF.
- Consolidated air freight for small, time-critical shipments that don’t justify a full pallet.
- US customs entry coordinated through Airlift’s licensed broker network, with duties estimated before departure.
What Drives Your Cambodia–USA Freight Rate
Ocean rates on this lane change weekly, so Airlift doesn’t publish a fixed price list. The rate search shows the rates Airlift can publish — coverage varies by port pair — and the lane team quotes the rest. These factors explain why two quotes for the same container differ, and which ones you control.
- Feeder leg and hub: Cambodian cargo is relayed at a hub — usually Cat Lai or Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam for Phnom Penh, and Singapore or a Chinese hub such as Shekou for Sihanoukville — before joining a transpacific service, so the feeder schedule, not just the mainline rate, drives cost and transit.
- Origin port: Phnom Penh is a river port close to the garment and furniture belt around the capital; Sihanoukville is a deep-sea port suited to larger volumes. The transit tables above show the difference.
- Destination: Los Angeles and Long Beach run 22–43 days; Columbus via inland rail and New York run out to 48 days. The inland leg is priced separately from the ocean rate.
- Container: 20′ standard, 40′ standard or 40′ high cube. Furniture, lamps and décor usually fill a 40′ high cube by volume long before they hit a weight limit.
- Season: peak-season surcharges and general rate increases typically run from July or August through the pre-holiday peak in October and early November.
- Destination charges: ISF filing, customs entry and bond, chassis and drayage, and detention or demurrage after free time all sit outside the ocean rate. Ask for them up front.
- Duties: US tariffs are assessed on the customs value of the goods, not the ocean rate, so budget for them alongside the freight, not inside it.
Questions about your cargo?
Tell us what you ship and how it is packed, and a specialist will contact you.What Ships on This Lane
Top four by container volume:
- Furniture and home décor
- Garments and textiles
- Lamps and decorative items
- Handicrafts
Also handled:
Household items, industrial components, packaged consumer products.
Customs, Duties and Compliance for Cambodian Imports
Airlift’s own office in Phnom Penh handles export clearance; the US entry is filed through Airlift’s licensed broker network. The duties below apply to Cambodian-origin goods as of September 2026. They change by executive action and Federal Register notice, so the rate that counts is the one for your HTS code on the day of entry: check it in the tariff simulator and follow the tariff updates page.
At origin – Cambodia
- Export declaration: the Single Administrative Document is lodged electronically with the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) through ASYCUDA World, the system used at Cambodia’s customs clearance offices.
- Certificate of origin: issued by the Ministry of Commerce for all Cambodian goods. US Customs doesn’t require one for a normal entry, but buyers and origin audits often do, so ask for it before the container sails.
- CamControl: the Ministry of Commerce’s import-export inspection agency examines regulated goods alongside customs when the commodity calls for it. Most garment, footwear and furniture exports clear without it.
- Commercial invoice and packing list: the invoice value and description must match what is declared to US customs, and the shipper and factory details should match the certificate of origin.
At destination – USA
- ISF (Importer Security Filing): due at least 24 hours before the container is loaded on the vessel that carries it to the USA. On this lane that is usually the mainline vessel at the transshipment hub, so the feeder departure buys you no extra time. Late or inaccurate filings can draw liquidated damages of up to $5,000 per filing.
- Customs entry with a bond: a continuous bond covers a year of entries and ISF filings; a single-transaction bond covers one entry (and, separately, one ISF).
- Apparel labeling: the FTC Textile Fiber Rule (16 CFR 303) requires fiber content, country of origin and the manufacturer or RN number on the label, and the Care Labeling Rule requires care instructions. Garments must meet the CPSC flammability standard (16 CFR 1610): adult apparel with a General Certificate of Conformity, children’s clothing with a Children’s Product Certificate backed by third-party testing.
- Wood furniture needs a Lacey Act declaration for the plant material, and solid-wood packing must carry the ISPM 15 mark.
Duties on goods from Cambodia (September 2026)
- Column 1 duty: the normal HTS rate for the product. Cambodia’s main exports carry real rates here — for example 16.5% on men’s cotton sweaters (HTS 6110.20.20) — and there is no preference to claim. The US Generalized System of Preferences expired on December 31, 2020 and has not been renewed, and Cambodia has no free-trade agreement with the USA. Travel goods such as luggage, backpacks and handbags entered duty-free under GSP from July 2016 until that lapse.
- Section 301 forced-labor duty: since July 24, 2026, an additional 10% applies to products of Cambodia, which sits in the lower tier of the 60-economy action (China and Vietnam pay 12.5%). Despite the name, it is a tariff on products of Cambodia generally, not only on goods made with forced labor; CBP calls it the Section 301 Forced Labor Import Duties. It is reported ahead of the other Chapter 99 lines. Goods under the Section 232 headings listed in 9903.05.90 (metals; passenger vehicles, light trucks, medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses, and their parts; wood products; patented pharmaceuticals; and the 25% band of semiconductors) and the products listed in U.S. note 52(b) of HTS Chapter 99 are exempt; newer Section 232 programs, such as drones, are not.
- Section 232 duties, where the product is covered: tires for cars and light trucks (HTS 4011.10 and 4011.20) are treated as automobile parts at 25%; upholstered wooden furniture has paid 25% since October 14, 2025, with a scheduled increase to 30% deferred to January 1, 2027; and steel and aluminum articles and their derivatives are covered on their metal content.
- Antidumping and countervailing duties: mattresses from Cambodia have been under an antidumping order since May 14, 2021, and crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from Cambodia came under antidumping and countervailing duty orders in June 2025. Each rate is case-specific and changes with every administrative review, and scope is decided product by product, so check before you place the order.
- IEEPA tariffs no longer apply: the Supreme Court held on February 20, 2026 that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, collection stopped on February 24, 2026, and refunds of IEEPA duties paid since February 2025 are being processed through ACE.
- Duties are assessed on the customs value of the goods, not the freight; the merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance fee are added at entry.
Forced-labor enforcement (UFLPA)
- Under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, CBP presumes that goods made wholly or in part in Xinjiang, or by an entity on the UFLPA Entity List, are made with forced labor, and detains them unless the importer rebuts the presumption with supply-chain evidence. The presumption follows the inputs, not the country where the garment was sewn.
- Cotton is a priority sector, so apparel and textile importers should be able to trace yarn and fabric back to the mill and the gin. Keep supplier declarations, purchase records and the certificate of origin with the shipping documents. A detention can hold a container for weeks, with storage and demurrage building up while the evidence is reviewed.
- Estimate US duties for your HTS code
- Tariff updates that affect Cambodia imports
- Find your HTS code
- ISF filing service
- US customs clearance for importers
- Duty on men’s cotton sweaters from Cambodia (HTS 6110.20.20)
- Duty on light truck tires from Cambodia (HTS 4011.20.10)
- Duty on radial passenger-car tires from Cambodia (HTS 4011.10.10)
FCL and LCL Shipping from Cambodia to the USA
Most Cambodia–USA cargo moves as a full container load (FCL); less-than-container-load (LCL) consolidation is available on request. The choice sets your cost, your door-to-door time and how often your goods are handled between factory and warehouse — and on this lane it also depends on which Cambodian gateway the cargo leaves from.
Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is Cambodia’s only deep-water seaport; it reaches the United States through a transshipment hub, not by a direct transpacific call. In the September 2026 carrier schedules, Sihanoukville sailings relayed at Singapore or at other hubs, including Chinese ports, and Phnom Penh sailings relayed at Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is a river port on the Mekong, roughly 100 km upstream of the Vietnamese border and 300–375 km from the sea, and its containers take one of two routes. By barge, they go down the Mekong to Vietnam’s Cai Mep terminals for the Europe and US mainline services (CMA CGM’s Phnom Penh Express barge links Phnom Penh to Cai Mep), or to Cat Lai for intra-Asia connections. By truck, they cross the Bavet–Moc Bai border gate under a Vietnamese customs transit declaration, sealed at the border, and are discharged at Cat Lai or Cai Mep.
Full container load (FCL)
- Equipment: 20′ standard (about 33 m³ usable), 40′ standard (about 67 m³) and 40′ high cube (about 76 m³). Garments, footwear, travel goods and furniture are light and bulky, so most Cambodian FCL cargo fills a 40′ high cube by volume long before it reaches a weight limit.
- The container is loaded and sealed at your supplier’s factory or a container freight station, travels under one bill of lading through the feeder and mainline legs and arrives intact at your door. No other shipper’s cargo touches it.
- Cut-offs: the booking confirmation lists the document, verified gross mass (VGM) and gate-in cut-offs at Sihanoukville or Phnom Penh. Because the feeder has to meet a fixed mainline departure, a missed cut-off can cost a full week, not a day.
- Ask which gateway and hub your booking uses: a Sihanoukville sailing and a Phnom Penh barge can reach the same mainline vessel, but the transit table above shows a couple of days’ difference between them.
Less than container load (LCL)
- LCL from Cambodia is available on request: your cartons or pallets are consolidated with other shippers’ cargo and deconsolidated at a CFS near the US port before delivery.
- LCL is charged on weight or measure — per cubic meter or per 1,000 kg, whichever is greater — plus CFS handling at origin and destination. Light, bulky garment and décor cartons are almost always charged by volume.
- Ocean transit is the same as FCL on the same service, but consolidation and deconsolidation add days, so door-to-door takes longer than with a container of your own.
- Buyer’s consolidation: if you buy furniture, lamps or garments from several Cambodian suppliers, their goods can be collected at one CFS and loaded into a single container under one bill of lading.
How to choose
- Below roughly 13 m³, LCL is usually cheaper. Between about 13 and 20 m³, ask for both: a 20′ container often costs little more than LCL once CFS charges are added. Above 20 m³, FCL usually wins on cost, handling and transit.
- Time-critical or fragile goods — showroom furniture, lamps, glass-fronted pieces — favor FCL even at small volumes, because the container is sealed at origin and opened at your door.
- Very small shipments — a few cartons of samples or restock — can cost less by air once LCL minimums and CFS charges are counted. The air section above explains chargeable weight.
Door-to-Door Delivery and Inland Routing in the USA
A door-to-door booking puts factory pickup in Cambodia, export clearance, the feeder and mainline ocean legs (or the air leg), the US customs entry and delivery to your warehouse under one quote and one point of contact. Forwarders differ in what their quotes leave out, so agree on the incoterm and the list of included charges before comparing prices.
For inland US destinations there are two ways to route a container. West Coast plus rail — an inland-point intermodal (IPI) move — puts Phnom Penh cargo on the water for 24–34 days to Los Angeles, then on rail under the same ocean bill of lading; the Columbus rail ramp Airlift uses for Midwest deliveries is 36–45 days from Phnom Penh and 38–47 days from Sihanoukville. All-water reaches New York in 38–48 days from Phnom Penh, with a shorter truck leg at the end. Which is cheaper shifts with the season and the rail surcharge, so ask for both when you deliver inland.
Common terms on this lane: FOB (your supplier delivers the goods on board at the Cambodian port or the Vietnamese gateway — check which, because it decides who pays for the barge or truck leg); EXW (you pay from the factory door); and DDP (the supplier quotes a delivered, duty-paid price, so the supplier controls the customs entry and the declared value — a real risk on a lane where the forced-labor duty and origin documents are being checked). Airlift can quote from any of these points.
What the destination leg involves
- Drayage: a truck and chassis move the container from the terminal or rail ramp to your door, and the empty is returned to the depot.
- Free time: terminals and rail ramps allow a few days to collect the container before demurrage starts, and carriers allow a few days to return the empty before detention applies. Both are billed per day, so book your delivery appointment before the vessel arrives.
- Transloading: for retail distribution, furniture or apparel containers can be unloaded at a warehouse near the port and reloaded into domestic trailers — useful for multi-stop deliveries and retailer routing rules.
- Delivery appointments, liftgate service and residential delivery cost extra; mention them when you ask for a quote so they are priced in.
Choosing a Forwarder for Cambodia–USA Freight
Cambodia is a feeder market: no transpacific service calls there, so every container is trucked or barged to a gateway, fed to a hub such as Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam, Singapore or a Chinese port such as Shekou and relayed onto a mainline vessel. Your forwarder has to manage that whole chain, not just book a slot: factory pickup and loading, the export declaration with the General Department of Customs and Excise, feeder and mainline space, the ISF before mainline loading, the US customs entry and duty payment, and drayage from the port or rail ramp to your warehouse.
Airlift USA Inc. has been in business since 1999 and is an FMC-licensed NVOCC (FMC No. 016162) and a C-TPAT certified partner. Airlift’s own office in Phnom Penh handles origin; Airlift’s own offices in New Jersey and Los Angeles run the destination side — customs coordination, drayage, inland rail to Columbus and final delivery — so one team is accountable for the US end.
Because the cargo transships, control of the feeder leg and the hub connection matters more here than on a direct lane. A feeder that misses the mainline vessel adds a week, and the ISF must be filed against the vessel that actually carries the container to the USA. Ask any forwarder how it tracks the connection, and who tells you when it slips.
Shipping company, carrier, forwarder or NVOCC?
- Ocean carriers (shipping lines) own or charter the vessels. On this lane they run the feeder from Sihanoukville or the Vietnamese gateways to the hub, and the transpacific mainline from there — sometimes the same line on both legs, sometimes not. Each sets its own rates and schedules.
- An NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) buys space from those lines, issues its own house bill of lading covering both legs, and is licensed and bonded by the FMC. Airlift USA is an NVOCC, so the rates in its rate search are its own carrier rates, not a referral.
- A freight forwarder arranges everything around the ocean leg: pickup, export clearance, ISF, the US customs entry and delivery. Most importers want a forwarder that is also an NVOCC, so one company answers for both the bill of lading and the service around it.
Before you choose a forwarder, check:
- An FMC license and NVOCC bond, so it can issue its own bills of lading.
- Its own staff in Phnom Penh, and a clear answer on which hub your cargo will be relayed through.
- Buyer’s consolidation, if you buy furniture or garments from several Cambodian suppliers.
- Its ISF filing record: late or inaccurate filings can draw CBP liquidated damages of up to $5,000 per filing.
- US customs handled through licensed brokers, with duty estimates before you book.
- Live tracking and online document access, not emailed status updates.
How to Ship from Cambodia to the USA: Step by Step
- Get a rate: search published Cambodia–USA rates by port pair and container type (availability varies), choose FCL (or ask for LCL), and decide whether delivery is to the port, the Columbus rail ramp or your door. Ask Airlift to quote a recurring program, or an air option alongside if the date is tight.
- Classify the goods: confirm the HTS code and estimate duties — Column 1, the Section 301 forced-labor duty and any Section 232 or antidumping coverage — before the order ships, not after it arrives.
- Confirm the booking and cargo-ready date: Airlift secures feeder and mainline space and sends a booking confirmation with document and gate-in cut-offs.
- Pickup and loading: the container is placed at your factory or a container freight station, loaded, sealed and gated in at Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville. Orders from several suppliers can be consolidated first.
- Export customs in Cambodia: the export declaration (Single Administrative Document) is filed with the General Department of Customs and Excise through ASYCUDA World against the commercial invoice and packing list, with a Ministry of Commerce certificate of origin when the buyer or the documents call for one.
- Feeder to the hub: the container sails from Sihanoukville to Singapore or a Chinese hub such as Shekou, or leaves Phnom Penh by barge or truck for Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam, where it is transferred to the transpacific vessel.
- ISF and bill of lading: Airlift files the ISF at least 24 hours before loading and issues the bill of lading once the vessel sails.
- In transit: track the container by container number or bill of lading across the feeder and mainline legs and, for Columbus, the inland rail leg.
- US customs entry: the entry is filed through Airlift’s licensed broker network, duties are paid under your bond and any CBP exam is handled. Furniture and textiles may draw CPSIA or EPA checks.
- Delivery: drayage from the port or rail ramp to your door, with the empty container returned within free time.
Why Ship Cambodia–USA with Airlift
- Airlift’s own office in Phnom Penh for pickup, loading and export documents
- Sailings from Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville to Los Angeles (24–34 and 35–42 days), Long Beach and New York, and to Columbus by inland rail
- Experience with furniture and textile cargo, including buyer’s consolidation from several suppliers
- ISF filed by Airlift as the NVOCC, and the US entry filed through licensed customs brokers coordinated by Airlift’s Los Angeles and New Jersey offices
- Shipment visibility through Airlift’s digital platform
Check our licenses before you ship
Each license and membership below links to the public register or directory that lists it, so you can verify who you are dealing with before you send cargo details.
- FMC OTI license 016162 — Licensed and bonded NVOCC and ocean freight forwarder, d/b/a Airlift Container Line. Look it up on the FMC OTI list →
- FMCSA property broker, USDOT 2355713 / MC-798584 — US drayage and trucking arranged as a non-asset broker through contracted motor carriers. FMCSA SAFER company snapshot →
- WCA World member since 2019 — Los Angeles head office and New Jersey branch, both with Gold Medallion financial protection. WCA member profile →
- C-TPAT certified — Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. About C-TPAT →
- NCBFAA regular member — National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. NCBFAA →
- IATA CargoLink listed — IATA-accredited air cargo agent, listed in the CargoLink directory. CargoLink listing →
What to include in your quote request
The more of this you send, the more complete the quote, and the easier it is to compare with others.
- Pickup and delivery locations, preferred ports and inland transport requirements.
- Cargo description, package count, gross weight and packed dimensions, or container size and quantity.
- Cargo-ready date, delivery deadline and handling or storage requirements.
- Which services and charges you want quoted, so every quote you compare covers the same scope.
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Frequently asked questions
Ocean freight from Cambodia to the USA takes 22–48 days port to port. Airlift’s P10–P90 ranges from its own shipment history: Phnom Penh to Los Angeles 24–34 days, Long Beach 22–32, New York 38–48 and Columbus by inland rail 36–45; Sihanoukville to Los Angeles 35–42, Long Beach 36–43 and Columbus 38–47. Every sailing transships: Phnom Penh cargo through Vietnam (Cat Lai or Cai Mep), and Sihanoukville cargo at Singapore or Chinese hubs such as Shekou. Air freight takes 4–8 days airport to airport.
Two ports handle Cambodia’s US-bound containers. Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (KHPNH) is a river port near the capital’s garment and furniture factories; its containers go by Mekong barge or by truck to Cai Mep or Cat Lai in Vietnam. Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (KHKOS) is the deep-sea port, and its sailings relay at Singapore or Chinese hubs such as Shekou. Neither has a direct US call. Phnom Penh to Los Angeles takes 24–34 days; Sihanoukville to Los Angeles 35–42 days.
Yes. Airlift USA has its own office in Phnom Penh, on the 18th floor of the Canadia Bank Tower on Monivong Boulevard. It handles the origin side of Cambodia to USA shipments: bookings, factory pickup, container loading and the export documents, for FCL (and LCL on request) through Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville and air freight from Techo International Airport (KTI). Airlift files the ISF, and its Los Angeles and New Jersey offices coordinate the US customs entry, through licensed customs brokers, and delivery.
Airlift ships Cambodian cargo mainly to Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York, and to Columbus by inland rail from the West Coast. Phnom Penh to Los Angeles takes 24–34 days, to Long Beach 22–32 days and to New York 38–48 days; Sihanoukville to Los Angeles takes 35–42 days and to Long Beach 36–43 days (P10–P90, Airlift shipment history). The West Coast is faster; all-water New York suits East Coast warehouses.
Both. From Cambodia to the USA, Airlift ships FCL in 20′, 40′ and 40′ high-cube containers, and LCL is available on request. If you buy furniture, lamps or garments from several Cambodian suppliers, buyer’s consolidation combines them into one container under one bill of lading. Rule of thumb: below roughly 13 cubic meters, LCL usually costs less; above about 20 cubic meters, a full container usually wins.
In Cambodia: a commercial invoice, a packing list and an export declaration filed with Cambodia’s General Department of Customs and Excise, plus a Ministry of Commerce certificate of origin when the buyer or the tariff treatment calls for one; Airlift’s Phnom Penh office handles these export documents. In the US: an ISF (Importer Security Filing) at least 24 hours before loading, and the customs entry with a bond, filed through Airlift’s licensed customs broker network. Furniture and textiles may also face CPSIA or EPA requirements.
The normal HTS (Column 1) rate plus a 10% Section 301 forced-labor duty, with Section 232 or antidumping duties on some products (as of September 2026). There is no preference to claim: the US Generalized System of Preferences expired on December 31, 2020 and has not been renewed. The forced-labor duty took effect on July 24, 2026; Cambodia is in the lower tier, while China and Vietnam pay 12.5%. Section 232 covers products such as car and light-truck tires (25%, as automobile parts) and upholstered wooden furniture (25%), and goods under the Section 232 headings listed in 9903.05.90, and the products listed in U.S. note 52(b) of HTS Chapter 99, are exempt from the forced-labor duty; newer Section 232 programs, such as drones, are not. Mattresses (antidumping) and solar cells (antidumping and countervailing) from Cambodia are also under orders. IEEPA tariffs ended in February 2026 after the Supreme Court ruling. Duties are charged on the value of the goods, not the freight, and change by notice, so check your HTS code in the free tariff simulator when you book and again before the entry is filed.
Start with the rate search: it shows published Cambodia–USA ocean rates by port pair and container type, with no signup needed. Coverage on this lane varies because the feeder leg is priced on top of the mainline. If your port pair isn’t listed, or you have a recurring furniture or garment program or cargo that needs special handling, our team quotes the lane directly.
Yes. Air freight from Cambodia to the USA typically takes 4–8 days airport to airport, depending on the connection. There is no direct freighter service to the United States, so cargo leaves Phnom Penh’s Techo International Airport (KTI), which replaced the old Phnom Penh airport in September 2025, and connects through a regional hub such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei or Bangkok. Door-to-door takes longer once pickup, US customs clearance and final-mile trucking are added.
There is no fixed price: rates change weekly with the port pair, container size, season and carrier, and on this lane the feeder leg is priced on top of the mainline, so Airlift does not publish a price list. Check published Cambodia–USA rates in the rate search (availability varies) or ask for a quote. Budget separately for destination charges — ISF, customs entry, drayage and any detention beyond free time — and for duties, which are assessed on the value of the goods, not the freight.
For most commercial cargo, ocean FCL has the lowest cost per unit. LCL usually wins below roughly 13 cubic meters. Air costs the most but is the only option when the delivery date can’t move. Furniture, lamps and garments are bulky rather than heavy, so one 40′ high cube normally beats two 20′ containers on cost per piece.
No. Whether a Cambodian container transships in Vietnam, at Singapore or at a Chinese hub, the routing is the carrier’s choice and does not change the goods’ country of origin. CBP looks at where the goods were made and how you document it, and origin claims on Southeast Asian lanes now draw closer scrutiny. Keep the Cambodian certificate of origin and the factory records behind it with the shipping documents, and have them ready before the container sails.
One Airlift booking covers factory pickup in Cambodia, export clearance, the barge or truck leg to the gateway where needed, the feeder and mainline ocean legs, the US customs entry and trucking to your warehouse, arranged through contracted carriers. For inland US destinations there are two routes: land on the West Coast and continue by rail under the same bill of lading (Columbus is 36–45 days from Phnom Penh), or sail all-water to New York in 38–48 days and finish by truck. To compare two quotes fairly, ask each for the incoterm and the included charges: drayage, chassis, customs entry, bond and delivery appointment.
Usually at around 13 m³. LCL from Cambodia to the USA is billed per cubic meter plus CFS handling at both ends, so it climbs with every cubic meter, while a container costs the same half full or full. Below 13 m³ LCL wins; between 13 and 20 m³ a 20′ container often costs little more than LCL; above 20 m³ FCL wins on cost and handling. Garments, footwear and furniture are light for their size, so Cambodian shippers hit the crossover by volume, not weight — which is why the 40′ high cube is the workhorse on this lane.
No. Airlift moves commercial freight — cartons and pallets by LCL or air consolidation, and full containers — not individual suitcases, parcels, mail or household goods. Use a courier, postal service or international mover for those. Note that duty-free de minimis treatment ended for all origins on August 29, 2025, so even small commercial shipments now clear customs and pay duty. For a few cartons of samples or stock, ask for an air or LCL quote and compare the landed cost.
Yes. Every commercial entry into the USA is filed under a customs bond that guarantees the duties, taxes and fees. A continuous bond covers all your entries and ISF filings for a year and suits regular importers; a single-transaction bond covers one entry (and, separately, one ISF) and suits a one-off shipment. Airlift’s licensed brokers can arrange either before loading. The ISF itself must be filed at least 24 hours before the container is loaded on the vessel bound for the USA — on this lane, the mainline vessel at the hub.
No. Cambodia has no free-trade agreement with the United States, and the US Generalized System of Preferences expired on December 31, 2020 and has not been renewed. Under GSP, Cambodia was a least-developed beneficiary, and its travel goods — luggage, backpacks, handbags — entered duty-free from July 2016. Until Congress acts, every Cambodian product pays the Column 1 rate plus any additional measures in force. CBP still encourages importers to flag GSP-eligible lines on the entry in case a renewal is made retroactive.
Keep the mill and yarn invoices, supplier declarations, purchase orders and the Ministry of Commerce certificate of origin together for every style. Two regimes apply. The 10% Section 301 forced-labor duty is a flat tariff on Cambodian products and needs nothing beyond the origin declaration. UFLPA is different: CBP presumes that goods made wholly or in part in Xinjiang, or by a listed entity, are made with forced labor, and cotton is a priority sector — so a garment sewn in Cambodia from Xinjiang fabric or yarn can be detained. With that file ready, a detention can be answered from it rather than assembled after the container is held.
China is faster on ocean transit: Airlift’s P10–P90 ranges are 12–22 days Shanghai to Los Angeles and 32–45 days Shanghai to New York, against 24–34 and 38–48 days from Phnom Penh, because every Cambodian container transships, in Vietnam, at Singapore or at a Chinese hub. Door-to-door, add the barge or truck leg from Phnom Penh to the gateway. On duty the gap is smaller than it looks: upholstered wooden furniture pays the 25% Section 232 duty from either origin and is exempt from the forced-labor duty, so the comparison comes down to the Column 1 rate, any antidumping order (wooden bedroom furniture from China is under one) and freight. Rates on both lanes change weekly, so get both quotes on the same day.
In the 28-day carrier schedule snapshot taken September 18, 2026, Phnom Penh sailings to Los Angeles, Long Beach and New York were listed by HMM, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, all relaying at Cai Mep–Vung Tau in Vietnam. Sihanoukville sailings to Los Angeles and Long Beach were listed by ONE, HMM, Hapag-Lloyd and CMA CGM, relaying at Singapore or at other hubs, including Chinese ports. No sailing was direct. Schedules and services change, so Airlift confirms the carrier and hub at booking.