Exporting goods to Nepal requires international shipping. There are many companies that can do this and they all vary in price. Depending on the amount you want to ship and the weight, the cost will vary. That being said, shipping 30 homebrew fermentation unit’s verses shipping 5 will alter the sale price of a single unit once it is in Nepal.
The shipping and transportation of this product gets slightly complicated. Firstly, the clear tube hose from Ontario Beer Kegs needs to be shipped to Brampton where ULINE is. Someone will need to package the glass jug and clear tube hose in one shipping box to be sent from Brampton to Kathmandu, Nepal. That part gets complicated as you need to pay someone to organize and package the two items together after receiving them both from each distributor.
Starting with the cost of shipping the clear tube hose to Brampton, Purolator will ship a box of approximately 5lbs with 72” of clear tube hose for $31.49 (Purolator, 2016). Once the clear hose tube has arrived at ULINE in Brampton, a designated worker will need to cut the hose into 6 even 12” pieces and package with 6 glass jugs in one box. It is unknown how to figure the cost of employing someone to organize and prepare the package, but a small charge of $15 a package is an educated estimate. From here, the package will be shipped to the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. For a box containing 6 glass jugs and 6 pieces of clear hose tube, a box of approximately 18lbs will cost $550.94 (Purolator, 2016). This is a high price to pay for shipping that will have a major effect on the price of a single homebrew fermentation unit.
The biggest issue in exporting this product is getting it to the Nepalese that live in the mountain and hill regions. Getting it to Kathmandu is easy, but shipping it to those that are only accessible by mules or limited roads is extremely hard and cannot be accurately described or priced out. Based on the information gathered, a rough estimate $100 Canadian is assessed to the transportation required for this product to reach those that live in the mountain and hill regions (Dhakal, 2003).
This product has no special requirements for storage or refrigeration making it easy to ship without concern. Packages require a FRAGILE label as glass is being shipped. This should not be an issue as the boxes that ULINE ships them in come with cardboard dividers to prevent the glass from breaking (ULINE, 2016).
Total costs for shipping 6 homebrew fermentation vessels are outlined below:
Item/Shipping
Price (Canadian dollar)
Cost of 72” clear tube hose
$6.71
Cost to ship hose to Brampton
$31.49
Cost of 6, 1 gallon glass jugs
$33.90
Cost to package clear tube hose and glass jugs together
$15 estimate per package of 6
Cost to ship 6 homebrew fermentation units together to Kathmandu, Nepal from Brampton, Ontario
$550.94
Further distribution by road or mule
$100 estimate
Total
$738.04 or $123/individual homebrew fermentation unit. OR in the Nepalese rupee 10,083.46 per unit
Benefits to Nepal
The benefits to those who purchase the product are as follows. The oppurtunity for personal alcohol production using fruits that are already grown either on the farm, at the orchard, or on a single household tree. This benefit is huge for the producer as purchasing alcohol isnt always easy when you live in the mountain or hill regions. Another benefit to those who operate an orchard or smaller scale fruit production, is the oppurtunity to start a small scale fermentation operation where they can sell their alcohol. This oppurtunity requires some basic experience of the fermentation process and also more homebrew fermentation units. A benefit of the process itself is that it does not require much work to complete the fermentation considering the wild yeast do all of the work.
Overall Product Evaluation
Selling a homebrew fermentation unit to Nepalse people would go over quite well considering the optimal parameters of those that live in the mountain and hill regions. The mass amount of fruit prodution and the simplicity of the fermentation process compliment each other and would work quite well for the Nepalese. Considering their alcohol situation, introducing a new beverage could help the overall industry and spark the juice fermentation sector. With an affordable price point for the unit itself, the product is cost effective and could go over quite well with the Nepalese. However, the cost of shipping and handling negatively impacts the success of this export. The cost of shipping the product makes it unafforadable to the Nepalese. With a reduced shipping price, this product could do quite well, but with high shipping costs, this product will fail to sell in Nepal.
Future Studies
Further interest in this export oppurtunity would require more in depth research regarding cost effective shipping. Finding a company that can ship the product while keeping it at a reasonale selling point would make this product sell in Nepal. Further research could also look into maufacturers of glass jugs and clear hose tubing in China, India or nearby countries. This would reduce the large shipping price making the selling point reasonable.
The shipping and transportation of this product gets slightly complicated. Firstly, the clear tube hose from Ontario Beer Kegs needs to be shipped to Brampton where ULINE is. Someone will need to package the glass jug and clear tube hose in one shipping box to be sent from Brampton to Kathmandu, Nepal. That part gets complicated as you need to pay someone to organize and package the two items together after receiving them both from each distributor.
Starting with the cost of shipping the clear tube hose to Brampton, Purolator will ship a box of approximately 5lbs with 72” of clear tube hose for $31.49 (Purolator, 2016). Once the clear hose tube has arrived at ULINE in Brampton, a designated worker will need to cut the hose into 6 even 12” pieces and package with 6 glass jugs in one box. It is unknown how to figure the cost of employing someone to organize and prepare the package, but a small charge of $15 a package is an educated estimate. From here, the package will be shipped to the city of Kathmandu, Nepal. For a box containing 6 glass jugs and 6 pieces of clear hose tube, a box of approximately 18lbs will cost $550.94 (Purolator, 2016). This is a high price to pay for shipping that will have a major effect on the price of a single homebrew fermentation unit.
The biggest issue in exporting this product is getting it to the Nepalese that live in the mountain and hill regions. Getting it to Kathmandu is easy, but shipping it to those that are only accessible by mules or limited roads is extremely hard and cannot be accurately described or priced out. Based on the information gathered, a rough estimate $100 Canadian is assessed to the transportation required for this product to reach those that live in the mountain and hill regions (Dhakal, 2003).
This product has no special requirements for storage or refrigeration making it easy to ship without concern. Packages require a FRAGILE label as glass is being shipped. This should not be an issue as the boxes that ULINE ships them in come with cardboard dividers to prevent the glass from breaking (ULINE, 2016).
Total costs for shipping 6 homebrew fermentation vessels are outlined below:
Item/Shipping
Price (Canadian dollar)
Cost of 72” clear tube hose
$6.71
Cost to ship hose to Brampton
$31.49
Cost of 6, 1 gallon glass jugs
$33.90
Cost to package clear tube hose and glass jugs together
$15 estimate per package of 6
Cost to ship 6 homebrew fermentation units together to Kathmandu, Nepal from Brampton, Ontario
$550.94
Further distribution by road or mule
$100 estimate
Total
$738.04 or $123/individual homebrew fermentation unit. OR in the Nepalese rupee 10,083.46 per unit
Benefits to Nepal
The benefits to those who purchase the product are as follows. The oppurtunity for personal alcohol production using fruits that are already grown either on the farm, at the orchard, or on a single household tree. This benefit is huge for the producer as purchasing alcohol isnt always easy when you live in the mountain or hill regions. Another benefit to those who operate an orchard or smaller scale fruit production, is the oppurtunity to start a small scale fermentation operation where they can sell their alcohol. This oppurtunity requires some basic experience of the fermentation process and also more homebrew fermentation units. A benefit of the process itself is that it does not require much work to complete the fermentation considering the wild yeast do all of the work.
Overall Product Evaluation
Selling a homebrew fermentation unit to Nepalse people would go over quite well considering the optimal parameters of those that live in the mountain and hill regions. The mass amount of fruit prodution and the simplicity of the fermentation process compliment each other and would work quite well for the Nepalese. Considering their alcohol situation, introducing a new beverage could help the overall industry and spark the juice fermentation sector. With an affordable price point for the unit itself, the product is cost effective and could go over quite well with the Nepalese. However, the cost of shipping and handling negatively impacts the success of this export. The cost of shipping the product makes it unafforadable to the Nepalese. With a reduced shipping price, this product could do quite well, but with high shipping costs, this product will fail to sell in Nepal.
Future Studies
Further interest in this export oppurtunity would require more in depth research regarding cost effective shipping. Finding a company that can ship the product while keeping it at a reasonale selling point would make this product sell in Nepal. Further research could also look into maufacturers of glass jugs and clear hose tubing in China, India or nearby countries. This would reduce the large shipping price making the selling point reasonable.