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Guatemala is the one destination in Latin America where a buyer chooses between two coasts, and RB Advertising supplies the sorted, pressed bales and the container load behind either choice. This brief sets the two coast options side by side, so you can route a used clothing container to the Pacific or the Caribbean with the lane terms already in view.
The principal Pacific coast container gateway.
Import licensing, any quota treatment, and duty at destination sit with you and your customs broker.
The Caribbean coast gateway.
Import licensing, any quota treatment, and duty at destination sit with you and your customs broker.
Puerto Quetzal is the principal Pacific coast container gateway. Santo Tomás de Castilla is on the Caribbean coast. Options on two coasts mean two ocean options for routing a used clothing container, and the coast you nominate shapes the routing your customs broker arranges with the carrier.
This is why Guatemala reads differently from every other Latin American destination we quote. A buyer working a single coast lane sets the port and moves on. A buyer working Guatemala makes a routing decision first, then a port decision, and both land inside the same quotation. For used clothing bales CIF Puerto Quetzal, the Pacific leg is the one named in the terms sheet, and for the Caribbean option the same terms sheet names Santo Tomás de Castilla instead.
A Guatemala used clothing container carries the same goods on either coast: sorted and pressed bales, the grade or grade mix you set, and the bale packing and container size you choose. What changes is the ocean leg, and with it the conversation your broker has with the carrier. Our desk keeps the routing decision and the admissibility check together, so the coast is confirmed in writing before a booking is accepted rather than after the container is on the water.
One brief, two coasts. Tell us the coast and the port, the grade or grade mix, the bale packing, and the container size, and the quotation is built around that lane. Buyers who also search in Spanish sometimes send the same brief written as pacas de ropa usada Guatemala, and it arrives at the same desk.
Both coasts, side by side, on one ledger, so a buyer can compare the two gateways without crowding the quotation. The line items below are the same on either lane: what changes is the coast you nominate.
The goods do not change with the coast. RB Advertising sorts and supplies used clothing bales and ships export containers today, and the same grade range and bale packings travel to either gateway.
Credential clothing ships sorted and unsorted, and the exact grade mix and packing are fixed at quotation. The full breakdown of every grade sits on the grading and sorting guide, so this page does not repeat it.
Every Guatemala quotation is prepared per booking, in either CIF or FOB form. The two cards below set out what each term covers, so the coast decision and the term decision can be made on the same read.
Containers: 20ft and 40ft. The container size, the grade or grade mix, and the bale packing are fixed at quotation, and the export document set is prepared against that booking.
The export document set is prepared on our side and handed to you and your broker, so destination steps can be started before the vessel berths. Everything that touches the destination authority stays on your side of the trade.
Read this before comparing two quotations, because it explains why the lane is confirmed first.
Used clothing trade is regulated unevenly across Latin America. Some destinations license it, some set quotas, and some restrict it. Where a Guatemala lane sits is a question for your destination authority, not for a supplier.
We confirm the lane conditions in writing before a booking is accepted. Import licensing, any quota treatment, and duties at destination sit with you and your customs broker. No quotation from our desk claims that clearance will be granted, because that decision belongs to your destination authority.
The coast, term, and document questions our export desk fields most often on Guatemalan lanes.
Guatemala has options on two coasts. Puerto Quetzal is the principal Pacific coast container gateway, and Santo Tomás de Castilla is on the Caribbean coast. You nominate the coast and the port, and our desk confirms the lane for your grade, bale packing, and container size.
A CIF quotation covers the goods, ocean freight, and marine insurance to the Guatemalan port you name. The freight and insurance figures are quoted per booking, because they move with the lane and the 20ft or 40ft container you choose.
An FOB quotation covers the goods and the handover of the loaded container at the Philippine loading port confirmed for your booking. Ocean freight, marine insurance, and destination charges sit with you.
Destination clearance sits with you and your customs broker. Import licensing, any quota treatment, duty, and the release of the container are handled by your side and your broker, not by our export desk.
Our document desk prepares the export set for your booking and destination, then issues it against the bale count and net weight recorded when the container left the loading bay. We confirm the lane conditions in writing before a booking is accepted.
No. Used clothing trade is regulated unevenly across Latin America. We confirm the lane conditions in writing before a booking is accepted, and no quotation from us claims that clearance will be granted, because that decision belongs to the destination authority.
The parent relay for Latin American gateways, plus the freight, grading, and country guides buyers on these lanes ask for most.
The parent hub covering every destination port our desk quotes.
Cream, Grade A, Grade B, tropical mix, summer mix, and credential stock explained.
Grades, packings, and container supply into the wider region.
20ft and 40ft loads, packing choices, and what a booking covers.
The neighbouring Central American gateway on the Caribbean side.
The free zone lane on the South American Pacific coast.
Country level guide covering logistics, paperwork, and clearance context.
How FCL freight works out of the Philippines for exporters and buyers.
Terminal context for containers loaded from the Davao region.
How unsold and residual textile stock is handled downstream.
Send the coast and port, the grade or grade mix, the bale packing, and the container size. Our export desk returns a written quotation with the lane terms and the export document set for that booking, and confirms the admissibility posture before anything is committed.
