International courier from Kota to Philippines. Free home pickup.
Pickup from your Kota door — Talwandi, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Vigyan Nagar — packed and documented, into the DTDC International network via the Jaipur air feeder. 8–11 working days door-to-door for express; from ₹1,100 per kilogram before fuel surcharge and GST.
Five steps from your Kota door to a Filipino address.
Pickup, Kota.
Free at 5 kg+ across Talwandi, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar, Vigyan Nagar and the rest of Kota. We bring tape, bubble wrap and the international airway bill.
Pack & document.
Commercial invoice, KYC, content declaration. Done at our office before handover.
Jaipur feeder + DTDC handover.
Same-evening Jaipur feeder; into the DTDC International facility at Mumbai or Delhi. Air movement to MNL Manila-Ninoy Aquino, CEB Cebu or DVO Davao via Singapore or Hong Kong.
Filipino customs.
Bureau of Customs (BOC) clears the parcel at Manila. More permissive than ASEAN strict-states but still requires recipient TIN or SSS, KYC, and a clean commercial invoice.
Doorstep delivery.
Last-mile in Manila, Cebu, Davao, or wherever. POD on WhatsApp the same day.
Starting rates. Real pricing depends on weight.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the international fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
Starting per-kg rates
- Express (8–11 days, door)from ₹1,100 / kg
- Economy (11–16 days, door)from ₹850 / kg
- Min billable weight0.5 kg
- Pickup from KotaFree at 5 kg+
Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Worked example
A 2 kg parcel — say a Kota-coaching-alumni care kit and a Greenhills wholesale bundle of dupattas:
- Express, 2 kg × ₹1,100≈ ₹2,200
- + fuel surcharge (~25%)≈ ₹550
- + GST 18%≈ ₹495
- Approx total, express≈ ₹3,650
Indicative only. Fuel surcharge and rate cards change.
What you’ll need at pickup.
Customs paperwork is the most common reason an international parcel stalls. We’ll walk you through it before pickup so it doesn’t.
KYC of the sender
One photo ID for the person whose name is on the AWB — Aadhaar, passport or driving licence. We photograph it at pickup; not stored beyond DTDC’s record.
Commercial invoice + TIN
Printed invoice with item, quantity and value. The Bureau of Customs prefers the recipient’s TIN (Tax Identification Number) or SSS (Social Security) number on the AWB. Without one, low-value parcels usually still clear — but B2B and higher-value shipments slow.
Prescription (medicines)
Sealed strips, doctor’s prescription with registration, recipient TIN. FDA Philippines screens the format. No injectables, no controlled substances.
What the Philippines doesn’t let in.
Bureau of Customs (BOC) is more permissive than the strict ASEAN states, but it still has a published prohibited list. Below is what won’t make it through and what does, so you can pack honestly.
Don’t even try
- Pornography and obscene material — banned outright.
- Drugs of any kind — death penalty no longer applies but trafficking sentences are severe; possession is criminal.
- Firearms, ammunition, certain weapons and edged products — refused.
- Religious-extremist or anti-state material — refused.
- Copyright-infringing media and counterfeit goods — fake-branded clothing, watches, software.
- E-cigarettes (some provinces), aerosols — restricted.
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh — restricted on air leg.
Allowed with care
- Textiles, sarees, block-print fabric — declare item, quantity and a fair value.
- Books and printed material — straightforward; declare title and value.
- Sealed dry sweets — factory-sealed, declare on invoice.
- Tablets with prescription — sealed strip, doctor’s prescription, recipient TIN.
- Non-precious jewellery, small electronics — declare make and value.
- Christian iconography & papier-mâché — Philippines is Catholic-majority and Christian decorative items are welcomed inbound. Declare clearly.
Coaching-alumni care, Greenhills wholesale, fusion-wedding outfits.
Kota-coaching-alumni care kits
Allen, Resonance and Bansal alumni now scattered across the Manila small-but-growing Sikh-Punjabi-Marwari community in Makati and BGC get care kits, books, sealed dry snacks and festival clothing from their parents in Talwandi, Rajeev Gandhi Nagar and Vigyan Nagar. The Filipino-Indian business diaspora in BGC is small but well-organised.
Greenhills & Quiapo Marwari B2B
Greenhills Mall (San Juan) and the Quiapo wholesale district have a long-standing Indian merchant presence. Marwari traders source sarees, dupattas, dohars and small handicrafts from Rajasthan; Marwari business documents from Kota families travel this lane regularly. Commercial invoice + KYC + recipient TIN keeps these moving.
Fusion-wedding outfits
Filipino-Indian weddings — often Filipino-Christian + Indian-Hindu fusion ceremonies — are increasingly common in Manila. Sarees, lehengas for the Indian side, plus mixed-tradition decor. Sent ahead of dates, express.
Diwali parcels (non-food + sealed sweets)
Diyas, decorations, pooja items, factory-sealed dry sweets. Send 2 weeks ahead.
Returning-traveller baggage
Filipino tourists who shopped too much in Kota or Rajasthan more broadly — picked up from the hotel, packed, shipped before they fly home.
Student care kits
Small Indian-student presence at UP Diliman, Ateneo and De La Salle. Books, sealed snacks, festival clothing.
Christian-iconography decor
Philippines is Catholic-majority — Christian iconography Indian-craft pieces (carved boxes, embroidered altar cloths, papier-mâché Nativity sets) are a real B2B market into Manila and Cebu.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC International, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Asked most often.
How fast does express actually land in Manila from Kota?
8–11 working days door-to-door is what we quote, and it’s the longest of the major Southeast Asia lanes for Indian outbound. Two reasons: connection geography (most flights route Mumbai/Delhi → Singapore or Hong Kong → Manila, with one or two intermediary stops, plus Manila customs is slower than Singapore or Bangkok); and the Kota-Jaipur feeder leg adds about half a day vs Udaipur direct. Cebu and Davao add 1–2 days for last-mile. We don’t pad the estimate — anyone quoting 4–5 days into the Philippines is not telling you what their network looks like.
I’m a Kota Marwari supplying Greenhills/Quiapo — what’s the routine?
Standard B2B lane. We need a printed commercial invoice (item, HSN, quantity, unit value), your buyer’s shop name, Manila phone number, and TIN, plus your KYC. Pickup from your Kota address, Jaipur feeder same evening, into Mumbai or Delhi DTDC International. Express runs 8–11 days into Manila. Bureau of Customs clears clean documents quickly; the parcels that get held are usually missing the recipient’s TIN or have under-declared value.
Filipino-Indian wedding shipments — what works?
Filipino-Christian + Indian-Hindu fusion weddings are common in the Manila Indian-diaspora, especially the second-generation Punjabi and Sindhi families. What ships well: sarees, lehengas, sherwanis and dupattas for the Indian-tradition portion of the ceremony; non-figurative decor and floral arrangements; sealed dry sweets for sweet-distribution rituals. What doesn’t ship: anything liquid, perishable, or explicitly Hindu-figurative if the host family has flagged it as sensitive. Send 2–3 weeks ahead of the wedding date — express, with values declared honestly.
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