Should I order an individual wooden crate for each piece, or one big crate?

Individual crates suit high-value or oddly shaped pieces — a stone Buddha, a marble console, a framed mirror — each inspectable on its own. Lower-value items often share a consolidation crate to save volume; the desk recommends a mix from your photos.

Can marble tops, stone statues and mirrors really survive crated sea freight from Bali?

Yes, when crated properly: marble and stone on foam-cushioned bases with edge protection, mirrors corner-blocked, foam-floated and cross-braced. No packing is risk-free, so [marine insurance](/bali-furniture-shipping-insurance/) is quoted per shipment.

What does an ISPM-15 stamped export crate cost in Bali?

Outer dimensions set your chargeable CBM within the door-to-door band: USD 350–450 per CBM to Australia, USD 400–550 to the USA and EU (2026). LCL starts at 1 CBM.

Will I get photos of my furniture before the crate is sealed?

Yes: dated photos before wrapping, mid-pack and once closed, plus the ISPM-15 mark. They are your condition record for any claim, and proof the right items went into the right crate.

Crating & Compliance · Custom ISPM-15 crates

Bali Furniture Wooden Crate Export, Made to Measure

You found the piece in a Seminyak showroom. A bespoke wooden crate is what safely closes the 15,000 km of ocean between it and your living room.

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Weathered wooden crates with stencilled lettering, stacked tightly

Quick answer

Wooden crate export means building a custom, ISPM-15-stamped crate around each large or fragile piece, then consolidating it for sea freight. Crated volume sets your chargeable CBM: USD 350–450 per CBM to Australia, USD 400–550 to the USA and EU, as of 2026.

Build standard

What goes into an export crate

Legal wood, and contents that cannot move.

Timber: Debarked, heat-treated to a 56°C core for 30 minutes
Frame: Braced and cross-braced around one item or a tight group
Lining: Corner blocks, foam floats and moisture barriers
Marking: IPPC mark on two opposing faces, fragile and this-way-up
Pricing: Outer dimensions set the chargeable CBM
Minimum: None — LCL starts from 1 CBM

Craftsman pencil-marking a timber board to size a custom crate

Ornate hand-carved Balinese wooden door, the kind of piece that travels in its own crate

When you need one

What a wooden export crate is

A rigid, made-to-measure timber box around one item or a braced group. Blanket-wrap suits soft-edged cabinets; a crate is the honest answer when a piece is heavy, brittle, irregular or irreplaceable.

Stone, marble, terrazzo and cast-concrete statues or tabletops
Antique and framed mirrors, glass tops, chandeliers and lighting
Carved teak doors, temple panels and high-relief headboards
Anything with protruding legs, thin edges or a fragile finish

Pickups run from Ubud, Seminyak, Canggu and Kerobokan showrooms to a Denpasar-area warehouse, in a recognised crating locality, then to port.

Booking

From photo to sealed crate

Send the piece

Photos, rough dimensions and showroom location by WhatsApp; enough to size the crate.
Quote in 24h

Crate build, chargeable CBM, freight and transit in one written figure.
Pickup

Collected from Ubud, Seminyak, Canggu or Kerobokan and moved to the Denpasar-area warehouse.
Crate & photograph

Padded, braced and boxed in ISPM-15 timber, photographed before, during and after.
Sail & deliver

LCL or container, cleared by licensed partners, door to door.

Built for the sea

Legal wood, contents that never shift

Under the IPPC/FAO ISPM-15 standard, solid-wood packaging over 6 mm must be debarked, heat-treated to a 56°C core for at least 30 continuous minutes or methyl-bromide fumigated, then marked on two opposing faces. Australia’s DAFF applies it to crating, cases, pallets, dunnage, packing blocks and skids.

Inside, corner blocks, foam floats, moisture barriers and cross-bracing keep a marble slab or mirror from shifting, and fragile markings tell every handler how to lift it.

Crate types

Which crate suits which piece

Crate type	Typical Bali pieces	Build standard	How it’s priced
Full ISPM-15 export crate	Stone/marble statues, carved doors, chandeliers	Debarked, heat-treated timber, braced frame, foam-lined, marked on two faces	Outer dimensions → chargeable CBM
Cushioned mirror/glass crate	Antique mirrors, glass tops, framed art	Corner blocks, foam float, cross-bracing, fragile marking	Outer dimensions → chargeable CBM
Palletised + boxed	Cabinets, sideboards, bed frames	ISPM-15 pallet, blanket-wrap, edge guards, shrink	By volume in the consolidated load
Shared consolidation crate	Small decor, lamps, textiles	Grouped, padded, inventoried	Split by each item’s CBM share

Forklift moving freight in front of stacked shipping containers

Cost & timing

Priced by outer dimensions

The crate’s outer dimensions set the chargeable CBM, so crating folds into one door-to-door band, not a mystery line item. A multi-piece load is its CBM count times the band.

A single crated statue often measures under 1 CBM but is charged at the 1 CBM LCL minimum.

LCL shipping

Rate ledger · 2026

Crated freight by route

Route	LCL door-to-door	Full container	Sea transit
Bali → Australia	USD 350–450 per CBM	Quoted per route	4–8 weeks
Bali → USA	USD 400–550 per CBM	20ft ~USD 2,500–4,500 · 40ft ~USD 4,000–7,000	6–12 weeks
Bali → EU	USD 400–550 per CBM	Quoted per route	6–12 weeks

Indicative as of 2026 and subject to change; container prices are the Indonesia–USA reference. The trade desk confirms your figure within 24 business hours.

At the other end

Customs and timber rules

Since the US de minimis exemption for Indonesia was suspended in August 2025, every commercial shipment to the USA incurs duties and customs processing. Wood furniture falls under Lacey Act phase VII (from 1 December 2024) and TSCA Title VI, typically with CBP entry, an ISF and a Lacey Act declaration.

The EU applies ISPM-15 to wood packaging from non-EU countries and is tightening timber-legality controls; Indonesian teak commonly relies on SVLK or FSC documentation.

Bali Furniture Shipping is an independent shipping concierge, not a carrier or licensed customs broker. Freight, crating and clearance are arranged via vetted licensed forwarders.

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