BALIKBAYAN BOX

Balikbayan boxes

“Balik” means “to return” and “bayan” means “town” in Tagalog. The term “balikbayan box” was coined back in 1988 by the Philippine President at that time, Ferdinand Marcos.

The word “balikbayan” was suggested, and at that time. The Philippine president encouraged Filipino Americans to visit their hometowns in the Philippines.

Those individuals who had to do so were known as “balikbayan”. They would bring gifts and home items to their loved ones in the Philippines.

And the boxes they use, to bring gifts, were named balikbayan boxes and the government waived the custom fee of two boxes per individual.

Now, balikbayan boxes have become famous and are used for sending gifts and household items to the Philippines.

UMAC BALIKBAYAN BOXES

They offer their services to ship balikbayan boxes to the Philippines. These boxes shipping rates are also affordable and their service is more reliable than other freight forwarding companies.

UMAC Cargo company has many branches throughout the world providing excellent facilities to their customer for shipping balikbayan boxes.

They also have a pickup-from-home service, which saves our customers precious time. Upon pickup, UMAC provides a tracking number; just save that number, which will help you track your shipment location.

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UMAC BALIKBAYAN BOX SIZES AND PRICES

UMAC provides different sizes of balikbayan boxes, which are categorized as small, XL, jumbo, and large. Medium and “bulilit” sizes, as well as regular and half-box promo boxes, are also included.

Umac jumbo balikbayan box
Jumbo box
  • Reglar box: 23 x 20 x17 inches
  • Jumbo box: 22 x 22 x43 inches
  • Bulilit box: 22 x 17 x12 inches
  • Large box: 22 x 22 x 24 inches
  • Half box: 18.5 x 18.5 x 16 inches
  • Promo box: 15.25 x 15. 25 x 16 inches

These are the common sizes of the boxes however, they may be changed in different countries.

The price of the boxes varies from size to size and also from country to country. However, the most common prices of the balikbayan boxes are $10 for regular boxes and $5 for baby boxes, etc.

However, you can purchase balikbayan boxes at the latest prices from your nearby market or stores.

FAQs

The prices of umac balikbayan boxes in umac varies from size to size and from country to country However the Most common price for the regular box is 10$ for the Baby box is 5$.

You can track your umac balikbayan box by just entering your box number in the tracking tool.

It depends on the dimensions of the box that how much weight a box can carry. A box with 54 x 41 x 37 dimensions can carry around 40kg.

Yes, the balikbayan box will be tax or duty-free when you are a qualified Filipino and the value of the item that you are sending throughout the year should be less than 150,000 php according to the Bureau of custom philippine.

Normally, it takes about 5 to 6 weeks to deliver a balikbayan box from abroad to the philippine at your doorstep.

CONCLUSION

Balikbayan boxes are boxes used by Filipinos abroad to send gifts and household items to their loved ones in the Philippines.

UMAC Cargo Philippines offers affordable shipping services for balikbayan boxes. The boxes will be tax-free if the value of the items being sent is less than 150,000 PHP.

And the delivery time is approximately 5-6 weeks. Customers can track their shipments by using a tracking number provided by the company.