Total Secure Export acts as importer of record in Equatorial Guinea for vendors and contractors who have no local company. Our registered company in Malabo imports your goods in its name, clears them in Malabo or Bata and delivers them to your site. If paying an overseas supplier from Equatorial Guinea is holding up your order, pay us in local currency and we pay the supplier for you.
An importer of record is the company legally responsible for bringing goods into a country. It is named on the customs declaration, pays duties and taxes and makes sure the shipment meets import rules. Many vendors start by looking for an import agent in Equatorial Guinea. What they need is a local company that can take on this role, and ours is already registered in Malabo.
Our Malabo company is named as importer on the customs declaration. Your goods enter Equatorial Guinea legally, and you do not need to set up a local entity.
We prepare the import documents, file the declaration and clear the goods at the port or airport of Malabo or Bata.
We pay import duties and taxes on your behalf and include them in one delivered price, so the shipment arrives DDP Equatorial Guinea.
Once the goods are released, we deliver them to your site, warehouse or office on Bioko or the mainland.
Paying overseas suppliers from Equatorial Guinea is slow because of currency restrictions in the CEMAC region. A transfer to Europe, the US or the Middle East can wait weeks for approval, and the order waits with it.
We handle the supplier payment for you. You pay us in local currency (XAF), we pay your suppliers in USD or EUR wherever they are in the world, then ship the goods, clear them and deliver them to your site. One contract covers the whole chain.
Companies with a supply contract in Equatorial Guinea and no local company to import the goods.
Teams that need equipment and materials cleared and delivered to a project site.
Local buyers who order from suppliers abroad and need the supplier payment made outside the country.
Organisations importing goods for a programme or facility.
Tell us what the goods are, where they ship from, their value and the delivery site. A supplier quote or proforma invoice is enough to start.
We quote per shipment, mainly on volume and weight. Duties and taxes can be included, so you see the full cost to site.
Pay us in local currency (XAF), USD or EUR. Where needed, we pay your supplier directly, wherever they are.
The goods ship by air or sea with full export documents. If you have not chosen a supplier yet, our sourcing services team finds one to your specification.
Our Malabo company imports the goods and clears them at Malabo or Bata.
The released goods are delivered to your site against a signed delivery note.
Clearance typically takes 2 to 3 days for air freight and 7 to 10 days for sea freight after arrival, once the documents are complete. Transit time depends on where the goods ship from, and we give you the full timeline with the quote. Details on documents and delays are on our customs clearance page.
Every shipment is quoted individually. The main factors are volume and weight, then the type of goods, the route and whether duties and taxes are included. You receive one price before anything ships.
We import any goods, subject to the required import permits and licences. Goods we regularly handle include:
If an item needs an import permit or is restricted in Equatorial Guinea, we tell you at the quote stage, before you pay or ship.
Your goods are imported by our registered company in Malabo, with our own team handling the paperwork.
We pay your suppliers abroad, so currency restrictions do not hold up your order.
We clear goods at the ports and airports of Malabo and Bata and deliver on Bioko and the mainland.
Total Secure Export has traded internationally since 2011, supplying projects in Africa and the Middle East.
The importer of record is the company named on the customs declaration as responsible for the import. It makes sure the goods meet local rules, pays duties and taxes and keeps the import documents.
You need a local importer, but it does not have to be your own company. Our registered company in Malabo acts as importer of record in Equatorial Guinea, so you can supply customers there without setting up an entity.
Yes. If you have the goods and only need them imported, we act as importer of record on its own: clearance, duties and delivery to site. If you have not paid the supplier yet, we can pay them for you or source the goods.
Yes. You pay us in local currency (XAF), and we pay your suppliers in USD or EUR wherever they are in the world. Most of our clients in Equatorial Guinea work with us for this reason.
Clearance typically takes 2 to 3 days for air freight and 7 to 10 days for sea freight after arrival, once the documents are complete. Shipping time from origin comes on top and is confirmed in the quote.
Yes. We pay duties and taxes locally and quote one delivered price to your site, so the goods arrive Delivered Duty Paid.
Our own importing company is in Equatorial Guinea. For DDP delivery to other countries in Africa, we arrange import and delivery with local partners, as we did in Kenya. Terms are agreed per project.
We work from offices in the UAE and in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, and import goods for projects across the country.
Send us the goods list, the supplier details and the delivery site. We come back with a delivered price, the route and the payment options.