How Kimlan started

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This is a short, independent history of Kimlan. It is not a catalog, and Taiwan Buying Agent does not speak for the brand.

Kimlan started on 8 May 1936, when Han Chung and local partners formed a soy sauce business so Taiwanese owners could brew it in that era of foreign-run food plants. The firm later took the Kimlan name, moved production to Daxi in Taoyuan, and became one of the main soy sauce makers in Taiwan. Glass bottles are heavy and they can leak. This history does not ship a bottle. Send the size you want, accept the liquid risk, and approve the USD total first.

How an order moves

Send one link per item when you can. Add color, size, and plug type in order comments. Reference prices go on the form in TWD. We answer on the order page in USD, including the service fee. First payment covers the goods and that fee. Second payment is international shipping after we weigh the packed parcel. You can ask us to hold a box at the warehouse while you add another Taiwan seller.

Service fee and the two payments

The service fee is published on pricing. We apply it when we write your order page. You see item totals and the service fee in USD before the first payment. International shipping is not guessed on this page. After the goods are at our warehouse, we weigh them and write a second USD total. Estimates, not final bills, sit on the shipping calculator. Enter the price you saw in TWD. We convert the working total to USD.

Combine sellers, then ship once

A laptop from one Taipei shop and tea from another do not need two international labels. Ask us to hold pieces at the warehouse. We combine them when the products and the paperwork allow it. Glass soy sauce and a full bicycle may still need their own cartons. Service fee rules stay on pricing. Rough weight bands are on the shipping calculator. Final shipping is the weighed parcel, written in USD. The shelf figure you saw was in TWD.

Details that save a rejected order

Tell us if the item is a gift, if it must stay sealed, or if Traditional Chinese packaging is a problem. We can photograph a label before export when you ask in order comments. Taiwan appliances are often 110V with Type A or Type B plugs, close to a US wall and wrong for many 220V homes. Summer humidity is hard on pineapple cakes and some creams. Mention heat if the goods will sit before the second payment. We buy only the item you approved, matched to the listing that day.

From the workshop story to a real purchase

History explains why shoppers look for Kimlan in Taiwan. It does not reserve stock. When you want a current piece, send the Taiwan product link or a boutique note. We check domestic availability, write USD item lines and the service fee, and ship after you approve both payment stages. See pricing and the shipping calculator. The form still takes the shelf figure in TWD.

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