D'Excel International Forwarder Inc
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- freight_forwarder
- Status
- outreach_sent
- Stage
- intro
- jhreyes@d-excel.com.ph
- Country
- Philippines
- Website
- https://www.d-excel.com.ph
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HOOK 1 — RICE IMPORT POLICY WHIPSAW (Q1 2026 TIMING): The Philippine government's stop-go rice import policy (front-loaded arrivals in Jan 2026, hard stop Feb–Apr 2026) is creating irregular cargo volumes that forwarders like D'Excel must navigate in real time. Tridge monitors Philippine rice import flows, Vietnam/Thailand supply conditions, and PSA trade data — intelligence that could help D'Excel anticipate volume spikes before they hit port, and advise clients on booking windows. This is a live, recognizable pain point that D'Excel's ops team is dealing with right now. HOOK 2 — PHILIPPINES AS ASEAN CHAIR + RCEP TARIFF PHASE-DOWNS: The Philippines holds the ASEAN chairmanship in 2026, and RCEP tariff reductions on food commodities are mid-implementation — meaning D'Excel's exporter clients (tuna, coconut, pineapple) face a shifting tariff landscape across ASEAN+6 markets, and importer clients are recalibrating sourcing origins to capture savings. Tridge's trade data platform maps these tariff-driven trade flow shifts in real time, giving D'Excel a data edge to share with clients — a compelling angle for a forwarder looking to deepen its advisory role amid a busy ASEAN policy calendar.
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Rice import halt Feb–Apr 2026 — how are your agri shippers filling the gap?
Hi,
The Philippine government's rice import suspension running through April has left a lot of forwarders managing near-empty booking calendars on lanes that were packed just two months ago.
We work with freight forwarders across Southeast Asia whose agri shipper clients are actively looking for new trade opportunities — alternative commodities, new export markets, new sourcing origins. When those clients find new counterparties and start moving cargo, the freight typically stays with their existing forwarder.
Do any of your current agri clients have cargo sitting idle right now, or are they already looking at other lanes to compensate?
Best regards,
Kyungil Choi
Senior Account Executive
Tridge
kyungil.choi@tridge.com
Rice import suspension — how are your agri shippers handling the booking gap?
Hi,
The Philippine government's rice import stop-go this quarter — heavy front-loading in January, then a hard suspension through April — has created a booking vacuum that most forwarders handling cereal cargo are managing in real time right now.
I work with Tridge, and we partner with freight forwarders in the Philippines whose agricultural shipper clients need better visibility into when and where demand is actually moving — so the forwarder can stay ahead of the next volume shift rather than react to it.
When your rice or cereal import clients hit a quiet window like this, are they already finding alternative cargo or new trade lanes — or does the volume simply drop until policy opens again?
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Kyungil Choi
Senior Account Executive, Tridge
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When Philippine rice imports halt, do your clients find other cargo — or just wait?
The Philippine government's rice import suspension (Feb–Apr 2026) has left a real gap in cargo bookings for forwarders handling cereal and grain lanes — a pattern that's likely familiar if any of your clients are in that space.
The forwarders navigating this well aren't just absorbing the slowdown. They're helping their clients find new trade before the booking gap hits — which means when volume resumes, they're already positioned to move it.
That's where we work with forwarders like D'Excel. We help your agricultural shipper clients find counterparties — new buyers for exporters, alternative suppliers for importers. When they trade more, the freight stays with you. We also pay referral commissions when a client you introduce subscribes to our service.
Do any of your current clients trade agricultural commodities — rice, cereals, coconut products, seafood — and are looking to open new trade lanes or diversify sourcing origins?
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Kyungil Choi
Senior Account Executive, Tridge
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