Malta → the Philippines
Buy from Maltese stores and ship to the Philippines
Maltese retailers that will not deliver to the Philippines will deliver to Cyprus. Take a free Limassol address with your own suite number, use it at checkout, and we forward the parcel on — consolidated, repacked if it helps, with the customs paperwork done properly.
This route at a glance
- Route
- Malta → Cyprus → the Philippines
- To our warehouse
- 3–7 days
- Postal zone
- Zone 2
- By post (estimate)
- 8–21 working days
- By express (estimate)
- 4–10 working days
- Destination currency
- PHP
Zone 2 — other European countries and the rest of the world. Transit bands are transport time and do not include clearance at the far end. For a price, use the calculator with your parcel's weight and size.
Why people use a Cyprus address for this
Malta is the other small EU island economy, and buyers there face the same problem our service solves in reverse.
The Philippines is a large diaspora destination, and consolidation into one properly declared box is almost always the cheaper route.
A typical Malta to the Philippines shipment
Say you order cosmetics from PAVI, then two more things from PAVI a couple of days later, and they arrive as three separate boxes. All three land at your Limassol suite inside 3–7 days. Left as they are, those three retail boxes bill as roughly 21.6 kg of volumetric weight on the leg to the Philippines — because carriers charge for the size of the box, not what is in it.
- Three retail boxes, shipped as they arrived
- 21.6 kg billable
- Repacked into one box by our warehouse
- 14.0 kg billable
- Air you stop paying to fly to the Philippines
- 7.6 kg
From there it is 4–10 working days by express or 8–21 working days by post to the Philippines, plus clearance. Consolidation costs €5 per extra parcel merged in and repacking €6 — on this lane that is usually recovered several times over.
How it works, Malta to the Philippines
- 01
Get your Cyprus address
Sign up and your Limassol address and suite number are issued immediately. Free, and no card needed.
- 02
Order from a Maltese store
Use the address at checkout the way you would a home address. Allow 3–7 days for it to reach us.
- 03
We receive, weigh and photograph it
Every parcel is measured and photographed on arrival, and appears in your dashboard within a couple of hours. Waiting on more orders? Leave them with us and consolidate.
- 04
We forward it to the Philippines
Pick economy or express on cost or speed, pay by card, and track it to the door.
Popular Maltese stores
Names people ask about. Not every shop delivers outside its own country: any Maltese retailer that delivers to Cyprus can deliver to your suite, and its checkout will tell you whether it does.
- Scan
- Forestals
- PAVI
What you cannot send to the Philippines
Worth knowing before you order
Our general prohibited and restricted list applies on top. If you are unsure, ask us before you place the order rather than after it arrives.
Commonly sent to the Philippines: clothing, cosmetics, electronics, gifts.
Questions
- Can I really buy from Malta and have it delivered in the Philippines?
- Yes. You get a Limassol street address with your own suite number, use it at a Maltese retailer's checkout, and we forward the parcel on to the Philippines. The retailer only ever ships domestically or within the EU, which is usually the cheap part.
- How long does it take?
- Two legs. 3–7 days for the retailer to reach our warehouse, then 4–10 working days by express or 8–21 working days by post to the Philippines. Customs clearance at the far end sits on top of that.
- What does it cost?
- Opening the account is free and you pay only when you ship. The price depends on the weight, size and service: the shipping calculator gives the figure for the Philippines in seconds, and your quote shows the full price before you pay, with nothing added at checkout.
- Will I pay duty in the Philippines?
- Possibly — import duty and taxes are charged by the Philippines's customs, not by us, and the thresholds change. We show an estimate before you pay rather than guessing. Balikbayan-style consolidated boxes have their own rules; ordinary parcels are duty-assessed from a low threshold.
- Can I combine several Maltese orders into one shipment?
- That is the part that saves the most money. Carriers bill on volumetric weight, so three half-empty retail boxes can cost far more than one packed properly. Leave the parcels with us and we consolidate them before the onward leg.
Your Cyprus address is ready in about a minute.
Free to open. You only pay when you ship something to the Philippines.