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Insecticide & Pest Spray

Household insecticide made in Vietnam: aerosol sprays, mosquito coils, mats and liquid vaporisers. The shelf is open, and it is the most regulated one in the home care aisle.

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Four formats for one job, and a market usually prefers one of them. The aerosol is the immediate kill. The coil is what most of Southeast Asia and Africa actually burns at night, and it is cheap and dense to ship. The mat and the liquid vaporiser need a plug and an appliance, so they sell where the electricity is reliable. Ants, cockroaches and mosquitoes are separate formulations, not one product.

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Registration first, freight second

An insecticide is a pesticide in almost every import regime, which means product registration in the destination before any of it can be sold, and often an importer licence too. That process is longer than the sailing. The aerosols are also dangerous goods and have to be declared and stowed accordingly. Write to the desk with the destination and the pests you are targeting, and expect the paperwork to lead.

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