Why ICZ
An imported carton carries costs that never appear on its invoice. 46 years of making board in Lusaka has taught us exactly which ones.
An imported carton is not late because of the kilometres. It is late because of the queue, the query and the clearing agent. A consignment held at a border for a document is a line that stops.
Imported
Manufacture, freight, border clearance, inland haulage — each with its own queue
Made here
Manufactured on Kasombola Road and delivered on our own fleet
An import prices your packaging in a currency you do not earn. Every kwacha move between order and delivery lands on your cost of goods, and you carry it whether or not the exchange rate went your way.
Imported
Priced in foreign currency, settled at whatever the rate is on the day
Made here
Quoted and invoiced in kwacha, with US dollar settlement available if you prefer it
Importing forces volume: a container has to be filled to be worth clearing. That volume becomes your stock, your warehouse and your cash. Buying locally lets the order match the run.
Imported
Container quantities, ordered months ahead and stored until used
Made here
One pallet or a full programme, with stock-holding and call-off if you want it
When a box fails on the line, the useful question is why. That is answerable when the board was made twenty minutes away and the run is traceable to a shift — and largely unanswerable when it was made in another country a quarter ago.
Imported
A claim, raised at distance, against a run that finished months ago
Made here
We come to your line, and the specification and test records are twenty minutes away
A promotion, a new size, a pack format that did not work — locally these are a new die and a short run. On an import they are next quarter's container.
Imported
A specification change waits for the next shipment
Made here
A new die-line, a sample, and a run when you need it
None of this makes importing wrong. It makes it a decision with costs that do not appear on the invoice — and those costs are worth putting next to the unit price before you compare the two.
Put it to the test
We will measure it, identify the board, and quote to the same specification — or tell you where the specification is heavier than the journey requires. Kasombola Road, Lusaka.