I am looking for alternative ways of bringing goods into the country and would be interested to know some things which could help me streamline my business (which I am soon to set up) and cut costs. I should mention I had a business with a friend doing the same thing but he is going to university so I am having to learn everything he did and start by myself. We used to use air transport to get my goods which was quick and at the time didn't seem too expensive because I was still making a very good margin but since competitors have driven their price down I need to do the same and one way of doing this is getting my products cheaper. The way I plan on doing this is changing to delivery by sea which takes about 30 days rather than 3 days but this won't be a problem for me as I have a system worked out. I would like to know if anyone could roughly tell me how much cheaper it would be to use sea rather than air transport in percentage? I don't mind if it's not 100% because it's not easy information to find as I have tried but somewhere close is all I'm looking for. The products I import weigh 2.5kg each and I import 30 at a time. I can't remember the exact amount we paid before for air freight but if anyone who has experience of using both knows roughly how much less it costs and any other tips, they would really help me. Any responses are much appreciated and will help improve my business and make more money for myself and finally start paying my mum the rent I've been 'forgetting' about for so long. I am 18 by the way, just out of college, hence living with mother still!