1 cubic meter is not worth partial containers. You're definitely better off sending it via air. It's only a few dollars a kilo to air something from Asia to the

1 cubic meter is not worth partial containers. You're definitely better off sending it via air. It's only a few dollars a kilo to air something from Asia to the United States (there are obviously some minimums). [edit] Talk to shippers for both air and partial containers. Offer them back their quote at 50% and negotiate from there. There are plenty of boutique garment laundries in LA that air garments from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or China and process them in small lots in their laundries and sell them on the LA fashion scene. If you see a washed t-shirt selling for over $75 around there, that is a good indicator that this is what is happening.