Shipping from China to the USA

China is the United States' largest supplier of goods imports. The trade between China and USA is huge. It is big metter in terms of shipping.

Now there are many shipping ways from China to the USA, from traditional to ports and modern shipping door to door solutions.

Especially there are many different sea door to door options.

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China is the United States' largest supplier of goods imports. The trade between China and USA is huge. It is big metter in terms of shipping.
Here is a brief introduction for shipping from China to the USA.
1. How many methods to ship from China to the US?
-Air Express shipping (DHL, Fedex, UPS mainly), 3-5 working days in slack seasons and 5-7 working days in busy seasons.
-Traditional sea and sea Freight: Ports to ports, timing differs from different ports, suitable for large volume shipping

-Modern air and sea freight: door to door with duty paid, can ship to all addresses in 48 continents(excluding mailbox BOX, military address, zip code: 006-009 PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN LSLANDS Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 966-969 HAWAIIAND GUAM Hawaii, Guam 995-999 ALASKA Alaska, etc.) All addresses(with service) can be sent by UPS Ground(partially sent by FEDEX) but some hot Amazon fulfilment centers can be delivered by truck directly.

Air door to door takes 10-18 days to deliver while there are many options(different shipper like Matson, Zim, Cosco) for sea door to door, the quickest by Matson is around 20-25 days. If there is inspection in customs, delivery will be delayed.

2. What is the Best Way to Ship from China to the US?
To put it simply, it is decided by product, time of shipping and cost actually.
Product: Some shipments like strong magnets and product with ultrahigh power battery, are difficult to ship by air, a lot of documentation are involved for shipping(certificates for product and safety) which is not frienly to many suppliers . Such product, verweight and too large cargo are suggested to ship by sea shipping.

There are some situations where products are suggested to ship by air. High-value cargo and time demanding cargo.

And to Amazon, walmart and other e-commerce warehouses, door to door with duty paid solutions are recommended.

3.How Much Does it Cost to Ship from China to the USA?

It is largely decided by the billable weight for air shipping. Billable weight is a pricing technique used by carriers to calculate shipping rates per package, taking into account both dimensional weight (the length, width, and height of a package) and the actual weight of the shipment.

Express Air domensional weight(volumetric weight)=Length(CM)*Width(CM)*Length(CM)/5000

Air Freight(door to door or port to port) domensional weight(volumetric weight)=Length(CM)*Width(CM)*Length(CM)/6000.

Sea Freight(door to door)domensional weight(volumetric weight)=Length(CM)*Width(CM)*Length(CM)/6000.

Sea Freight(port to port) is billable on CBM(Cubic Meter but for too heavy product, if a CBM actual weight is over 300KG or 500KG(defined by destination port), will charge based on actual weight.

***Please note the door to door (ddp)solutions will have surcharge for different product(If duty is high), like cameras.

***Please note the billable weight for ddp shipping must be at least 12KG for each carton

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