If you ever imported in Shenzhen and shipped via DHL, most circumstances you will find the pickup information started from Hongkong not Shenzhen.

As Hongkong has very rich airlines and much less restrictions for international shipping than mainland air shipping.

There are only a few line for mainland DHL(CN-DHL) but indeed they are quicker generally.

-Small parcels to United States and Europe

-Small and big parcels to Middle East

More often it takes about 3 days for you to see track information(pickup information from DHL) for Hongkong DHL(HK-DHL) under panemic times.

It is very fast before, and you can see pickup information the other day, and now only some urgent parcels can make it.

The main markets for DHL in terms of Shenzhen goods focus on North America and Europe while small parcels shipped by DHL seems following much more rules in terms of value declaration.

Please note when you ship by DHL:

-Some destinations will need original invoice with shipper's chop on it to ship by DHL.

-Can not ship to P.O. BOX, AFO/PFO addresses.

The billable weight for DHL: