Cheapest way to ship goods from china?
Post 1 of 162
At the moment i pay $230 for shipping 16kg worth of goods from China to the UK, which is very costly. Does anyone know of any cheaper ways to ship goods from China.
Im not concerned about the time takes. Are there any services or companys that sell slots in containers. I would be interested to know im looking to import roughly 100kg of compact goods?
Im not concerned about the time takes. Are there any services or companys that sell slots in containers. I would be interested to know im looking to import roughly 100kg of compact goods?
06 Jun 2006 16:23
Post 2 of 162
Replying to [S McB]:
16kg shipped by air,express or ocean, $230 is already cheap...
If 100kg, the cheaper way should be ocean, not sure how much they charge you at UK ports, such as warehouse fee,custom clearance fee, etc. ...May ocean is still a cheapest way for 100kg...
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16kg shipped by air,express or ocean, $230 is already cheap...
If 100kg, the cheaper way should be ocean, not sure how much they charge you at UK ports, such as warehouse fee,custom clearance fee, etc. ...May ocean is still a cheapest way for 100kg...
06 Jun 2006 17:41
Post 3 of 162
Replying to [S McB]: Don't use DHL or similar courier, it is more expensive. I propose that you use general air way transportation, this can save you half of the cost.
06 Jun 2006 17:59
Post 4 of 162
Replying to [Yang Jiwu]:
how to handle? by air? that is too expensive too..
always they didnot like to following your order if the weight is less than 45kgs
but I think that is too expensive to pay more 140USD for 16KG.
how to handle? by air? that is too expensive too..
always they didnot like to following your order if the weight is less than 45kgs
but I think that is too expensive to pay more 140USD for 16KG.
06 Jun 2006 18:11
Post 5 of 162
Replying to [Yin W]:
Which courrier you can get a cost around $140 for 16kg to UK?
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Which courrier you can get a cost around $140 for 16kg to UK?
06 Jun 2006 18:18
Post 6 of 162
Replying to [general]:
that is by air, and if by TNT, we just need 185USD about
that is by air, and if by TNT, we just need 185USD about
06 Jun 2006 19:43
Post 7 of 162
Replying to [Yin W]:
Generally speaking, for any quantities under 40~45kg, express will be cheaper than air cargo.![[em1]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_smile.gif)
In this case, it seems TNT is cheaper than DHL/FedEx.
Generally speaking, for any quantities under 40~45kg, express will be cheaper than air cargo.
In this case, it seems TNT is cheaper than DHL/FedEx.
06 Jun 2006 20:10
Post 8 of 162
Replying to [Yin W]:Thank you for your input. Yin may i ask what company you would recommend for cheaper shipping?
07 Jun 2006 08:01
Post 9 of 162
Replying to [S McB]:
I am sorry I didnot know more about your country ship company.
so I just talk it about china situation.
here have a dendritic link in the ship and their agent, always I try to find the up agent or direct to the ship company, then you can get a good price.
and, if you just contact with second stair or third stair, then you will have to pay their profit.
you can try..then you will find there have a price difference![[em10]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_silly.gif)
I am sorry I didnot know more about your country ship company.
so I just talk it about china situation.
here have a dendritic link in the ship and their agent, always I try to find the up agent or direct to the ship company, then you can get a good price.
and, if you just contact with second stair or third stair, then you will have to pay their profit.
you can try..then you will find there have a price difference
07 Jun 2006 17:30
Post 10 of 162
Replying to [S McB]:by normal air freight,or by ems,i think they are economical means
07 Jun 2006 18:34
Post 11 of 162
I must again say that I am a bit surprised to see how you all handle shipping.
First of all, it is easy to send larger shipments (too large to send by air) by container ship. You do not need to buy a whole container, you just buy whatever space you need.
Secondly, why bother handling the shipping yourself? Get a CIF price, and whatever company you're dealing with should be able to quote you a very reasonable shipping cost quote, and then arrange to have your stuff sent in a container with other goods (theirs or other's).
Generally, this is what we do, and the difference in cost between us arranging the shipping ourselves, and the factory doing it for us, is so incredibly small that it is hardly worth mentioning.
First of all, it is easy to send larger shipments (too large to send by air) by container ship. You do not need to buy a whole container, you just buy whatever space you need.
Secondly, why bother handling the shipping yourself? Get a CIF price, and whatever company you're dealing with should be able to quote you a very reasonable shipping cost quote, and then arrange to have your stuff sent in a container with other goods (theirs or other's).
Generally, this is what we do, and the difference in cost between us arranging the shipping ourselves, and the factory doing it for us, is so incredibly small that it is hardly worth mentioning.
07 Jun 2006 19:15