If you are a U.S. Amazon seller, then the process of shipping your goods to the Amazon fba U.S. warehouse is the Amazon fba headway, you know that the Amazon warehouse is the final consignee but he does not exist as the recipient, if sellers send goods directly to the Amazon warehouse there will be no recipient of the situation, and in the import and export trade, will also encounter customs problems, so sellers need to choose the commonly known freight forwarding company to help their products from the destination to the Amazon fba warehouse and some import and export services. Amazon naturally will not help sellers to carry out customs clearance and other import and export services, so sellers need to choose a freight forwarding company to help their products from the production site to Amazon fba warehouse, and customs clearance and other services. Of course, most freight forwarding companies now also help sellers to provide customs clearance, overseas warehouses, printing Amazon labels, labeling, etc., sellers can make detailed inquiries when choosing a freight forwarder.
Part 1. How to choose the place of departure for air freight
The first flight to the United States is divided into Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong (with electric cargo), Beijing, Korea, different places to fly the effectiveness and price are different. To understand whether a route is good or not, first of all, look at where he flies, followed by direct flights or transfer flights, and how many times a week to fly! The following is an analysis of several take-off locations.
- Guangzhou, Shenzhen
In terms of air cargo without batteries, Guangzhou flight routes to the United States is more and complete, in terms of the Pearl River Delta region only Guangzhou CZ cargo plane direct flight to Los Angeles, Shenzhen, although there is also a CA direct flight to Los Angeles, but are passenger aircraft, limited capacity, so there is no way to guarantee the position! Of course, not only direct flights, in fact, many connecting flights are also very fast, because most of them are just a transit, plus a good fixed bit of articulation, the normal 2 days can arrive.
- Hong Kong
Hong Kong airport customs inspection rate is low, the cargo requirements are lenient, usually sensitive goods are shipped from Hong Kong, but a little expensive! But the timeframe is generally quite good! There is also the fact that almost all routes flown by Hong Kong are cleared in Los Angeles, so it will affect the timeliness of the U.S. East cargo. Because the goods with batteries itself is not much, few freight forwarders are willing to open a separate flight for the U.S. East goods to fly to the U.S. East to clear customs, so there is no need, plus the price of flying to the U.S. East is also more expensive!
- Beijing
Beijing fly is also divided into direct flight and transfer flight, there will be Beijing will fly directly to the U.S. East customs clearance. But from Guangzhou Shenzhen to pull the goods by truck to the Beijing airport, the road time will take 2 days, plus loading and unloading these processes, the normal than Guangzhou Shenzhen fly about 3 days slower. The normal situation Beijing fly are in about 8-11 days to extract, if greater than this time, try not to use!
- Korea
Similar to the nature of Beijing, generally from Guangzhou and Shenzhen with trucks first pulled to Yantai, Shandong (3-4 days), and then from Yantai sea transport to Incheon, South Korea (1-2 days). South Korea line is basically Incheon Airport, and Incheon Airport many direct flights to the United States, especially Los Angeles. South Korea fly time is actually similar to Beijing, is more transit once, so more unstable factors; normal time is also about 9-11 days can be extracted, but the price is generally a little more expensive than Beijing fly.
Part 2. About Customs Clearance
- Los Angeles (LAX)
At present, 90% of the special lines are cleared in Los Angeles, and then dispatched to the entire United States. Los Angeles has the most flights and relatively cheap air freight, even if Los Angeles is a less efficient airport for delivery, the majority of freight forwarders are going to choose this airport.
- New York (JFK)
New York is the second choice in addition to Los Angeles, more suitable for the U.S. East and part of the U.S. Central cargo, but the shipping costs are more expensive, normal are more expensive than Los Angeles 2-4 dollars per kilogram, customs clearance is not as fast as Los Angeles, the goods arrived at the airport after customs clearance pick up at least 2-3 days; but the Central East cargo delivery time efficiency is better than Los Angeles.
- Cincinnati (CVG)
Cincinnati as a delivery point, almost all the Amazon warehouses in the United States and the United States East can be covered, equivalent to 70% of the U.S. FBA warehouses are included, and the average delivery time of 1-2 working days, so this airport clearance pickup faster, but this airport route is less, more expensive, few special lines will be here to clear customs.
- Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW)
These two airport routes are quite a lot, and Chicago’s air freight costs and delivery advantages are not weak than New York, why special lines are rarely cleared here, mainly because the customs clearance procedures here are more stringent. Because a special line bill of lading mixed with at least a dozen different products, a dozen different consignee address, but where a product a little problem, will lead to the whole batch of goods to detain the inspection, and even Chicago Customs requires a batch of goods can only have a consignee, which is also one of the reasons. Overall, if your shipment is one consignee and more than 1 ton, it is still appropriate to choose separate customs clearance here.
Part 3. About Tariffs
Regular products with declared value within 800USD are generally duty free, but it does not mean that all products below 800USD will not incur customs duty. Therefore, special products and high-value products should be inquired in advance, and if there is no third party to clear customs for you, you need to make prepayment of customs duty to prevent unnecessary loss.
The customs clearance tariff of the goods sent to the FBA warehouse in the United States depends on two main information:
1, HS code of customs clearance declaration, HS code has the corresponding tariff rate.
2,The declared value of the goods for customs clearance.
Tariff = declared value * tariff rate
Please note that the HS code and the corresponding tariff rate are based on the U.S. customs declaration manual, and a fixed fee of 0.4% of the value of the goods will be charged for each customs clearance.
Part 4. About Delivery
So far, all the special lines in the United States are basically using FEDEX/UPS Ground service, Ground is a pure trucking service, that is, ground service. Although it is a truck service, in the end it is still an express delivery, no appointment is needed to go to the Amazon warehouse, which is still different from the direct delivery to the Amazon warehouse by truck. The delivery time of Ground service in the US inland is 1-5 working days, and some islands will be in 6 working days.
It’s worth noting that inland delivery in the United States is strictly on a set schedule, and it’s still a business day. You don’t have to be under the illusion that your shipment will arrive early, it will only be slow, not fast.
Assuming that the delivery time is 5 working days, then even if you pick up on Monday (PICK UP), then it will take the next Monday to sign for the delivery time calculation rule is calculated by the second working day after the pick up. If a special line in Los Angeles customs clearance, 13 days to pick up, then the delivery and then five working days (7 days), the total time is 20 days. Therefore, how we choose a suitable air delivery line, customs clearance location is very important.
The most reasonable delivery time should be controlled within 1-3 working days, so that even if it is picked up on Monday and Tuesday, then it can be delivered before the end of Friday. This is very critical and important, if the delivery is not finished within the week, you have to go through two days on Saturday and Sunday, wasting two more days.
In terms of delivery, FEDEX is better than UPS in terms of back-end delivery. relatively speaking, it is reflected in these aspects: 1. UPS has a high rate of lost items; 2. there are many remote areas; 3. the actual receipt of goods is often not signed for.
Part 5. Suggestion
Los Angeles: suitable for Amazon shipments beginning with 7-9 zip codes.
New York: suitable for Amazon shipments beginning with 0-6 zip codes.
Cincinnati: suitable for Amazon shipments beginning with 0-7 zip codes.
Chicago: suitable for Amazon shipments beginning with 0-6 zip codes.
Dallas: suitable for Amazon shipments beginning with 6-8 zip codes.
The reason why different airports in the United States have different levels of difficulty in clearing customs is related to his federal system, each state has different laws and regulations, so the staff of the airport also have different ways of doing things, in comparison, the U.S. West is preferred to LAX, the U.S. East is preferred to Cincinnati, followed by New York.
FAQ
Tax inclusive generally means that you are responsible for export customs declaration and import customs clearance and payment of taxes. The shipping fee already includes the export customs declaration fee, customs duty, import country’s customs clearance fee, etc. The term is DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) exporting country customs declaration + importing country customs clearance + delivery after taxation.
