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Monday, July 16, 2012

How to Send Parcel from China to United State?


Q: How to send parcels from China to United States? How to ship packages from china to USA? Shipping from China to USA?

A: These are really typical questions for people who are studying in China and need to send parcel to their hometown America, and those e-commercial sellers who often ship made-in-China goods to their customers in USA.


In China, there are many freight options such as International Air Mail service, International Express service or some special China to USA international shipping lines by Air Freight Forwarders or Shipping Agents.

Option 1: Use international air mail services to send a parcel to the United States of America.
This kind of service requires the parcel must be under 2kg, there are two modes for it: standard service and registered service. Standard postal mail is with no tracking number while registered postal mail is with tracking number with which you can track your parcel on the website. The cost of this shipping method is very low and the delivery time is long.
China Post:
Delivery Time: 7-15 working days
Advantages: 
1, Affordable price. 
2, The mailing is convenient. It can be sent to almost everywhere in the world as long as the local post office can be sent to (except for very few countries).
3, It is very safe and with low losing rate.
Hongkong Post:
Delivery Time: 7-20 working days
Advantages: 
1, Reasonable price. 
2, Delivery fast with low loss rate. The offshore processing time of Hongkong postal parcel is only 1-3 days which is 2-7 days faster than China postal service registered. 
3, The postage is not count by the first weight and continued weight that has greatly simplified the cost accounting and cost control.
Swiss Post:
Delivery Time: 8-18 working days
Advantages: 
1, Transit flexible. Parcels mailed by Swiss Post will be flown to Through the Swiss postal mailing parcels, will be flown to the Swiss post processing center, and then distributed to the destination country. 
2, Conveniently check. The registered members can be directly tracked in the Swiss post website by the tracking number( Parcels to  the United States, and most Western European countries can be queried the delivery of information).
Singapore Post:
Delivery Time: 10-18 working days.
Advantages: 
1,The price is reasonable. 
2, Customs clearance advantages: Directly fly to Singapore, and forward to many countries from Singapore, without the second customs clearance in Singapore. 
3, It is very safe with few parcel losing cases.

Option 2: Use the International Express&Courier Services to send packages to the United States of America.
International Express Service is characterized by its fast speed and high prices. It is fit for sendding goods with heavy weight, high value and with strict requirements in delivery time. Several commonly-used  international express delivery methods are as below:
EMS:
Delivery Time: 2-8 working days
Advantage: EMS is a special postal service by China Post and Hongkong Post. The EMS international express delivery business enjoys the priority right in the national postal, customs, aviation and other sectors. And has a strong clearance capacity. Besides, EMS international express is without additional fuel surcharge, not counting the volume weight, and charge on real weight.
FedEx:
China FedEx includes China FedEx international priority serviceFedEx IP and China FedEx international economy service(FedEx IE)
Delivery Time: 2-5 working days for FedEx IP and 4-6 working days for FedEx IE.
Advantages: Delivery time is very short, FedEx IP service covers more than 200 countries and regions and FedEx IE covers about 90 countries and regions.
DHL:
Advantages: A wide range of delivery that can send up to 220 countries and regions, covering more than 120,000 destinations.
In China, there are CNDHL, TWDHL and HKDHL, the delivery time for each sending parcels from China to USA are as below:
CNDHL: 3–7working days.
TWDHL: 3- 8working days.
HKDHL: 2- 7working days.
UPS:
Advantages: Wide coverage, customs clearance ability and fast delivery.
UPS is the world’s largest express carrier and package delivery company, UPS international express is also a professional transportation, logistics, capital and the leading e-commerce service provider. It includes Hongkong UPS and China UPS.
CNUPS: 2-4 working days.
HKUPS: 2-5 working days.

Option 3: Use the China to USA Special Shipping Line provided by air freight forwarding company or shipping agent.
China to USA Special Shipping lines is specially designed for parcels sending to America and it is often provided by freight forwarders. Its advantages are obvious:
1, Full Internet tracking, which means you can view the real-time delivery information via UPSP website.
2, It is more fast than postal mail and much cheaper than International express or courier service.
Delivery Time: 5-10 working days.

From above, I have give some of the generally used air shipping methods that you can choose to send parcel from China to USA by door to door service, but it's really difficult to tell what's the best shipping options for your package to send to USA, because it is largely depand on your item detailed, the volume and weight range and your personal special requires. If you want to get the most reliable, efficient and cost-effective shipping channels for your parcels, you can register at China's most professional e-Commerce logistics solutions provider to get a personal logistics specialist and enjoy the exclusive shipping rate from China to USA at once!

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