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Chapter 20. How to calculate shipping freight cost of Christmas Sweaters?

In Chapter 15, we already learned How to calculate volume and chargeable weight for bulk Christmas Sweaters, this helps a lot on calculate the bulk shipping freight of your Christmas Sweaters bulk delivery.

There are several things that you need to think through when shipping Christmas Sweaters from China.

Quantity – if only few pcs of samples. Go ahead with courier express! The cost must be cheaper than sea, let alone by air. As there will be custom declaration costs for both air and sea, which cost at least USD40, which is already enough for some small package shipping cost;
Type of shipment – by sea LCL/ FCL or by air? Air cost is always more expensive against vessel;
Size and weight of your cargo –The more the size and weight of your cargo the more you will pay for your goods. Sea shipping will be more competitive on cost once cargo size is big enough;
Dangerous chemical LED light up Christmas Sweater get involved or not? Which is always more expensive than normal Ugly Christmas Sweaters.

Cost of Courier Express Shipping for Christmas Sweaters

There are different types of courier express shipping companies in China. Including big names of DHL, FedEx, UPS, TNT, and EMS. We also have many agents of big names in China, they collect packages from different companies to get cheap prices from big names to earn the difference. No matter what they are:

They offer door to door delivery. Keep in mind that express shipping is neither cheaper. Apart from the shipment costs, you will be required to pay for the insurance and fuel charges. Good news is courier express is the fastest choice;
They divided the world into different zones. They offer unit prices for each zone. And its easy to calculate by unit price * volume weight + fuel charges + insurance charges. Lets make an example for idea reference:

1kg Christmas Sweater to USA cost about USD40 from big names, but about USD35 from agents.

Air Freight Cost for Christmas Sweaters

Airfreight offers the second fastest shipping method when shipping goods to any destinations. While the cost associated with it discourages big importers from using this when shipping Christmas Sweaters. Airfreight is a suitable method when shipping small amounts or urgent order of Christmas Sweaters.

Recommend range for air delivery is: your goods are smaller than 2CBM and GW less than 200kgs;
China local custom declaration cost starts at USD40 per bill;
Other local costs from forwarder base on CBM;
Calculation principal is: volume weight * unit price + port cost of both import and export.

Reference idea of Christmas Sweaters air cost is about USD1~USD1.5 per pc.

Sea Freight Cost for Christmas Sweaters

Sea freight is the commonly used shipment method not only due to its costs but also flexibility. It is the ideal option when shipping heavy Christmas Sweaters across long distances. We have huge quantity of sea ports in China, I will list them at bottom of this chapter.

Calculation principal is: volume * unit price + port cost of both import and export.

Reference idea of Christmas Sweater sea cost is about USD0.2~USD0.5 per pc.

P.S.:

10 Top cargo Airports in China for Christmas Sweaters

Beijing International Airport, which is the busiest airport in China and ranked 13th globally in cargo traffic;
Shanghai PVG Airport, which ranks second among the 100 airports located in China;
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, which is considered the third busiest airport in China;
Hong Kong International Airport;
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport;
Shenzhen Baoan International Airport;
Kunming Changshui International Airport;
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport;
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport;
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport.

Main 20 seaports in China for Christmas Sweaters

Ningbo Port – Ningbo port is located in Ningbo along the coast of the East China Sea. More than 100 million tons of cargo are held in this port every year and this quite much explains why it’s able to serve over 560 ports in more than 90 countries around the world.
Shanghai port – Shanghai port is not only one of China’s biggest seaport but also the busiest airports. In 2016 alone, it’s estimated that 37 million TEUs of cargo was handled in Shanghai port.This amount has risen steadily to 514 million TEUs.The Shanghai International airport is responsible for managing this port.
Guangzhou Port – Guangzhou is one of the major boosters of the economy in China with thousands of businesses. Guangzhou port links more than 300 ports in over 80 countries. Note that this port is also used by Guangdong and Perl River Delta regions.
Shenzhen port –Located along the coastline, which is known to be one of the busiest seaports worldwide. It comprises various ports that are located along the coastline. Some of the goods being dealt with here are not limited to; sugar, steel, fertilizer, cement, oil, and coal among others.
Qingdao port – Qingdao port is considered the largest shipping as well as logistics port in North-East Asia. It was formed as a result of merging three ports and currently boasts of 15 terminals and 73 births.The main products shipped here are crude oil and coal and shipped to over 130 countries and 450 around the globe.Owing to the vast nature of this port, several shipping companies are established here.
Xiamen Port – Xiamen port is located in Fujian province and it is a base for some of the world’s top shipping companies. 6th generation large container vessels are handled in this port and ship to over 50 countries globally.
Tianjin Port – Tianjin port is not only the largest seaport in Northern China but also among the top ten largest ports globally.Covering an area of 121Km Tianjin port serves more than 600 ports in over 180 countries worldwide.
Dalian Port –This port majorly deals with shipping of oil, minerals and chemical products.
Hong Kong Apart from the above-mentioned ports, other ports include the port of;
Zhenjiang
Sanya
Wenzhou
Jieyang
Yingkou
Rizhao
Basuo
Shantou
Taizhou
Yantai
Weihai

Chapter 20. How to calculate shipping freight cost of Christmas Sweaters?

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