When importing from China to Canada, usually you can choose sea freight, air freight, or express to ship your goods. No matter which shipping method you use, your main concern is shipping cost and time. This article will explain these things in detail so that you can make a better choice for your shipping solution.What [...]
When you import a batch of goods and resell them in the target market, it is vital to know landed costs. So, I wrote this article to help you have an overall understanding.Landed cost meaningLanded cost calculation (formula & example)Methods to reduce landed costDifferences between landed cost and FOB What is the landed cost?Landed cost [...]
ISF declaration is key to imports into America. For any failure to complete this declaration as required, U.S. customs will reject shipments. This is a big loss for importers. So it is essential to get a good understanding of ISF. Today's post will explain it in detail. Let’s take a look.What is ISF?What does the [...]
In international logistics, have you ever met a situation where you are charged detention and demurrage fees? These additional charges can be a headache and you will try to avoid them. The following article helps you understand the meaning of these two charges better.What is detention?What is demurrage?How to tell demurrage, detention, and storage?How to [...]
Whether it is sending personal goods or importing products from China to the UK, it can be shipped by express, air, sea, railway, etc. You can choose any shipping solution based on your real situation. Whatever your shipping method is, you will care a lot about the shipping cost and time. Therefore, this article will [...]
When importing from China to the USA, it is necessary to buy bonds for US import customs clearance. In today's post, I explain customs bonds from the following 7 points that are highly concerned by importers.Table of ContentsWhat is a customs bond?How do customs bonds work?When is a customs bond required?What are the most common [...]
In foreign trades, customs clearance is a compulsory process. However, many people may not be very clear about its content and fees. In this post, I will explain customs clearance in detail.What is customs clearance?What documents are needed for clearance?What is the customs clearance process?What should be noticed in US customs clearance?How much is the [...]
Customs clearance is an important part of international trade, and the value of customs brokers is reflected in the process. On behalf of importers and exporters, they deal with customs and are responsible for delivering the goods smoothly. The following article will explain it in detail. Let’s take a look.What is a customs broker?How customs [...]
Many e-commerce sellers, especially those cross-border ones, cannot avoid shipping their products to different countries and districts, containing many steps and procedures. For convenience and insurance, some sellers choose to contract and outsource the logistics of their products to freight forwarders or sourcing agents.With development, it has formed professional logistics service providers, like 3PL, 4PL [...]
Customs inspection is an indispensable and important part of import or export clearance. No one can 100% guarantee that shipments won't be inspected by customs. So, it is essential to get a good knowledge of customs inspections. In this post, I explain it from 8 points as follows.What is customs inspection?How do customs inspections work?What [...]
