Shipping inside China
Here’s an excerpt from an email exchange with a client regarding shipping in China that may be of interest… I thought you might be able to answer a question regarding the presence of DHL, UPS or FedEx in the Chinese market? Every once in while we’re being asked to ship within China using one of […]
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Air Shipping… Add up all the hidden charges before you book that flight.
Following is an excerpt of my communication with a customer regarding the cost of shipping by air. Customer claimed that our quoted price is about 80% higher than what he received from a air cargo company; however, after he added up all the hidden charges, our price turned out to be 5% lower! Let me […]
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White Collar Pirates Patroling the Pacific
This is another episode of the adventures of sourcing overseas. This time, it’s all about logistics – ocean freight, to be exact. There is already enough pitfalls and dangers to watch out for with the physical sourcing to foreign factories, now add nuisance from the logistics companies. Don’t forget, overseas sourcing is 50% sourcing and […]
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Using your own freight forwarder…? Why that may not work out as you’d expected…
Following is a reply letter to a customer who’s entertaining the possibility of doing the importing on his own. Due to the relatively longer turn-around time involved in overseas sourcing, he’s planning to fly in a portion of the products in order to meet his own deadlines while leaving the majority to ocean freight. He’s […]
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Export Delays in China in May, 2013. Anybody?
For the decade plus years I’ve been exporting out of China, mind you, I also have my own Chinese company managing the export (with the export license), I’ve been experiencing a consistent chain of delays on almost all shipments for the early month of May, 2013. This is annoying… Not to mention furious customers who […]
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