How to ship products to Amazon FBA by Sea transportation

If you need to import a lot of products from China, Sea Transportation is a good choice.Sea Transportation is cheap, but the date of the voyage is not accurate and it is easy to be affected by the weather. Shipping takes about 35 days, so you need to have a good understanding of your warehouse inventory and make a plan. So what's the process of shipping? How much does it cost by sea? How long will it take by sea?

So what's the process of shipping?

The shipping process is run by two freight forwarders, one in China and one in the United States or Europe. Freight forwarders in China are mainly involved in domestic transportation (from suppliers to seaports), export declaration and transportation to destinations. The destination freight forwarder is responsible for handling import clearance, customs duties and shipping from the port to the amazon fulfillment center. After customs clearance, the freight forwarder will usually arrange DHL, UPS or FedEX from the port to amazon FBA.

How to find your own freight forwarder?

Solution 1: find your own amazon shipping agent.

As an amazon seller, you must find a suitable FBA shipping agent. Because the shipping agent can provide you with the freight quotation of any amazon warehouse address at any time. Therefore, you can calculate the cost of the product in a very short time, which is very necessary.

If you buy products from China, I suggest you find a Chinese shipping agent to cooperate with, which will be faster, save time, and the freight will be cheaper than the shipping agent in your country. The cost of the middleman can be saved.

In this case, you need to inform the Chinese freight forwarder of the terms of delivery: FOB price or EX-Works. If your product delivery condition in China is ex-factory price, you also need to provide the address of the supplier, so the transport agent can calculate the domestic freight, or you can pay the domestic freight directly from the supplier to the supplier. The warehouse of the transportation agent in China. Therefore, the shipping agent can provide you with the accurate freight from China to amazon FBA.

Solution 2: get your supplier to help you ship to amazon FBA.

If your supplier has experience shipping to amazon warehouse during purchase, you need to confirm. If your supplier does not have any experience, you must consider finding a Chinese shipping agent to help you with amazon fba. If your supplier has experience in shipping to amazon FBA, you need to determine some very important issues with the supplier, such as whether the shipping includes customs clearance, customs duties and whether the customs clearance to amazon warehouse address has been completed... , etc.

Tip: therefore, the ability of customs clearance is very important. In case of customs clearance problems, your goods may be detained by the customs.

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That's why we must emphasize the importance of having excellent freight forwarders in China.

Shipping time from China to amazon distribution centers.

The shipping time from China to amazon FBA is about 25-35 days or longer. The most important factors of transportation are many factors that affect the time of transportation, such as weather, customs inspection and force majeure.

Us: it takes about 25 days to get from China to the amazon warehouse in the western us. It takes about 30 days to reach the amazon warehouse in the central United States. It takes about 35 days to reach the amazon warehouse in the eastern United States.

Canada: it takes about 25 days from China to amazon warehouse in Canada.

Europe: it takes about 30-35 days from China to Europe (UK, Germany, France, Czech republic, Italy, Poland, Spain).

Tip: a lot of products are now being sent to amazon warehouses, so customs officers may spend more time checking your products. A 2-week delay is normal. Especially on black Friday, you must ship your products from China to amazon warehouse at least 2 months in advance.

I suggest that we need to ship the products to amazon warehouse in advance, so that we can get more sales opportunities and profits.

Calculate the weight and size of the sea transport

There are two ways to calculate weight. One is done in cubic, the other in kilograms.

Volum: Sea Shipping to amazon FBA requires at least 2 cubic meters, but the key point is that it does not include customs clearance and customs duties, can only be shipped to the destination port. I don't recommend this approach because many sellers can't clear and many sellers don't live in the us or Europe.

Weight: 100 kg + minimum required by us shipping. The shipping requirement of Canada is 21 kg +. The shipping requirement in Europe is 100 kg +. If the size weight is greater than the actual weight, charge according to the size weight.

The formula to calculate the size and weight is as follows:

Dimension weight = length (cm) * width (cm) * height (cm) / 6000;

For example: if you have 10 main boxes, each box size is 50 * 60 * 50cm, the actual weight of each box is only 10kg. You will be charged at 25 kilos per case, for a total of 250 kilos instead of 100 kilos.

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