How to Ship Cargo from China to USA?

How to ship from China to US?

1. Sea Shipping Services.

2. Air Shipping Services.

3. Air Express/Courier Services.

4. The Dedicated Shipping Line.

Description As Follow:

1. Sea freight is available for FCL (full container load), LCL (less than container load).The United States is divided port for the West Coast,East Coast and Gulf Coast.
East Coast: NEW YORK,SAVANNAH,MIAMI,HOUSTON,etc.
West Coast:OAKLAND, LONG BEACH, SEATTLE,WA, LOS ANGELES,etc.
Gulf Coast:TEXAS, LOUISIANA,, MISSISSIPPI,ALABAMA, and FLORIDA.

2. Air freight comprises a program of scheduled and deferred services from China with coverage via all major airports. Shipping from airport of Hongkong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai,Beijing,Xiamen to all international airports in USA.

3. Air Express/Couriers services will ship your cargos from China to your US office or home address. And package forwarding service is actually FREE for you. We can get more than 50% discount prices from DHL, UPS, TNT, FedEx, EMS, but better than their services.

4.The Dedicated Shipping Line. Door to door services from China to USA which is DDP shipping. But this shipping channel only receive carton package. Not accecpt Anti Dumping products and Sensitive products. Amazon businessman like this shipping way: Easy-Cost-Effective.

How long to ship from China to USA?

1.Sea Shipping to the West coast is about 13-15 days, to the East coast is generally 23-25 days.
2.Air Shipping to US Air Port is generally 2-5 days, depending on which airline company you choice.
3.Courier services is about 3-5 days.
4.The Dedicated Line is about 8 working days.

How to get shipping freight from China to US?

Be sure to get info below from your China supplier, which is very important for our customer services in order to give you the accurate quotation price:
1. Name of commodity and HS CODE
2. Estimated Shipping time
3. Place of delivery
4. Weight,Volume and packages way
5. Trade mode:FOB or EXW
6. Value for the commodity
7. To Door or to Port

What special considerations you need to know?

1.Full Container Shipping
20GP:Not more than 17 Tons.
40GP/HQ:Not more than 19 Tons.

2.Less than Container Shipping
Chargeable Weight:1CBM=363KG (Special in United States)
If Weight/Volume > 363kg/m3,use weight number as the chargeable data
If Weight/Volume < 363kg/m3,use volume number as the chargeable data

3.DDP Shipping-How to calculate tariff in America?
HS Code of product.
Government Website: http://hts.usitc.gov/
Other tariff: HMF(0.125%) and MPF(0.3464%) of value

4.Customs Bond
If you don't have Customs Bond in US you can ask customs brokers to purchase. Two types:
Single Entry Bonds:Only for one shipment
Continuous Entry Bonds:Over a whole year
If you want us to handle that we can use our bond to help do clear in US.