Shipping fee, Delivery time and customer service are the 3 biggest concerns when customers choose international courier service to help them ship packages from China. Lots of new clients enquire the cheapest express delivery service for goods shipping from China. Which is the best international courier service among UPS, FedEX, DHL, TNT and EMS? It’s hard to say, each of them has their own advantages and disadvantages according to the goods net weight, volume weight, delivery time, customs clearance etc. We will list all the pros and cons of the international courier companies for goods shipping from China.
Advantage and disadvantages of UPS FedEx DHL TNT and EMS
FedEx has best distribute networks for goods shipping from China to South Asia among all the international express companies, but it doesn’t have any delivery and shipping fee advantages for goods shipping from China to West Europe, South America, Africa and Middle East. TNT has stronger custom clearance ability than EMS, DHL and UPS for packages shipping from China to West Europe but the price is more expansive, it is your best choice if you need fast delivery, effective customs clearance and don’t care about the shipping fee. When you packages being checked by local customs, EMS can ship back for you for free while other courier companies charge high shipping fee without any discount.
Thus if you have packages shipping from China to South Asia, you can select FedEx, if you have goods shipping from China to USA or Japan, you can select UPS, if you have goods shipping from China to Europe, West Asia and Middle East, you can select TNT, If you have packages shipping from China to Australia, Japan and South Asia, you can select DHL. The advantage of EMS is reasonable shipping fee and only charge for net weight instead of volume weight. In addition, EMS also has custom clearance priority especially for the sensitive items like foods, cosmetics, chemical products, butteries shipping from China to overseas countries, if the goods cannot pass the customs, EMS will help you ship back to china for free.
International courier service in common:
1. Suitable for goods weight under 100 kg shipping from China;
2. Goods can be files, samples as well as other goods doesn’t have high business value;
3. Freight shipping, door to door delivery.
What are the main differences between EMS and DHL UPS FedEx as well as TNT?
EMS:
1. EMS directly shipping from China to destination country, then custom clearance and deliver door to door, thus the delivery time it is unstable;
2. EMS single package usually cannot exceed 30 kg;
3. EMS has no fuel surcharges;
4. EMS has no remote area charges;
5. EMS has independent destination country customs clearance channel;
6. EMS charges as file delivery for package weight under 0.5 kg;
7. No volume weight, EMS only charges net weight;
8. EMS charges for packaging;
9. EMS package tracking isn’t convenient as other international courier service;
10. EMS is good at personal address delivery with less distribution networks than international express companies;
11. EMS has relatively big shipping price fluctuations and the shipping fee is unstable;
12. Charge shipping fee as first weight and continual weight;
DHL UPS FedEx and TNT
1. They have fuel surcharges from 10%~25% of the shipping fee, the surcharges rate usually renews once a month;
2. They have remote area charges;
3. They calculate volume weight, it equals length*width*height(cm)/5000, and select the higher value compare to net weight;
4. Delivery service stability
a. FedEx and UPS have advantage route from China to America and it is stable;
b. TNT and DHL have advantage route from China to EU, Middle East and Africa, the delivery time is only 2 days in West EU countries;
c. Their delivery services are nearly the same for goods shipping from China to Asia countries.
5. They transit goods through logistics center in different continents, thus the delivery time is relatively stable;
6. Single package weight cannot exceed 70 kg;
7. Goods customs clearance through commercial courier clearance channels;
8. Real time package tracking service;
9. Free packaging fee;
10. They have very complete distribution networks especially for DHL and UPS;
11. They have relatively small price fluctuations;
12. They charge first weight plus continual weight for goods less than 20 kg and charge per kg for goods more than 20 kg.
How to choose the best international courier service for goods shipping from China
EMS:
It has relatively slow delivery speed with cheap shipping fee; usually it is the best choice for sensitive goods shipping from China, it has relatively strong custom clearance ability;
Requirements on goods: One shipment only for one package less than 30 kg, the weight unit is 0.5 kg, it doesn’t calculate volume weight.
Conclusion: EMS is the best courier service for sensitive goods, goods has large volume weight and less net weight as well as clients have no delivery time restrictions.
DHL:
It has advantages for small package less than 5 kg shipping from China to worldwide countries. DHL shipping lines from China to Japan, Korea and Taiwan are relatively cheap.
Delivery time: China to Southeast Asia 1~2 working days, China to North America and West EU 2~3 working days, China to South America, East EU, Middle Asia and Africa 4~5 working days.
UPS:
It is nearly the same with DHL shipping goods from China, but it has price advantages for goods weight between 6 kg to 21 kg.
TNT:
It has advantages routes from China to East EU and Middle East, especially for package weight more than 21 kg shipping to those areas.
FedEx:
It has very good service and shipping fee advantages for goods shipping from China to South East Asia, FedEx is your best courier service for goods shipping from China to South East Asia countries.
Now you may have brief ideas about how to choose the best courier service for goods shipping from China, you can estimate shipping fee via http://www.jfchinese.com/Charges/index.html and feel free to leave your feedbacks below.
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