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Notice before exporting goods

Notice before exporting goods
Notice before exporting goods

Regardless of the size of your business, exporting offers you a great opportunity to expand internationally. However, several steps must be taken to ensure that your company is export-ready. Exporting is a complex process. If you are considering exporting for the first time, we recommend that you work with a logistics partner to ensure you are complying with all laws, properly managing costs and expectations, and taking advantage of opportunities. In this post, we share the knowledge before exporting.

Companies need to solve three challenges to grow into an export business:

Sales/Marketing Angle

Determine the target market for your product, including which country to start from and which sales channels in that country will sell and/or distribute it. It is wise to focus on one new export market at a time.

Manufacturing/Operations Perspective

Adapt your products to new market demands, systems and regulations. The most common example is the voltage difference between Europe and the US - appliances must meet a system inherent in the target market country. Check out our Manufacturers Resource page here.

Logistics point of view

Logistics providers that design and execute the movement of goods between countries using a variety of methods such as sea, air, and truck are known as freight forwarders. Logistics providers experienced in handling shipments to your target export country will save you time and money through their network of suppliers, experience handling country-specific paperwork, and knowledge of how it works behind the scenes .
Growing your manufacturing business by exporting doesn't have to be intimidating. With the right help from federal and state programs, you can successfully understand how exporting can grow your business, create a plan to effectively expand into export markets, and benefit from the experience of other manufacturers who have already done so.

A logistics partner can help you:

  • Arrange and manage your customs broker relationships. A customs broker is a required party for any cross-border shipment.
  • Arrange and manage any long-term import and export bonds. In some cases these are required. In other cases, they're just being financially smart, depending on the volume of shipments. In some cases, only 4 shipments per year can justify shipments with annual bonded and shipping surcharges.
  • Provides information and helps set expectations regarding international cargo transit times and in-transit cargo visibility. Hint: We are spoiled in America!
  • Strategies to help you determine how to ship your cargo from a variety of options, such as full vs. partial ocean containers or economy vs. priority air.
  • Help you determine your Incoterms strategy. Incoterms define who is responsible for transportation between buyers and sellers and where the ownership of goods actually changes hands. Novice exporters often learn very expensive lessons because they are negotiating with overseas buyers who understand the value of the correct incoterm.

TJ chinafreight provides international freight forwarding services to more than 100 countries around the world for export to the world by air or sea.

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Shipping from China to Canada Amazon FBA

Shipping is a big topic for Amazon sellers and can be complex or simple. If you are an Amazon seller and need to import your products from China to Canada, then you need to ship your products from China to Amazon FBA.
This can be really difficult, especially if you just imported from China.

Shipping from China to Canada Amazon FBA
Shipping from China to Canada Amazon FBA

About shipping from China to Canada Amazon FBA

How to transport your cargo?

Air freight

Air freight from China to Canada
Air freight from China to Canada

It will arrive at the Canadian FBA warehouse in about 10-12 days.
Moderate cost and fast speed.
The China-Canada section is shipped by air. According to the situation of the goods, the goods will be loaded in Shenzhen or Hong Kong, and UPS or FEDEX will complete the door-to-door delivery in Canada.
Delivery After Duty Paid (DDP) shipping, that is, we will handle customs clearance, pay import and export duties, and you just need to wait for the goods to be delivered to the Canadian FBA warehouse.
Mainly use LCL delivery.

Sea and Air

It will arrive at the Canadian FBA warehouse in about 20-25 days.
Moderate cost and moderate speed.
The China-Canada section adopts sea and air combined transportation. According to the situation of the goods, the goods are loaded in Shenzhen or Guangzhou, and UPS or FEDEX completes door-to-door delivery in Canada.
Delivery After Duty Paid (DDP) shipping, that is, we will handle customs clearance, pay import and export duties, and you just need to wait for the goods to be delivered to the Canadian FBA warehouse.
Mainly use LCL delivery.

Sea freight

Sea freight from China to Canada
Sea freight from China to Canada

About 40-45 days to Canada FBA warehouse.
Low cost and slow speed.
The middle and Canada section is by sea, and the goods are loaded in Shenzhen or Guangzhou according to the situation of the goods, and UPS or FEDEX completes door-to-door delivery in Canada.
Delivery After Duty Paid (DDP) shipping, that is, we will handle customs clearance, pay import and export duties, and you just need to wait for the goods to be delivered to the Canadian FBA warehouse.
Mainly use LCL delivery.

How do you package your shipments for shipping to Amazon FBA?

Amazon FBA is very strict when it comes to packaging, all of your items must meet established standards.
Knowing Amazon's packaging requirements will save you a lot.

Product packaging

Packaging deals with the materials used, packaging and how you protect your product.
You should pack the goods individually and each unit is contained in a secure package.
The usual preferred packaging materials for Amazon FBA include boxes, bubble wrap, and plastic bags.
Plastic bags must be clear and carry a suffocation warning.
For protection, use a 2" cushion between each item in the box.
The contents of the box should be compact without any movement when shaken.

Outer packaging

Amazon FBA specifies special packaging while emphasizing that shippers use appropriate materials and sizes.
According to Amazon's packaging requirements, the outer packaging material should be rigid and six-sided, such as a carton.
The dimensions of the outer package should be 6 X 4 X 1 inches.
Also, use a case that weighs more than 1 pound and no more than 50 pounds.
Using overweight cartoon packaging increases your shipping costs and associated risks.
For boxes over 50 lbs and 100 lbs, you should provide a label identifying the team lift and mechanical lift, respectively.
Assuming you import jewelry from China to Amazon FBA, your box should not exceed 40 pounds.

Documentation requirements

Commercial invoice and packing list required
Wooden products, such as wooden handicrafts, cosmetic brushes and other wooden products, must have a fumigation certificate. We can apply for a fumigation certificate, but it will incur additional costs and delays in shipping.
Asbestos or products containing asbestos require an import license.
Special products will be authorized according to customs requirements
If the item has customs clearance issues, be sure to provide the documents required by customs

Customs clearance and duties

  • Origin and destination paperwork for customs clearance
  • Customs excise duty applies to the U.S.
  • Provided on behalf of local US importers
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Temporary knowledge of customs clearance of inbound and outbound goods

1. What is temporary inbound and outbound goods?

Temporary inbound and outbound goods usually refer to international organizations, foreign governments, domestic and foreign enterprises, institutions, groups or individuals for the purpose of carrying out exchanges and cooperation in economy, technology, science, culture, education, sports, health, etc., as well as engineering construction and equipment maintenance. Items such as goods that are temporarily transported into the territory of my country or transported out of the country with the approval of the customs and need to be re-transported out or re-transported into the country.

The document has special provisions on the scope of the above goods:

"Exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences and similar events" means:

1. Trade, industry, agriculture, craft exhibitions, as well as trade fairs and expositions;
2. Exhibitions or conferences organized for charitable purposes;
3. Exhibitions or conferences organized to promote scientific and technological, educational, cultural and sports exchanges, tourism activities or non-governmental friendship;
4. Conference of representatives of international organizations or international organizations;
5. Commemorative Congresses organized by the government.

"Exhibit" means:

1. The goods displayed at the exhibition;
2. Goods used for the demonstration of machines or appliances exhibited at the exhibition;
3. Set up construction materials and decorative materials for temporary booths;
4. Movies, slideshows, video tapes, audio tapes, manuals, advertisements, CD-ROMs, display equipment, etc. to promote and display goods;
5. Other goods for exhibition display.

"Sample" refers to the sample of goods used for display, operation demonstration, reference for ordering, inspection and testing, but does not include the same goods imported or exported by the same consignee and consignee in excess of a reasonable quantity.

"Equipment, instruments and supplies used in project construction" refers to the construction equipment, instruments and supplies in Sino-foreign cooperation projects that the foreign party brings into the country and the Chinese party does not need to pay external fees.

"Other temporary inbound and outbound goods approved by the customs" refers to the temporary inbound and outbound goods approved by the customs that belong to key national projects and special needs.

"Packaging material" means the material used in its original state for packaging, protecting, filling or separating goods and the device used for transportation, handling or stacking.

Customs reminds attention: non-public exhibitions organized in shops or other business premises for the purpose of selling foreign goods do not belong to the exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences and similar activities mentioned in these Measures.

2. Customs clearance process for temporary inbound and outbound goods

The competent customs of the temporary entry and exit of goods is the customs of the place where exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences and similar activities are held in China, or the customs of the entry and exit of goods. For temporary inbound and outbound goods entering and exiting the country through customs transit, the competent customs shall be the customs of the transit point of shipment or the place of departure.

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