China and USA are separated by thousands of kilometers, and China to the USA can only be transported by sea and air. Sea shipping is divided into FCL and LCL. Air shipping is divided into cargo airlines and Express.
By Sea
Sea shipping occupies more than 80% of the total logistics traffic between China and USA, including FCL and LCL.Most of the goods shipping from China to the USA are dependent on the sea to complete.The advantage is a large capacity, which can transport more than 5,000 containers of cargo at one time, cheap freight, and low transportation costs, so cannot be replaced by air shipping.
Sea Shipping Process from China to USA
China exports by sea to the USA and the USA imports by sea to China are the same process that all aspects of shipping must go through.
Sea freight inquiry
Consulting how much sea freight cost is needed to transport the corresponding goods from China to the USA.
Ship booking
Ask shipping international freight forwarders, shipping companies, U.S. line sea freight consolidation companies to book the ship.
Cargo pick-up
Pick up the cargo into the warehouse or container deliver it to the factory after loading, back to the dock, fumigation, and disinfection, weighing.
Export customs declaration
Declare the export of goods to the Chinese customs by the shipping agency or customs broker.
Bill of lading information
Provide accurate sea shipping bill of lading information.
U.S. Customs information declaration
ISF and AMS information declaration, the U.S. line unique declaration documents. Without U.S. shipping experience is recommended to consult a professional U.S. line shipping forwarder.
Ship to the USA
Shipping on the sea.
U.S. import customs clearance
Usually, the consignee is entrusted to a local shipping forwarder or customs.The consignee is entrusted to the U.S. local shipping forwarder or customs clearance company to provide services.
Pick up
Pick up the container from the terminal and deliver it to the warehouse or the LCL agent will pick up the goods back to the warehouse.China to the USA sea shipping is completed.
How long to ship from China to USA by sea?
It is divided into sea time and door-to-door, including pick up and delivery, customs clearance time.
The port-to-port shipping time refers to the time between the day of departure and the arrival of the ship at the port of destination.
It does not include the delayed unloading time due to the peak season or workers’ strike, the impact of the epidemic, import customs clearance, and other reasons.
The time for shipping from China to USA door to door includes the pick-up time in China, export declaration, waiting for a ship, shipping time, U.S. customs clearance, pick up, and delivery of a series of work.
Theoretically, if everything goes well, the time from China to the USA door to door is 25~40 days.
Sea shipping cost from China to USA
From China to the USA, the shipping cost of a container will not be the same for different shipping companies, every week, from port to port, for different cargo, and for different weights.
FCL
FCL, or full container load, means your goods fill an entire container, either 20’ or 40’ long. If you are shipping at a high volume, you’ll save time and money by shipping FCL. Pricing for FCL is done at a flat rate, regardless of whether or not your container is completely full.
LCL
LCL, or less than a container load, means your goods do not fill a full container and will be shipped along with other buyers. Note that when you ship LCL, your goods will need to be consolidated at the departure port and deconsolidated at the destination port.
That’s why LCL shipping takes a few days longer than FCL.
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2022.10.14
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