Air Freight
And although some utilities actually deliver physical goods — like water utilities which actually deliver water — utilities are usually treated as services. Air freight is inventory carried or to be carried in an aircraft. It is perfectly design for those are looking for solutions with faster and more reliable turnaround. Usually it is recommended for merchandises with small volumes and high values.
We have partnerships with most major airlines companies. Thanks to our presence in all major airports in China, we will be able to ship it worldwide with cheap prices depending on the location of your cargo, and the available schedules to your destination. We’ll choose the best suitable one for you as your loading airport. Low cost, time definite services, and proof of delivery, that’s we are doing, and we are good at it. We are always interested in new opportunities and supporting your business.
Advantages of Air Freight
Air freight is a modern mode transportation, compared with sea freight especially in the case of cross-border logistics solutions, which has its advantages of fast transport, high-quality, and not limited on ground conditions. In general, the transit time from China to most part of the world is no longer than 10 working days. Only 3~5 days in most cases.
This is a vast reduction compared to ocean freight, which takes at least about 30 days, say to United States, from leaving the factory in China to the client’s warehouse. Of course shipping by air cost more. Nowadays, the fast delivery time alone can make a huge impact on a business niche, especially for E-commerce where the product needs fast turnarounds. Therefore air freight is almost perfectly designed for the merchandises with the following features and attributes: small-volume, light-weight, and high-value. Air freight is the most suitable way for delivering urgently needed supplies of fresh goods, precision instruments, valuable goods, etc.
Cost Calculation Remark
Air cargo rate is calculated by chargeable weight, measurement unit is kilogram. The measurement unit of valuable cargo is 0.1 kg. Chargeable weight is the heavier one between gross weight and dimensional weight.
Following are the definitions of gross weight and dimensional weight.
Gross weight, is the total actual weighing of a product and its packaging. It can be measured by kinds of scales.
Dimensional weight, DIM weight for short, also known as volumetric weight, is calculated as Volume / (Dimensional Factor). For example. If a common carton, then (Length x Width x Height) / (Dimensional Factor).
Dimensional Factor, or shipping factor is a number defined by the carriers. And it can be varied from country to country. For Air Freight in China, the dimensional factor is 6000 cm³/kg = 166.667 kg/m³.
Gross Weight V.S. Dimensional Weight
Air Freight Volumetric Weight Formula
The total freight cost equals to air cargo rate times the chargeable weight, which ever is larger between gross weight and dimensional weight.
Gross Weight Calculation
Gross weight, is the total actual weighing of a product and its packaging.
After you calculated dimensional weight, then compared with the actual weight of your cargo. Which is heavier, which is the Chargeable weight. The total cost equals to air cargo rate times the chargeable weight.
Why Us
Low cost, time definite services, and proof of delivery, that’s we are doing, and we are good at it. China Sourcelink covers all major airports in China with competitive air freight rates. Depends on where’s your shipment located, and the available schedules to your destination, we’ll choose the best suitable one for you as your loading airport. For US importers, we have a very competitive rate in air shipping from China to US. We rely on qualified partner carriers that are committed to providing safe, efficient and on-time services to importers across the world, which includes door to door service. Fumigation and inspection, and customs clearance service at origin or destination.
Courier Service
With express courier services, you get every package hand-delivered and door-to-door anywhere in the world within 1 week. Express Courier provides you the possibility to follow the transition and status evolution of your shipment between China and the country of your choice in real-time with a tracking number attributed for each shipment.
The main popular couriers that you can use in China include DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT, with TNT acquired by FedEX on May 25, 2016. As an official registered courier agent with all major brands, we are able to offer our customers a choice of competitive rate since we are the super VIP brokers of these carriers. Including door pick-up, customs clearance, and door delivery, Our Express courier is a quick, simple, and complete service.
Courier Service V.S. Air Freight
Express courier service is where the delivery company will remove your goods at the agreed pick-up address (usually your supplier or your consolidator in the country of origin of your products) and will deliver your shipment at the delivery address (at your warehouse or your client’s address for example). The main popular couriers that you can use in China include DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT, with TNT acquired by FedEX on May 25, 2016.
As part of these deliveries, teams in charge handle all the necessary different steps for the expedition of goods from source to destination, namely: the removal, the transport/freight, customs clearance at the origin and final destination, payment of fees and customs duties but also the whole administrative formalities required.
On the other hand, air freight, even usually shares the same transportation channel which is the airplane like express services does, in most of the time concerns only shipments from airport to airport, which excludes annex services like the removal, and customs clearance unless specified by the customers. However, due to increasing demand of bridging the last-mile logistics gap in E-commerce fulfillment services, to-door services as an extra has been pretty common nowadays for air freight.
Therefore the most distinct factor therefore becomes the volume of the shipment. Yes, again it is the difference in volume which set air freight and courier service apart. The weight of the shipment for courier service usually ranges from 0.1 kg to 100 kg whereas the range is from about 1 kg to 1000 kg for air freight. In short, courier service is the most economical and rapid way for small parcels shipment and air freight is perfectly set up for mass shipping high-value, low-volume and low-weight merchandises.
Courier Express Cost Calculation Structure
The cost structure of courier service shares the very idea of air cargo, except only for the dimensional factor as difference. Courier Express rate is calculated by chargeable weight, measurement unit is kilogram. The measurement unit of valuable cargo is 0.1 kg. Chargeable weight is the heavier one between gross weight and dimensional weight.
Following are the definitions of gross weight and dimensional weight.
Gross weight, is the total actual weighing of a product and its packaging. It can be measured by kinds of scales.
Dimensional weight, DIM weight for short, also known as volumetric weight, is calculated as Volume / (Dimensional Factor). For example. If a common carton, then (Length x Width x Height) / (Dimensional Factor).
Dimensional Factor, or shipping factor is a number defined by the carriers. And it can be varied from country to country. For Courier Express in China, the dimensional factor is 5000 cm³/kg = 200 kg/m³ .
After you calculated dimensional weight, then compared with the actual weight of your cargo. Which is heavier, which is the Chargeable weight. The total cost equals to courier express rate times the chargeable weight.
Courier Service Cost Saving Tips
Optimize the space
If the packaging is realized by your supplier, make sure that the packaging is done in an optimal way, for cost and security. We advise you to avoid to use unnecessary packaging (that can increase the volume of your goods and so the price.
The importance of the packaging
When you pack your goods, it is essential to optimize the space you use. To this end, it is better to solicit professional packing service. Thus, you do important logistic savings.
EXW Incoterms
The trade term between you and your supplier should be FOB, which is for your best interest if other shipping methods, but EXW for courier service. Then it is advised to work with a local courier agent, hopefully us. As you may know, prepaid is always cheaper than collect. Prepaid through a broker, which is the super VIP of the carrier, is the key point to save money on courier service.
Why Us
Besides the classic well-known big players, we also bring together the services of the world’s best couriers including specialized expresses and also Post & EMS. Here at China Sourcelink we offer everybody (business or individual) a really simple and cheap way to book worldwide delivery services out of China. Due to the huge volume that we ship on a regular basis, we are your first-choice courier service provider especially when you are considering shipping from China to US. We are the official registered agent with the following couriers:
- UPS
- DHL
- FedEx
- TNT
- China Post Air Mail (Weight < 2kg)
- China Post Air Parcel (2kg < Weight < 30kg)
- China EMS (Weight < 30kg)
- Hong Kong Post Air Mail (Weight < 2kg)
- Hong Kong Post Air Parcel (0.5kg < weight < 30kg)
We get to deliver dreams to every corner of the world, every day, with every package. We will select the most economical courier express for you OR you can select your preferred courier. With the courier express’s network and our big discount, it will be more easier for you to arrange shipments transportation whether the destination is located anywhere of the world’s 220+ countries and territories.
Dimensional Weight for Express Courier
Dimensional weight, DIM weight for short, also known as volumetric weight, is calculated as Volume / (Dimensional Factor). The dimensional factor is different with different metric system, as shown above.
Difference Between Express Courier and Air Freight
The comparison between Courier Service and Air Freight in terms of weight, volume, transit time, and delivery terms.
Worldwide Drop Shipping
With the emerging technologies with Internet, nowadays many entrepreneurs can operate an online business that sells made-in-china products to worldwide via drop shipping. Drop shipping is a supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock but instead transfers the customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer or a third party fulfillment center, who then ships the goods directly to the customer.
Together with procurement, private labeling, packing, photography and warehousing services that comes in a bundle from our E-commerce fulfillment services, we offer drop shipping services through well-established channels with affordable rate and reliable turnaround for our customers allowing them to gain a significant competitive edge over their competitors.
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