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Importing products feight costs seem very high
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Poshsalt
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Hi
I made a card game which is made in China, the cost of the delivery is nearly as much as the game.
I wonder if this is correct?
I ordered 1,000 card games, which is 8 boxes, delivered by air. Each box is heavy maybe 15kg. Cost is $1,000.
Does that should right.
Its half when delivered by sea.
When I use to order toys they would always do shipping free, thats why im asking.
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what size are the 8 boxes?
For airfreight $1k doesn't sound bad... for non-air then $500 sounds a high but you may find they have a minimum consignment or priced it as a full pallet0 -
In addition you need to see what extra fees are going to be charged on arrival here. Obviously customs clearance and VAT and possibly duty need to be paid. I find that especially with sea shipments there are a lot of additional fees payable.For relatively small shipments it may work out cheaper to buy from a UK importer who is buying on a larger scale. It is easy to be seduced by the cheap factory gate price in China - you need to do your sums first!0
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shipping feed increased massively during covid, due to reduced capacity. As with most things prices rarley come back down again. Also, current cost of fuel etc keeps prices high.0
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Try www.transglobalexpress.co.uk I use them to import from USA and Portugal and are cheapest I can find...0
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