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| posted by life 1196 days ago |
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Okay I have a shipping question. I want to start a small business and I need to be able to ship my product from Asia. I do not have container like quantities of goods to ship, so what would be the cheapest way to ship/send things to Europe without eating into my profit?
I'm bored, I'm pi*sy, and, I have no shame.
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| posted by Gweilo 1193 days ago |
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My following answer can *at best* give you one trail to pursue:
the Hong Kong TDC (Trade Development Council?) might have some solutions.
They should be promoting exports. This is just a guess and could be
settled with one phone call, probably. You can compare prices for identical
lots (size and weight) from a variety of shippers, including HK Post. You
never know. Good luck.
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| posted by adfundum 1193 days ago |
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You can also try to share container-space with other exporters, that have the same problem...
A good freight forwarder should be able to arrange this for you...
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| posted by minibusdriver 1154 days ago |
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send a message to me and i will help you. i know someone who does this.
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| posted by Mango. 1154 days ago (edited 1154 days ago) |
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minibusdriver
shouldn't such information be shared with the members here as maybe others interested in that as well?
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| posted by barbie 1154 days ago |
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It's amazing how good your English is at times Mango.
I wait for the day when schools have all the funding they need and the airforce has to have a cake stall to raise money for a new bomber.
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| posted by Mango. 1154 days ago |
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Barbie, thx
but it does not answer my question.
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| posted by sabi 1153 days ago (edited 1153 days ago) |
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Life,
Best is to shop around freight forwarders. You would be going LCL i.e. not FCL (full container load) if you are less than about 22 cbm for a 20 ft container. On the other hand, the cost of about 12-13 cbm is about as much as FCL. If you try to consolidate with other senders, it can be a lot more hassles to save a few bucks. Forwarders charge more per cbm for the LCL, but then you don't have to wait nor be responsible for the consolidation.
Shipping to Europe is more expensive than back dictated by the market, more stuff goes there than back here. You need to include other costs like terminal handling, documents, local pt-pt transportation, insurance, etc. They can give you a breakdown.
Don't forget to compare postal rates for smaller amounts. Much depends on the weight/volume and frequency of your shipments.
And, consider shipping direct from China especially if the stuff are made there, as it costs more to ship down to HK and the charges here are higher. The services and schedules are getting better all the time from China and I see it additionally as saving on truck lines, fumes, time, etc. crossing the border. But, it means gain for Chinese mainland biz, less for HK.
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| posted by minibusdriver 1153 days ago |
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it takes too long to type and i could share all in a telecon faster unless yr into dictation
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