What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

Hi, Do you guys know how can i ship in goods from china? And what is the price? From which company?

thanks alot

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

What about EMS? Of course if by air, it'll expensive. But by sea, it'll take a longer time to arrive Singapore. Check with your supplier.

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

as this is the 1st time i am trying to send over goods to sg. i dun really know the procedure and paper work. Anybody have try sending good from overseas pls pm me i need your advise..

thanks

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

How much goods are you talking about? A big parcel or a few big cartons? If just parcel, can ask your supplier to use their usual freight forwarder or China Postal. If u are refering to importing cartons of good for resale, you 1st have to get a Custom permit before you can import the goods.

Freight Forwarders are usually via air.

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

Goods weight around 100kg? do i have to apply for for custom permit?

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

It depends on the products. Certain products may require permit.

If not, they only charge you with GST.

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

wat you shipping in to sg?

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

Not sure how heavy is 100kg but if it is 100kg of hard liquor, then need permit.

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

I think I'm having problem myself. Haiz.

Ok, once shipment arrive Singapore, can we get our goods out on our own? Using freight forwarder here definitely going to cost you a bomb!

Re: What the Cheapest Way to Ship in Goods from China??
 

Hmmm.... maybe there's a misunderstanding here. From what I know freight forwarders are not the same as shipping companies.

Freight Forwarder refers to agents like UPS, FedEx or SingPost. If u use UPS or similar, they will clear customs for you. I think they bring parcels in by air, as in hand carry. If your supplier use their local postal service e.g Taiwan Postal, US Postal Service, SingPost will take over once the parcels reaches SG. And the parcels will be delivered to you via the usual SingPost delivery process.

Shipping Companies deal with big order that usually ships in via the containers. Each container will have big cartons of good from different merchants. Your shipping company will clear the customs for you, do the paper work, pay GST etc and deliver to your doorstep if you have opt for the door-to-door service. If u pay for door-to-port service, then u will have to do all the paper work etc yourself. There are also warehousing cost involve. Usually shipping companies have their own schedules to clear their containers so as not to involve storage cost. You will be charge by per day x volume of cartons stored if your goods are stored for more than the minimum days allowed, over the weekends or public holidays. You will have to arrange for your own transport to move your goods from warehouse to your place. So if you are not experience, I would advice to let the shipping company handle all the nitty gritty & u just wait for your parcels/goods at home :)

More info here: http://www.customs.gov.sg/topNav/hom/