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Warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping

Warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping, one of the most frequently used customs authorized warehouses, is familiar to us. Many export factories often deliver their goods to a warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping via some domestic logistics companies and then complete the export declaration. It is a specific warehouse provide some services like handling, storage, consolidation, import and export declaration and inspection for the international import and export less than container shipping. All personnel and vehicles can enter or out of the warehouse only after a strict registration and inspection.

The service objects of the warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping are those clients whose cargos can’t stuff a full container. The warehouse can provide a place for small batches of goods from different clients to be loaded in a container, usually in a 40 HQ standard container. Generally, we regard the warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping as one of the customs authorized warehouses.

For since the development of international freight forwarders for thirty years, if a consigner wants to ship his or her bulk cargoes out of the country and get the state subsidies of export tax rebates by using its company name to complete the customs declaration, their goods must be stored in a customs authorized warehouse.

With the diversified developments of trade in recent ten years, Hong Kong, as a free trade port, has moved most of its local manufacturing enterprises to inland China. But the warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping and its service still in Hong Kong.

International logistics service is a big share of Hong Kong’s GDP. For the development of Hong Kong and the livelihoods of Hong Kong people, the international logistics industry in Hong Kong was supported by the Chinese government. Because of the particularity of the Hong Kong system, you can get the export rebates as long as you export your goods from Wenjindu Port or Huanggang Port in Shenzhen to a shipping delivery company in Hong Kong. It allows the free flow of goods between the Hong Kong warehouses, and the goods can be consolidated in a container and then exported by international shipping.

Or the warehouse in Hong Kong can provide with a devanning service of the goods to meet the demands of the clients, and then ship the goods separately to different countries. However, the warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping in inland China can’t do that.

Once you declared an export destination and stored your goods in the warehouse, you can’t change your destination country anymore, which means there is no free flow of the goods. At the same time, Hong Kong has the completed safety facilities for the inspection and quarantine of the export goods and for the inspection of dangerous cargo. You can save a lot of formalities as you choose the warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping in Hong Kong for your battery products, cosmetics, engine products and food products.

In recent years, the way for overseas e-shoppers to shop on Taobao.com has changed. At the beginning, they can only buy things on Taobao.com through a purchasing company. But now they can shop on Taobao.com themselves to buy what they need and then ship their goods to their country through the Taobao official freight. There are several official international logistics companies of Taobao consolidated shipment for you to choose from: Cainiao Logistics, 4PX Express and Lazada Global Shipping, etc.

These companies have a strategic cooperation with Taobao.com, something like the express companies (YTO Express, STO Express, ZTO Express and YunDa Express) which focus on the domestic logistics market in China, because they all share their profits with Alibaba Group.

These international logistics companies can provide the customers, overseas e-shoppers on Taobao.com only, with a warehouse for Taobao consolidated shipment, one of the warehouses of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping. Without doubt, facing such an international logistics market demand on Taobao.com, these companies don’t need to receive the order placed by the overseas e-shoppers who shop on other shopping websites.

The Taobao official international logistics services can’t meet the demands of the overseas e-shoppers on Taobao.com, just like the domestic logistics services provided by the YTO Express, STO Express, ZTO Express and YunDa Express can’t meet the demands of customers in China. The huge demands for the international logistics service led to the emergence of some well-known logistics enterprises: SF Express, famous for its good service and fast speed, Deppon Express, mainly for awkward cargo, KuaYue-Express, Shenghui Logistics and Ane Logistics. Some international logistics companies with competitive service have begun to provide consolidated shipment service gradually.

Goodhope International Logistics (Group) Limited is one of those companies.

Those international logistics companies can provide their warehouse service of consolidated shipment and transshipment for overseas e-shoppers who shop on Taobao.com. And for the overseas buyers who purchase clothing, handbags, furniture and kitchenware, etc. on JD.com, 1688.com, Suning.com or from the physical stores and factories in China. They can provide more professional value-added services of warehouse and warehousing: return service, oversized cargo service, inspection, repackaging, labelling, cargo handling, export documentation, export customs declaration and shipping space booking.

The warehouse provided by those international logistics companies is one of the warehouses of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping. And the demands for this kind of warehouse are increasing rapidly every year.

The warehouse of cargo consolidation for less than container shipping is aimed at meeting the demands of clients who have small batches of goods.

The total freight of less than container shipping is cheaper than full container shipping. And the total freight of more than 2 cubic meters goods is much cheaper than the international air freight, too. This is why the international less than container shipping is so popular among the overseas market, the clients only need to spend a little freight to ship their several cubic meters of goods to their destination country.