Bags From China

RE: [spiers] Bags From China

Dear John et al,

I like your lead on the Directory of US Importers. Here is another
angle to shed light on Claire's question, that leads to another
question.

Based on my experience and observations, UPS, Fedex, DHL etc are more
cost effective for air shipments of relatively low dollar value. They
are also fast and reliable. Since customs brokerage is included in the
price, there are no extras (except duty of course).

Customs brokers charge freight plus their fees on top. Sometimes there
are other extras such as additional freight from the airport to your
door. International freight portion will likely be less, but total may
be more for the lower dollar end of import shipments.

So here's my question: Can anyone suggest the dollar value range
cut-off where using customs broker becomes more cost effective than
using UPS etc for air shipments?

Thanks and fun reading the entries to this forum.

Best

Shel Weinberg

phone: 360 299 3579
mobile: 360 941 5443
shel@sheldonweinberg.com

-----Original Message-----
From: spiers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:spiers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of John Spiers
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:03 PM
To: spiers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [spiers] Bags From China

What is nice about DHL and Fedex is they are all-in-one customsbroker
and transportation,
making it so much easier. Of course, they are normally much more
expensive, but that may not
matter.

I recommend you get your HTS number, call around to local libraries and
see who carries the
DIRECTORY OF US IMPORTERS and find out your competitors in this market.
Then find out how
they bring them in. The very list of competitors in the directory of US
IMporters may tip you off.

You see, some importers hide their name from the Directory Of US
Importers by having their
customsbrokers name end up in the directory. If you see a
customsbrokers name under your HTS
# in the directory of US Importers, then that customsbroker has an
expertise in moving your
products. Contact that particular customsbroker for details.

John
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:22:47 +0000, cufizz@comcast.net wrote :

> Hi John,
>
> I am about to import shopping bags from China and would like to find
out if it is a good idea to
use Fedex or DHL as shipping agents rather than using Customs Broker.
>
> Thanks,
> Claire

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