Shipping to China

When shipping personal items to China, it is diffrent from shipping to  other countries. While in many countries, a shipment can be cleared by the consignee ( the individual who is receiving the goods), in China a custom broker has to be used to custom clear shipments.  It takes much more days to custom clear the shipments compared with other countries.
When you ship something as small packages using the services of FedEx or DHL,  they can deliver to the consignee's door, however, they are not able to custom clear the shipments. They have to be cleared customs by the customs broker hired by the consignee. So, when you ship something to China, make sure that the consignee there knows about this and can use the services of some local customs broker. This shold be okay for experienced importors but companies or  individuals with no import/export may have difficulty once the shipment gets there.

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