Detailed explanation of overseas warehouse fee structure and optimization strategies

1. Overseas warehouse fee structure

1. First-leg transportation cost

The first-leg transportation cost refers to the freight incurred by transporting goods to overseas warehouses, which usually includes inland transportation fees, international air transportation, sea transportation fees, etc. This cost is affected by transportation volume, transportation frequency, volume, unit transportation rate and transportation method.

2. Comprehensive tariff cost

Comprehensive tariff costs involve the fees levied when exporting goods to a country in accordance with the country’s trade policy, mainly including tariffs and customs clearance fees. The comprehensive tariff cost is related to the importing country’s tariff policy, product characteristics and other factors. For example, in American countries, only import duties are levied; in European countries, import duties and value-added tax are required; in Australia, an additional surtax is levied.

3. Warehousing service cost

The cost of warehousing services refers to the costs incurred during the storage of goods in the warehouse, including the off-season and peak seasons. Generally speaking, overseas warehousing costs are higher in the second half of the year. In addition, warehousing rates are determined by factors such as the nature of the goods and market conditions.

4. Order processing costs

Order processing costs cover the costs incurred by cross-border e-commerce logistics companies for picking, handling, packaging and other operations after the buyer places the order. The main influencing factors are order processing time, order volume and unit time cost.

5. Local delivery cost

Local delivery costs refer to the costs incurred by third-party overseas warehousing and logistics companies or their cooperative companies to deliver to buyers. This part of the cost is related to the delivery volume and unit delivery cost.

2. Case analysis

Assume that a consumer in California, USA, purchased 12 balancing scooters through a cross-border e-commerce platform in China. The service quotation of Shenzhen Dafang Logistics Co., Ltd. is used as an example for cost analysis.

• Basic product information: Weight 12kg, size 67x27x27 (approximately 0.05 cubic meters), purchase price 1,000 yuan.
• Cost Calculation:
  • First-leg transportation cost (including tariff cost): The total sea freight is 5,000 yuan, the total tariff is 4,000 yuan, and the total customs clearance fee is 32 yuan, totaling 9,032 yuan.
  • Warehouse service fee (including order processing fee): 3 yuan for storage volume, 3 yuan for warehousing value, 27 yuan for order processing, totaling 33 yuan.
  • Local delivery fee: The cost of shipping to the second zone of the United States is 94.85 yuan.

3. Overseas warehousing cost rationalization plan for cross-border e-commerce companies

1. Transportation optimization design

• Use a variety of transportation methods flexibly;
• Reasonably choose ocean transportation routes;
• Carefully design transportation packaging.

2. Commodity classification and tax avoidance methods

• Correctly classify customs declaration products;
• Scientific and reasonable tax avoidance.

3. Improve inventory turnover rate

Purchase hot-selling products and use big data to predict market demand.

4. Order processing cost reduction

Build an overseas warehousing management information system to improve order execution efficiency.

5. Reduce local delivery costs

Choose local overseas warehouses that are closer to consumers and strictly assess logistics companies.

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