Import logistics is the most uncontrollable link in the entire import cross-border e-commerce. Logistics companies in related fields include traders, international express delivery, postal parcels, and forwarding companies. In order to obtain the desired imported goods, consumers generally lower their expectations of logistics experience. Most cross-border delivery takes about 2 weeks, and less than 10% takes less than 1 week. Due to the many links involved in cross-border logistics, no cross-border e-commerce or related logistics company can completely guarantee that all links are as smooth as domestic logistics.
Cross-border logistics is closely related to its customs clearance method. If it is transported into the country by commercial express delivery, it will be cleared by express delivery; if it is transported into the country by postal international parcels, it will be cleared by personal items; direct purchase imports may use overseas warehouses and cargo collection transportation, and bonded imports cannot do without bonded warehouses. Both are “three-order collision” customs clearance. Once all logistics channels enter the country, the domestic logistics is basically equivalent to domestic express delivery, and the timeliness is relatively reliable.
Import cross-border logistics refers to the first delivery of goods from the supplier country to my country through cross-border logistics, and then the final domestic delivery from my country after customs clearance. Import cross-border logistics involves overseas collection, customs clearance and domestic delivery, and it is necessary to organically connect the various links. However, due to the complex process, logistics is still a bottleneck affecting the development of import cross-border e-commerce.
Import cross-border e-commerce logistics is mainly for the Chinese market, which is generated with the development of overseas shopping. According to the different participants in the process, there are currently two main logistics modes for import cross-border e-commerce: overseas direct mail mode and bonded stocking mode. Among them, the overseas direct mail mode is divided into small package direct mail mode and collection direct mail mode according to whether the orders are concentrated and shipped uniformly.