Cross-border e-commerce logistics is divided into cross-border e-commerce import logistics and cross-border e-commerce export logistics according to import and export methods. Cross-border e-commerce export logistics is relatively mature, mainly including postal EMS and postal parcels, dedicated logistics overseas warehouses, domestic express delivery, and international express delivery. Cross-border import logistics has a short development time. At present, there are mainly import direct mail, cross-border direct collection mode, and bonded import mode. The corresponding three cross-border e-commerce logistics methods are international express delivery, international logistics + overseas warehouse, and international logistics + bonded warehouse + domestic express delivery. With the development of cross-border e-commerce in the future, more innovative logistics business models will emerge.
Currently, companies engaged in cross-border e-commerce logistics include domestic express delivery companies, traditional freight forwarding companies, traditional shipping companies, postal services, international express delivery companies, etc. In the future, the supply entities entering the cross-border e-commerce logistics service field will be more diversified. Large cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Suning and LightInTheBox have begun to establish cross-border e-commerce logistics systems through overseas warehouses, etc. Large manufacturing companies such as Haier, Hisense, Foxconn, etc. have also begun to use overseas channels to join the cross-border e-commerce field. Shipping companies such as Sinotrans and China Shipping have also entered the cross-border e-commerce field by cooperating with Alibaba.
Overseas warehouse construction has become an important platform for the development of cross-border e-commerce logistics
With the intensive introduction of favorable policies for cross-border e-commerce by the state, overseas warehouses have experienced explosive development in 2015. In 2015, the supply of overseas warehouses has undergone tremendous changes. Among them, some are transformed from traditional freight forwarding companies or international logistics companies, represented by Export Express and 4PX Express, and some are large cross-border e-commerce platforms such as AliExpress and Suning.com. It can be concluded that whether it is the Asia-Taiwan cross-border e-commerce logistics business model or the small and beautiful cross-border e-commerce logistics business model, they are all tending to be synchronized in the layout of overseas warehouses.