Logistics is the most uncontrollable aspect of cross-border e-commerce, and so is import. Logistics companies in related fields include traders, international express delivery, postal parcels, forwarding companies, etc. Objectively speaking, domestic consumers have been spoiled by the excellent domestic logistics experience on platforms such as Taobao and JD.com. However, in order to obtain their favorite imported goods, overseas shopping consumers have generally lowered their expectations for logistics experience. Most cross-border goods receipts The duration is about two weeks, and less than 10% is within one week.
Traditional trade logistics for duty-paid imports is bulk transportation, which is slow but controllable. Cross-border e-commerce imports are prone to problems such as lost parts, damage, and even package swaps. Foods such as milk powder may also deteriorate due to improper transportation and storage, mainly because there are many logistics forms and operations involved.
Due to the formation of e-commerce orders, the urgency of receiving goods on the consumer side, the organization of international transportation has become more flexible and uncontrollable factors have increased, coupled with the restrictions of import and export customs control and other factors, so far there has not been any cross-border E-commerce or related logistics companies can completely ensure that the entire process is as smooth as domestic logistics.
Cross-border logistics is closely related to its customs clearance method. It is transported into the country by commercial express delivery and cleared by express mail; international parcels sent by postal services are cleared by mail as personal items: direct purchase imports may use overseas warehouses Unlike consolidated cargo transportation, bonded import is inseparable from bonded warehouses. Both are three-way customs clearance; once all logistics channels enter the country, domestic logistics is basically equivalent to domestic express delivery. The timeliness is more reliable, depending on the price and region. difference.
The timeliness of each link of cross-border import logistics services may be controllable, but once connected in series, there may be “blockage”. In the international transportation section, sea transportation takes too long, and some foods such as milk powder are not suitable for sea transportation, so air transportation is generally chosen. Of course, bonded imports are stocked in large quantities in advance, which has opened up cross-border shipping and intercontinental railway transportation to a certain extent.
In China, the speed of customs clearance has a lot to do with the strength of each logistics company. When transferring customs at the airport, it takes at least one or two days from the international airport to the bonded area. The process is not smoothed out and queuing consumes energy. dead. Due to differences in product attributes and operating models, there are no completely alternative logistics channels, and consumers and imported e-commerce companies will each take what they need.