As the domestic e-commerce market becomes increasingly saturated, more and more e-commerce merchants are beginning to expand into overseas markets. No matter what type of e-commerce, logistics support is essential, and cross-border logistics refers to logistics on an international scale, transporting goods from one country or region to another with the help of sea or air freight. or region to complete international transactions. So, let’s learn about the characteristics of cross-border dedicated line logistics.
First of all, language communication is a difficulty in cross-border logistics. Goods need to be transported safely from one country to another, and they need to pass through customs in many countries along the way. For smooth customs clearance, cargo labels must be available in multiple languages.
Secondly, cross-border logistics takes a long time and there are tax issues. This is different from domestic logistics and transportation, and international tax rates and policies are also different, making it more complicated to deal with problems when they arise.
Third, the service function of cross-border logistics is single and the service positioning is narrow. Many cross-border e-commerce companies or enterprises only have a single mode of transportation, have less selective service functions, cannot meet customer needs, and lack competitiveness.
Fourth, logistics forms are diversified. Since cross-border logistics needs to go through multiple links, and there are many forms of logistics in each link, customs clearance can be judged based on sea, land, air, and dedicated lines.
Fifth, competition between regions or industries is more intense than domestic competition, so there is less cross-industry competition. Although there are many competitors in the cross-border logistics industry, due to limitations in financial strength, management level and technical ability, competition in the national logistics market is characterized by competition among enterprises within a certain region.
Sixth, service functions are single, value-added services are few, homogeneous competition intensifies, and there is a lack of bright spots and advantages in the competition. Most cross-border logistics companies can only provide sea or air logistics services, and can only provide limited multimodal transport and cross-border logistics companies, which are in the same position. In terms of providing cross-border logistics services, in addition to traditional customs declaration, ticket booking and other services, there is basically no design to provide optimized comprehensive logistics services, so the problem of homogeneous competition is more serious.
The above introduction is relevant knowledge about the characteristics of cross-border dedicated line logistics. However, it is worth reminding that there are still relatively few cross-border logistics companies that can provide multimodal transportation and meet the different needs of customers. In the process of logistics services, in addition to basic customs declaration and space booking services, there are few companies that provide optimized design of transportation solutions and comprehensive logistics services, so the phenomenon of homogeneous competition is serious.