subject: How to save cost by good packing while purchasing from China [print this page] How to save cost by good packing while purchasing from China
In afore-mentioned example, one part that constitutes the freight charge is
Volumetric packing, simply because while in the process of shipping, charges
Are calculated based on weight measurement, which is one of our common sense.
Focusing upon small quantity & personalized style product purchasing for the benefit of us all. Let's take one-3000 piece- Flannelette -Bag -case for instance. Size for this bag is 3 1/5" x 5", total weight 37 kilogram.
Door to Door Service Price would be:
Your Net Price = Set up Charge + FOB price + International to shipping charge + import duty and VAT
$1230(0.41) = $50 + $550 + $639 + $0
Before shipping out from China, we will examine the weight as 37kilogram, checking out by comparing between its actual weight and volumetric weight, because freight express forwarder would calculate the freight charge based upon weight measurement
1 kg volumetric weight = cubic meter / 5000,
From this equation we can tell that the bigger the number of packing volumetric weight is, the higher the freight cost will be.
By means of volume optimization, we can choose the most idealistic package box, leaving no space and compressing it while filling the goods, which may reduce many freight cost.
According to our experiences, we used to narrow down 1/3 or even 1/2 freight cost by adjusting to use more ideal package box regards to goods like bags, volumetric weight of which is much higher than its actual weight.
As we go back to flannelette bags in our case, the total cost would be reduced to
$1000(0.333) = $50 + $550 + $400 + $0
19% of total supposed cost is cut off !!
The percentage kept between Costs in China & Freight Charge as 1:1 would be the most idealistic for purchasing goods. Signing up a good shipping contract and nice packing would help, or by regards to the title of our next discussion, we may focus upon the value of the target product and its weight condition, this will help increase the value of the competition while buying goods from China.
