How Shipping Rates from China Are Calculated: A Complete Guide for Consolidation
For cross-border e-commerce sellers and importers, logistics is often the single largest variable cost impacting profit margins. When sourcing from multiple Chinese suppliers—shipping loose, individual boxes via commercial express leads to mounting baseline fees and dimensional weight penalties. China parcel consolidation solves this by collecting your parcels at a centralized Chinese warehouse, inspecting them, stripping […]
China Air Freight Rates 2026: What Consolidators Actually Charge
China remains the world’s largest air cargo origin, and 2026 keeps the pattern importers have learned to expect: rates swing with the season, the lane, and how you choose to ship. This guide gives you the real 2026 numbers for consolidated air freight — the version most small and mid-sized importers actually use — and […]
Repacking & Carton Replacement: How Consolidation Protects Your Cargo
How Freight2Me rebuilds your suppliers’ parcels into one protected outbound carton: what repacking covers, what we insist on repacking, and how it protects cargo.
Multi-Supplier Order Tracking: Managing Parcels from Different Factories
How Freight2Me tracks parcels from multiple Chinese suppliers at our Guangzhou hub: arrival logging, exception handling, and knowing when the batch is ready to merge.
Consolidation Warehouse Insurance: Protecting Merged Shipments
Freight insurance for consolidated cargo: what the carrier covers, how we insure the merged load, warehouse-period risk, and how a claim actually works.
Customs Clearance for Consolidated Cargo: What Buyers Must Know
Customs clearance for a merged China consolidation shipment: declaring mixed items, HS codes, low-value duty thresholds, and what to do if customs inspects.
Restricted & Prohibited Items in China Consolidation
The items stopped most in China consolidation: batteries, liquids, powders, branded goods, and permit items, plus how Freight2Me screens and handles them.
Consolidation Fee Breakdown: What Is Actually in Your China Quote
A line-by-line decode of a China consolidation quote: what pickup, repacking, main freight and delivery actually cover, and what all-in usually leaves out.
Chargeable Weight for Consolidated Shipments: How Carriers Bill You
How chargeable weight is calculated for consolidated air shipments: the greater-of rule, the 5000 divisor, and a worked three-supplier example.
Guangzhou Warehouse Storage Fees: Free Period, Rates & When You Are Charged
Guangzhou warehouse storage fees for China consolidation: the free storage window, daily rate tiers, and the timeline that keeps you inside it.