Why do many people choose freight forwarding companies for international express delivery
Many foreign trade companies have found that it is cheaper to send DHL/UPS/FEDEX international express from the freight forwarding company than to send official shipments directly from international express.
What are the reasons behind it?
The forwarder is to concentrate the quantity of goods to the international express company delivery, the quantity of goods is relatively large, the price will naturally have concessions.
Foreign trade companies and factories want to ship to foreign countries if they directly take the official delivery of international express, then they can only get the official freight price of international express, no concessions. Because the amount of goods of foreign trade companies is very small for international express companies.
The freight forwarding company is by putting all the goods together and sending them to international express companies, centralized mailing, the volume of goods is relatively large, so it can get a more affordable price in international express companies, then the overall freight will be reduced, long-term delivery, saving a lot of logistics costs, freight forwarding companies are naturally cheaper than the price announced by international express companies.
Because of the advantages in price, there are also the following reasons, we send international express the first consideration is the freight forwarding company:
The process is simple and efficient
① If the foreign trade company shipped by itself, then you need to contact ☎ shipping company or airline company, and the shipping company will not accept your various bulk cargo when booking space.
(2) Foreign trade companies should be responsible for all the processes, including booking, information declaration, cargo certification, planning routes, declaration of customs clearance and a series of things, for foreign trade companies who do not understand freight is a more complex process, the consumption of time and energy are more.
The freight forwarder will handle the accepted business according to your business needs. To promote long-term cooperation between the two sides, freight forwarders will give logistics solutions at the same time, but also more for the sake of foreign trade companies, planning reasonable routes, choosing more favorable logistics solutions.
Save time and labor costs
If the foreign trade company delivers the goods by itself, then it needs to find a trailer to the company to haul the goods, transport them to the warehouse or the yard for packing, then buy insurance by itself, and then prepare the materials for customs declaration. After the customs declaration process is approved, it will be sent to the shipping company for shipment.
The freight forwarder will take care of all the steps above and provide door-to-door transportation services for foreign traders. At the same time, the freight forwarding company has a modern logistics management system, and the cargo owner can directly query the objects and logistics dynamics on the system.
It can not only save time and labor costs for foreign trade companies, but also reduce capital costs