Import Service

   Two Ways to Ship & Import to Mainland China:
   For shipping & importing to Mainland China, there are two main ways to do it. The first way is that you ship direct to Mainland China. The second is that you ship the goods to Hong Kong first and then from Hong Kong the goods will be transported to Mainland China.

   Generally, international shipping to Hong Kong whether by air or sea costs less than shipping directly to mainland China. Hong Kong is a duty-free port and is landlocked with mainland China. The mainland Chinese city that borders Hong Kong is Shenzhen, which one of the primary logistics and e-commerce hubs of China and where many of our main warehouses are located.

   At the same time, there will obviously be costs associated with transporting the goods from Hong Kong to Mainland China and going through Chinese customs at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border but generally speaking (depending on the nature of your shipment) it will be more cost effective to ship via Hong Kong as compared to shipping directly to Mainland China.

   It is generally easier to clear customs for importing into mainland China when it is done via Hong Kong. This is especially so if you don’t have the necessary documentations/certificates for importing certain ‘sensitive’ products to mainland China.