Your quote covers the shipping. It does not cover customs
Same cargo, same ship, same route. The difference is whether import duty, tax and clearance sit inside the number you were quoted, or arrive separately after your stock lands.
A typical DAP quote
ProActive Chain
Quoted price
$61,500
$67,500
Ocean freight and delivery to your door
Included
Included
Import duty and tax
Not included
Included
Customs brokerage
Not included
Included
Customs inspection
Not included
Included
Import formalities and clearance
Not included
Included
What you actually pay
$61,500+ unknown
$67,500Nothing further to pay
Illustrative example, two quotes for the same 1,000 unit shipment. Buyer-caused costs such as warehouse storage or relabelling sit outside any freight quote, ours included.
Three steps, and only one of them is yours
01You send one packing listAny format. A PDF, a spreadsheet, even a photo of it. If you do not have it to hand, send the form anyway and we will ask.
02We price it against our volumeYour cargo goes in with everyone else's, so one shipper prices it at a bulk rate instead of on your volume alone.
03You get the number in about three hoursItemised, all in, and the number you would actually pay. No fee for it and no obligation to use it.
A skincare brand was shipping $40,000 every two weeks
They had never had a second forwarder quote the same cargo. We sourced the same route and the same quality for $30,000.
$40,000Per shipment, before
$30,000Per shipment, after
$260,000 a year, on one account
There are only three ways this ends, and we are fine with all of them
You ship with usYou look at the number, it is better, you book it.
You take our number to your forwarderPlenty of people do. Show them what you were quoted and ask them to match it. If they do, you are better off and it cost you one packing list.
You find out you were already fineSometimes the answer is that your current rate is genuinely good. That is worth knowing too, and it is the last you will hear from us about it.
Send us one packing list
You will know what your next shipment out of China should cost, and what it is costing you now. About three hours. No fee, no obligation.
Get a Combined Shipping Quote TODAY
Your outsourced supply chain team. Send us one packing list and we will tell you what your next shipment out of China should actually cost.
