Experience shipping from China to Puerto Rico?
Sorry in advance for the long post.
I have a small business in Puerto Rico, and I want to purchase from several verified sellers in China. Colleagues have bought from these companies, and they're Gold suppliers with over 10 years in Alibaba.
With that said, I want to learn how to ship from China to Puerto Rico. These companies don't have experience shipping to Puerto Rico. Since we're a small store and it's my first time, I won't be buying a lot of quantity.
Our two first separate purchases will have the following sizes:
Dimensions purchase #1:
30*22*32 inches, 183 pounds
Dimensions purchase #2:
17*16*17 inches, 40 pounds
How do I go about shipping this to Puerto Rico?
With the heavier purchase (30*22*32in, 183lbs), although the merchandise cost is similar between sellers, the freight charges vary dramatically.
They go from "$267" to "$439.5+23%tax" to "$364.5 + VAT 15%" to "more than 1500usd".
As you can see, there's lots of stuff I don't know about (import/export taxes, China factory pickup and retrieving from destination in PR, etc.). The list of unknowns is long.
Not only that, Alibaba is full of services that ship from China to other countries. How do I integrate an external freight forwarder into the equation?
How do I start learning?
Thanks.
I have a small business in Puerto Rico, and I want to purchase from several verified sellers in China. Colleagues have bought from these companies, and they're Gold suppliers with over 10 years in Alibaba.
With that said, I want to learn how to ship from China to Puerto Rico. These companies don't have experience shipping to Puerto Rico. Since we're a small store and it's my first time, I won't be buying a lot of quantity.
Our two first separate purchases will have the following sizes:
Dimensions purchase #1:
30*22*32 inches, 183 pounds
Dimensions purchase #2:
17*16*17 inches, 40 pounds
How do I go about shipping this to Puerto Rico?
With the heavier purchase (30*22*32in, 183lbs), although the merchandise cost is similar between sellers, the freight charges vary dramatically.
They go from "$267" to "$439.5+23%tax" to "$364.5 + VAT 15%" to "more than 1500usd".
As you can see, there's lots of stuff I don't know about (import/export taxes, China factory pickup and retrieving from destination in PR, etc.). The list of unknowns is long.
Not only that, Alibaba is full of services that ship from China to other countries. How do I integrate an external freight forwarder into the equation?
How do I start learning?
Thanks.
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