How to Shipping from China to France

How to Shipping from China to France? There are 5 ways to Shipping from China to France: Express, air freight, sea freight, rail freight, and truck freight shipping. In this post, we will cover everything from common methods, timing and costs.

How Long Does Shipping Take from China to France?
There are currently three best shipping modes from China to the France: air, sea, and rail. Air express is the fastest and the most expensive, and it will arrive in about 3-5 days. Ocean shipping(container ship from China to France) is the cheapest, and it takes about 25-45 days to arrive at the port from the start of the ship. The railway to the France shipping price and timeliness is between air and sea freight.

	Port to Port	Door to Door
Sea Freight(FCL)	30 – 35 days	46 -50 days
Sea Freight(LCL)	29 – 41 days	42 -58 days
Air Freight	3 -8 days	6 – 16 days
Express	–	5 – 6 days

Shipping Cost from China to France

Air shipping costs from China to France can reach US4 to 5 per kg, based on weight, size, and volumetric weight. And for container shipping cost from China to France: In FCL shipping, the average cost of a 40 foot container from China to the UK is $5,480. In LCL shipping, it is a cost-effective method to transport goods from China to the France. The average cost of shipping 200 kg/1cbm through LCL shipping is around $600-800

Prices are subject to change, please contact us for the latest quotation

5 Shipping from China to France Methods

Air Shipping from China to France

International express services that can shipping from China to France include DHL, FedEx, UPS, TNT, etc. You can choose DHL and FedEx to deliver goods with a weight of less than 10kg and choose UPS, TNT, to deliver more than 23kg.

Advantages: The advantages of international express delivery are apparent. Express delivery is quick and detailed, and the logistics timeliness is very fast. They can achieve delivery within 5 days to sign. And air freight takes more than ten days. Ocean Shipping takes more than one month.

Disadvantages: The disadvantages of international express delivery are also particularly obvious. Because the logistics services provided are better, the shipping price is also higher. It is the highest standard of freight and the most expensive under the same weight in any transportation method.

Suggestion: If it is not high logistics timeliness and safety requirements, it is recommended not to choose international express delivery to shipping from China to France because you will bear a more expensive shipping fee.

International air freight to the France

International air freight shipping from China to France includes international special lines, international parcels, Amazon FBA freight, overseas warehouses freight and other air freight logistics.

The international special line is the most cost-effective, and international parcels are the lowest air freight price. Amazon FBA freight and overseas warehouse are services for cross-border e-commerce sellers.

The advantage of air freight: the timeliness is relatively fast, and it is the fastest time-efficient logistics channel besides express delivery. The price is also relatively low, and it can meet the logistics needs of different shippers.

The disadvantages of air freight: timeliness, price is in the middle, timeliness is in the range of 5-20 days, which can not meet the requirements of friends with higher requirements. Logistics requirements.

Suggestion: the timeliness of logistics is not very high. If you want to save logistics costs, you can choose international air freight to ship to the UK.

International sea freight to the France

There are 2 ocean freight shipping from China to France: expedited ships and slow ships. The expedited ships have faster time but are expensive shipping rates, and slow ships have slower timeliness but lower rates. You can choose the corresponding shipping way to ship from China to the France according to your needs.

Advantages of international Shipping: International sea shipping is a type of transportation with the lowest price in the entire transportation mode. It has low transportation costs, low maintenance costs, and a large carrying capacity. Therefore, the freight rate is very low. Shipping from China to the France can reach about $1 to $1.5 unit kilogram.

Disadvantages of international sea freight: The disadvantages of sea transport are also very obvious. The logistics timeliness is extremely slow. The timeliness for arrival in the France is between 30 and 50 days, greatly affected by the natural environment.

Suggestion: The shipping price is low, and the timeliness is slow. It is suitable for using goods with low logistics timeliness requirements and large volumes, which can significantly save logistics costs.

Rail Transport to the France

Using the logistics channels created by the China-Europe Interrail, international rail transport can be used to reach to many European countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.

Advantages of international rail transportation: stable timeliness and low freight rates. It can send liquids and electrical power products. 

Disadvantages of international rail transportation: slow logistics timeliness, unable to deliver goods to the destination quickly. 

Suggestion: The advantage of rail transportation is its good stability, sufficient capacity, and good performance in the peak season of logistics. It is very suitable for delivery and stocking in the peak season.

Truck Freight Shipping from China to France

Truck freight to Europe and then transfer to the France is a type of shipping from China to France method with similar timeliness and services to European rail transport.

Advantages of international airlines: the timeliness is slightly faster than that of rail transportation, and it has a good capacity, which can be used as a backup channel for delivery.

Disadvantages of international airlines: the overall shipping time is slower than air transport and express delivery and less than sea transport and rail transport. It is not suitable for shippers with higher timeliness requirements.

Suggestion: Truck freight has a low transportation cost and is suitable for reaching some Middle East countries. It can also be used as a backup channel for shipping from China to France during the peak season.

Choose the Best Shipping from China to France Route
5 types of logistics way have obvious advantages.

-If the timeliness requirements are high, you can choose air freight logistics for large quantities, choose express for small quantities, and choose international EMS for Foam products.

-The timeliness requirements are not high, and the cargo volume is too large. It is more cost-effective to choose the sea transportation.

-The cargo volume is larger but not very large, so rail transport is the best choice, with low tariffs and more stable timeliness.

Shipping from China to France Channel Restrictions

There are some restrictions in specific logistics ways, including item restrictions, weight restrictions, and volume restrictions. Exporters must focus on these aspects when choosing specific logistics channels.

About Sensitive Goods

Sensitive goods refer to items that are difficult to mail through ordinary logistics channels, such as liquids, pastes, cosmetics, powders, charged items, pure battery items, electronic cigarettes, and so on.

Because of the relatively large air traffic control, such items need to be mailed through rail or air special shipping way. For example, the France special shipping line can ship liquids, pastes, cosmetics, and pure batteries. The rail freight can also ship liquids, pastes, cosmetics and other items.

DDP shipping from China to France

Professional freight forwarder provide DDP shipping from China to France, using LCL shipment by rail freight, truck freight or air freight, competitive price, timely & safety. Door to door delivery to Amazon FBA warehouse, Business address and Private address, 10-15 days for air freight, 20-25 days for truck freight, 30-35 days for sea shipping & 30-35 days for rail freight.

We have 4 routes for DDP shipping from China to France: DDP air freigh, DDP rail freight, DDP sea shipping and DDP truck freight. Goods need to be sent to our warehouse in Shenzhen, China or authorize us to pick up the goods from your factory.

DDP air freight from China to France

• First Leg: Air freight
• Shipping Type: LCL shipping by default
• Shipping Time: 10-15 days
• Export Declaration: Your factory could be the exporter to declare.
• VAT & EORI: We use our business partners as importers for import declarations, so we will use their VAT & EORI.
• Destination: Amazon FBA warehouse, Business address and Private address.

DDP rail freight from China to France

• First Leg: Rail freight
• Shipping Type: LCL shipping by default
• Shipping Time: 30-35 days
• Export Declaration: Your factory could be the exporter to declare, need the total chargeable weight more than 100Kg.
• VAT & EORI: We use our business partners as importers for import declarations, so we will use their VAT & EORI.
• Destination: Amazon FBA warehouse, Business address and Private address.

DDP sea shipping from China to France

• First Leg: Sea shipping
• Shipping Type: LCL shipping by default
• Shipping Time: 30-35 days
• Export Declaration: Your factory could be the exporter to declare.
• VAT & EORI: We use our business partners as importers for import declarations, so we will use their VAT & EORI.
• Destination: Amazon FBA warehouse, Business address and Private address.

DDP truck freight from China to France

• First Leg: Truck freight
• Shipping Type: LCL shipping by default
• Shipping Time: 20-25 days
• Export Declaration: Your factory could be the exporter to declare.
• VAT & EORI: We use our business partners as importers for import declarations, so we will use their VAT & EORI.
• Destination: Amazon FBA warehouse, Business address and Private address.

Items Requesment

• Do not accept items that infringe intellectual property rights.
• Do not accept illegal and controlled items (drugs, arms, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.)
• On items packaging and SKU label need have “Made in China” marks.

Outer Carton Requestment

• The outer carton is recommended to be new and sturdy. Do not have the logo or info which is not related to the goods.
• Please use the clear opp gummed tape to seal the carton outer box, don’t use the tape in color.
• Please attach one “Made in China” label or print the “Made in China” on the outer carton.
• The longest side length need less than 120cm
• The second longest side length need less than 75cm
• (Width + Height)*2 + Length<300, use cm as the length unit

Weight Requestment

• Min. chargeable weight for one outer carton with items is 10Kg/DDP Air Freight, 13Kg/DDP Rail Freight, 12Kg/DDP Sea Shipping and 12Kg/DDP Truck Freight.
• Max gross weight for one outer carton with items is 30Kg.
• Min. chargeable weight for one waybill is 11Kg/DDP Air Freight, 13Kg/DDP Rail Freight, 21Kg/DDP Sea Shipping and 21Kg/DDP Truck Freight.

Amazon FBA Items Requestment

• Each item is required to have a unique FNSKU label.
• Each outer carton need attach two Amazon shipment label, one on front and one on back, and using the clear opp gummed tape or the clear sticker to cover the label.

Final Deliver

• Door to door delivery
• By UPS or DHL