Agustus 2026

Mengapa AS dan Uni Eropa Sama-sama Menghapus De Minimis di Tahun yang Sama? Selama hampir dua dekade, sebuah frasa Latin tunggal secara diam-diam membentuk ekonomi perdagangan elektronik global. “De minimis” — terlalu kecil untuk diperhitungkan — memungkinkan paket bernilai rendah melintasi perbatasan tanpa bea masuk, hampir tanpa diperiksa oleh petugas bea cukai. Di Amerika Serikat, […]

The End of Cheap: How China-to-West Shipping Changed Forever in 2026     The China-to-West supply chain worked on a basic, nearly invisible subsidy for 20 years. Small goods moved for next to nothing. Tariffs were an afterthought for anyone shipping under $800. Ocean freight costs spent most of the 2010s hanging near historic lows.

Why EORI Numbers Are Now Non-Negotiable for EU-Bound Sellers     A package departs a Shenzhen warehouse on time, sails for weeks, then sits at an EU port because one line of data was missing from the customs form. More and more, that missing line is the Economic Operators Registration and Identification number, popularly known

Multi-Warehouse Strategy: Splitting Stock Between China and Overseas     For most of the past decade, cross-border sellers have structured their worldwide sales channels around a single place of origin. The products were manufactured in China, stored in a Shenzhen or Yiwu warehouse and sent directly to buyers on the other side of the globe.

How to Choose a Freight Forwarder for Your First China Shipment     Shipping your first order out of China can be a bit like being handed the controls of an aeroplane you’ve never flown. Containers, incoterms, bills of lading, customs bonds and a dozen acronyms are all flying at you at once, and somewhere

Amazon FBA Prep from China: What Changed After De Minimis Ended     Introduction For more than a decade, the $800 de minimis exemption has been the silent motor of low-cost cross-border e-commerce. A supplier in Shenzhen or Yiwu may ship a parcel directly to a U.S. doorstep, or directly into an Amazon FBA incoming

How Currency Fluctuations Are Quietly Changing Your Shipping Costs     The exchange rate, a number most shippers never think about, is quietly rewriting their bills somewhere between a supplier’s workshop in Shenzhen and a warehouse in Ohio. Everywhere in logistics, people are watching bunker costs, port congestion and tariff headlines. But the currency market

Return Shipping from Europe/US Back to China: The Overlooked Cost   Introduction Every cross-border merchant speaks about the cost of delivering a product from a Shenzhen warehouse to a customer’s doorstep in Los Angeles or Berlin. Much less is said regarding the return of the same merchandise. Most cost models consider return shipment an afterthought,

Kesalahan Pengemasan yang Memicu Pemeriksaan Bea Cukai Tambahan Terkadang, paket yang sepenuhnya legal dan telah dibayar dapat dihentikan di perbatasan karena hal sepele seperti label yang tidak sejajar atau deskripsi yang tidak jelas pada karton. Sebagian besar importir mengira penundaan tersebut disebabkan oleh produknya – barang terlarang, tagihan yang didiskon.

Cara Menghitung Biaya Pendaratan Sebelum Anda Melakukan Pemesanan Sebagian besar keputusan pengadaan masih berputar di sekitar satu angka, yaitu harga FOB atau EX Works dari pemasok. Angka ini rapi, mudah dimasukkan ke dalam spreadsheet, dan merupakan angka yang pertama kali muncul dalam pesan WeChat dari perwakilan penjualan pabrik.