For cross-border e-commerce sellers who have just entered the industry, they may not know much about the steps of international logistics, today Yifan will introduce what international logistics is, what are the specific operation steps, and what are the characteristics.

International logistics is the legal movement of goods between different countries. The main purpose is to select the best way and path for international trade and cross-border business services, and to distribute goods from the supply side of a country to the demand side of the destination country in a timely manner.

The specific operation steps of international logistics are as follows:

1. Consult the international freight forwarding company's freight quotation, payment method, receiving warehouse address, company service process, timeliness and security issues to ensure that problems can be solved in time.

2. The consignor is required to provide detailed cargo information such as product name, weight, packaging size, recipient information, etc

3. After receiving the goods, the receiving warehouse will weigh → classify→ measure size→ make orders→ paste orders→ bag → Loaded and finally sent to the port/airport

Fourth, the goods are divided into general goods/special goods, sent to the corresponding port/airport for tally→ weighing→ single → security check, and finally if the security check of the goods fails, they will be returned and not put into storage. The goods pass the security check to prove that the goods can be entered into the warehouse without problems.

5. Customers can choose their own customs broker, or they can entrust an international freight forwarding company to declare customs, and generally international freight forwarding companies will help customers handle this process. Of course, if the customer has a customs broker or customs clearance ability, he can choose to operate it himself.

6. After the goods arrive at the local customs→ they will be inspected→ taxed → finally released.

1. Document review: Customs reviews the goods and provides documents according to the customs declaration materials.

2. Inspection: Customs conducts spot checks on goods to avoid contraband entering the local area.

3. Taxation: Customs collects taxes according to the category of goods in accordance with local national laws and regulations.

4. After the above inspection, if there is no problem, the goods will be released and handed over to the corresponding customs clearance company or customs broker.

7. After receiving the goods, the customs clearance agent will hand them over to the delivery agent.

8. The delivery agent shall deliver according to the face list of the goods.

9. The goods are signed for.