Air freight enquiry

[Vega]

Hi, if i wish to self import 18" rim from Germany via air freight, may i know how much will it cost?

each rim is about 10kg. 4 rims. dont know the dimension of the packaging box.

 

any bro/sis from freight industry can advice?

[Ironstarz]

If i'm not wrong, the air freight is not just about weight, its about volumetric weight. Meaning to say you have a big boss, even tho its only 50grams, the charges will be quite high as they they by the volume of the boxes.

[Cheza]

Usually general cargo below 45kg, more advisable to go via courier service. eg. Fedex, DHL, TNT etc as they are able to provide door to door service cheaper than freight forwarding companies

[Pisces69]

Hi, if i wish to self import 18" rim from Germany via air freight, may i know how much will it cost?

each rim is about 10kg. 4 rims. dont know the dimension of the packaging box.

 

any bro/sis from freight industry can advice?

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Why dont u just ask the supplier to quote u C&F or CIF. Better still Door to Door.

 

Like that the freight already arranged by the supplier. Less headache for u.

 

Or just call one of the many freight forwarders here & check.

 

U can also consider ship by seafreight. Sud b cheaper. Takes >1 month to reach u.

 

P.S. If insurance is not arranged by supplier U sud get it done yourself. Just in case its damaged or missing.

Edited January 25, 2010 by Pisces69

[Vega]

Thanks for all the input. If i still insist to bring them in via air freight, may i know roughly how much will it cost? less than $500 possible?

[Cheza]

Anything less than 100kg is not suitable to go via Seafreight, the cost will be much more expensive compare to Airfreight. I am from a freight forwarding company, and if u want a estimate cost, I can ask my sale ppl to contact u. I am not from sales though.

[Yeobh]

It's possible if you are a regular shipper but for one off business deal the cost per kg will be high.You may still have to pay for local airport handling & delivery charges.

[Drumstick]

Judging from your description of 4 rims

40kgs - around 0.3cbm

 

Courier service would be a solution if you wanna save the hassel.

You can call DHL, Fedex to collect from the location and make payment upon delivery.

Which is FC, freight collect.

An invoice or manifest ( document ) will need to accompany the items.

Make sure it is less than sgd$250 value indicated or you will need to pay 5% GST

You can also mark it as personal items with no commercial value.

You can request for normal service instead of express service which is normally 20% cheaper.

( Normally take a few days more between 3 - 7 days )

 

If I remembered correctly, from Germany to SIN, 50kgs on standard service should be around 700.

Express courier about 1.2k

 

Forget about seafreight as it would take at least 12 days to reach and I would not trust the people at KD to handle the items with care. Its a mess at the FTZ in KD when they do unstuffing especially for boxes.

 

Get the exact weight and dimension from the seller first. Easier to chk on the price.

[Mel607]

Use freight fowarders who have shipping routes to Europe. Ask them for LCL charges...Less than container Load...Go to Singapore Customs website and search for the approved companies doing this.

 

 

[Freestylers09]

Ask ur seller underquote the value

 

meaning item price dun put over 400

 

40kg shld b ard 500 to 700 if he cant get discount from shipping coy

40kg still can ship as normal carton way

 

can seperate boxes n send as a whole..like 4 rims but as a shipment of 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Vega]

thanks for all your advice. hope to get the rims in for CNY!

[Pisces69]

Anything less than 100kg is not suitable to go via Seafreight, the cost will be much more expensive compare to Airfreight. I am from a freight forwarding company, and if u want a estimate cost, I can ask my sale ppl to contact u. I am not from sales though.

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But 4 pcs in cartons wil b about 1 m3 already. Im not sure what is the breakeven point but 1 m3 sud b about there.

 

Seafreight is much cheaper than airfrt. If supplier can quote Door to Door, it saves him the hassle of getting all the coordination & charges here. Especially since he is not familiar with freight charges.