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This is a very good post for me, although I'm not in the clothing business. I'm wondering at just what point will it be cheaper to ship a partial container load
by reedlaw 16y ago
This is a very good post for me, although I'm not in the clothing business. I'm wondering at just what point will it be cheaper to ship a partial container load to a US storage location and then via USPS to the customer than air shipping from Asia directly to the customer? I'm selling items worth over $80 each and the shipping is typically $30 from Asia via DHL or UPS. If I only had about 1 cubic meter's worth of merchandise to sell, would I be better off using a partial container shipment?
- avinashv 16y ago1 cubic meter is not worth partial containers. You're definitely better off sending it via air. It's only a few dollars a kilo to air something from Asia to the United States (there are obviously some minimums). [edit] Talk to shippers for both air and partial containers. Offer them back their quote at 50% and negotiate from there. There are plenty of boutique garment laundries in LA that air garments from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or China and process them in small lots in their laundries and sell them on the LA fashion scene. If you see a washed t-shirt selling for over $75 around there, that is a good indicator that this is what is happening.