If you decide that the goods are to be exported in international trade, you can hand over the relevant matters of freight transportation to the freight forwarders. First, you must understand some common trading methods of international freight transport.
 
1, FOB on board delivery price
 
It is popular to say that foreign customers have already designated freight forwarding, and only need the delivery party to arrange the trailer and customs declaration at the port of departure. There are also EXW ex-factory prices delivered directly at the factory or at the customer's designated place. The trailer declaration is arranged by the customer, the customer picks up the goods and the factory delivers.
 
2, CIF cost plus insurance, freight
 
The popular point of understanding is that the door to the port (including the port of departure trailer + customs declaration + sea freight) is generally said to be free of insurance, the customer requires insurance to calculate the value of the goods, you can also use the term CIP is only CIF is generally only used in the sea, CIP is suitable for all modes of transport including multimodal transport, such as air transport.
 
3, DDU double clear duty-free delivery
 
DDP is double-cleared after-tax delivery (including tax). The popular point of understanding is door-to-door. It is often said that the double-clearing one-hundred-wheeled trailers + customs declaration + shipping + destination port clearance, need to be delivered to the door mainly depends on the customer. The need to pay attention to the DDP must provide the value of the goods because the tax is based on the value of the goods.
 
Therefore, when inquiring about the freight forwarder, it is best to explain FOB/CIF/DDU/DDP. If it is FOB, you need to provide: goods name / cabinet type / quantity / weight / loading address / shipping port / pay order or document. Of course, it may also be bulk cargo. You don't need to provide the cabinet type only need to provide the quantity: several parties.
 
The difference between paying customs declaration and document declaration
 
Only enterprises/factories with export rights have documents, and customs declarations need to provide a complete set of customs declaration materials to the freight forwarding/declaration brokers. The state encourages exports, and refunds the tax on enterprises with export rights. Therefore, the enterprises that declare customs declarations are mainly able to apply for tax refunds. The specific refund depends on the national policy corresponding to the goods.
 
Paying for customs declaration refers to enterprises that do not have the right to export. They use other people's documents to declare customs. Therefore, there is no need to provide documents for the customs declaration, and they do not have the right to refund the tax.
 
CIF needs to provide:
 
Product name/cabinet type/quantity/weight/loading address/shipping port/buyer or document, and destination port DDU/DDP need to provide value based on CIF information based on customer specific requirements/ Destination detailed address / consignee information, etc.
 
When the freight forwarder receives the above information, it will give the consignor (customer) a quotation to confirm the quotation and then take the order. Generally, the customer needs to provide: packing list/providing the manifest to the customer to fill in the information and the customer confirms the error (including the packing list information). /ship, etc.)
 
Take CIF as an example:
 
The freight forwarder arranges for the shipping company to arrange the trailer (listing the cabinet number, license plate number, driver and contact number) and other shipping companies to issue SO (booking list / suitcase list)
 
The suitcase will be given to the trailer driver. The driver will take the suitcase to go to the yard to make a bill. After the bill is placed, he will get a “device handover order” (multiple-in-one) and a seal driver to hold the information to the designated yard. Empty the cabinet, then go to the factory to load the cabinet. After the factory is loaded with the goods, seal the box with a seal (usually take photos for evidence) and pull the sealed container back to the dock.
 
The difference between the transaction method and customs declaration in trade
 
After the container arrives at the yard, the yard will be delivered according to the pre-allocation manifest provided by the freight forwarder. After the “pre-matched manifest” and “shipping information”, the customs broker can declare the customs. It is usually best to set aside two for the customs declaration. Day time (before the ship is intercepted)
 
After customs clearance, the shipping company issues a bill of lading according to the carrier of the cargo transporter. The general procedure for settlement of fees is like this. Other matters are subject to the bill of lading/invoice/packing list and other information, and the customer can arrive at the port after the goods arrive. Lifting, customs clearance, etc.