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My AliExpress shipments are coming through Eastern Europe.
graybeard:
My last two AliExpress orders have come though Eastern Europe. Both orders were placed with stores in China.
Last last order was were some SMA to MCX adapters. They came from company in Bellarus.
Today I received a package of fuse holders. They came from Bee First International SRO in the Czech Republic. See the attached photos.
Is AliExpress shipping through companies in Eastern Europe to control import quota statistics or avoid tariffs on items from China?
ataradov:
They just dynamically pick whichever route and source is cheapest at the time. A lot of popular items are already shipped in bulk and stored in local warehouses. In this case they figured out that Czech warehouse was closest.
Although I've received a package shipped from China, but with return address in Kyrgyzstan. Not sure what that was.
Jackster:
A lot of China sellers stock goods destined for Europe in Czech as it is "central" Europe and has rail links to China.
Rail is slightly more costly than sea cargo but has is benefits such as being slightly faster and easier to get goods into that part of Europe (which can be cheaper than sea due to being landlocked).
There are rumours that many Chinese companies set up in Czech and don't pay import duty/tax on most of what comes in also.
A lot of big goods on eBay are sold like this such as laser engravers, desktop CNC routers etc. In the UK, many sellers list that they are in "Portsmouth" but they in fact distribute from Czech and send to a clearing house in Portsmouth. The clue is that it says it will take 10 days for that item to arrive even though it is listed as being in Portsmouth. That and the seller is located in China.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: Jackster on September 10, 2022, 07:55:38 pm ---A lot of China sellers stock goods destined for Europe in Czech as it is "central" Europe and has rail links to China.
Rail is slightly more costly than sea cargo but has is benefits such as being slightly faster and easier to get goods into that part of Europe (which can be cheaper than sea due to being landlocked).
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AFAIK Aliexpress also has a big warehouse in Poland. But where it comes to shipping, they seem to use various routes. Likely by whatever postal service offered them the cheapest contract.
Jackster:
--- Quote from: nctnico on September 10, 2022, 08:02:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jackster on September 10, 2022, 07:55:38 pm ---A lot of China sellers stock goods destined for Europe in Czech as it is "central" Europe and has rail links to China.
Rail is slightly more costly than sea cargo but has is benefits such as being slightly faster and easier to get goods into that part of Europe (which can be cheaper than sea due to being landlocked).
--- End quote ---
AFAIK Aliexpress also has a big warehouse in Poland. But where it comes to shipping, they seem to use various routes. Likely by whatever postal service offered them the cheapest contract.
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That would not surprise me.
Alibaba has been wanting to make a move against Amazon and eBay for years so setting up fulfillment warehouses in Europe is going to be the way to do that.
It would nuke my sales if they make it into the UK for my e-commerce business |O
Right now they do really well with "15 day delivery" using 4PX to the UK. But if then can get it down to 5 working days and 2-3 for express, that would be dangerous for many e-commerce sellers here.
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