The most economical way to send a letter abroad? Post, EMS, or what?

There are EMS, DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT to choose from.

1, EMS

EMS (i.e., "Express MailService"), the postal express service. It is an international mail courier service under the management of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and is an express service provided by China Post.

Discount Offer:

One of the best ways to send something is EMS, which usually gives a discount of 2.5-60% according to your weight and what you send. If you send general stuff, it's 2.5-3.5% off, and if you send contraband, like cigarettes or something, it's usually 5-6% off. So if you send some clothes, snacks, or whatever, usually in larger quantities, it works out to be about 60-70 yuan a kilogram.

Shipping time:

Depends on the city of the domestic mail and the city of the foreign mail. Take sending from Shanghai to London as an example, the fastest is 3 days, the slowest is 9 days. About packing:

If you are shipping food and other messy things, you'd better add some clothes to wrap things up and write substances on the waybill; if you are sending cigarettes, 400 cigarettes are allowed according to the customs regulations, so you can directly write "cigarettes" on the waybill or "cigrt" on the waybill.

About the disadvantages:

Insufficient pricing flexibility, not competitive in front of the price war of private courier; website query needs to be further improved; rates are a little higher than the ordinary private courier; air parts may be slower than ordinary parts; displaying the signing of the receipt may not be received by the addressee.

2, DHL

DHL - Germany DHL Express Service Company, is the market leader in the global express industry. DHL is a global market leader in the express delivery industry, with a network of more than 120,000 destinations in 220 countries and territories, providing specialized delivery and courier services to businesses and private customers.

Price Advantage:

DHL is the preferred choice for small shipments of less than 21KG for underdeveloped countries around the world. Timing is also more stable. 21KG above the price is also quite advantageous, Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia and other developed countries prices are very advantageous. In contrast, EMS single piece can not exceed 30 kilograms, and there is no price for large goods (more than 21 kilograms for large goods). DHL also has discounts, and often after the discount, it will be a little cheaper than EMS, but, in most cases, will charge tax.

Operation fast:

And the requirements of the relevant documents than any other international courier needs less, the operation is very simple, the speed than other international delivery to fast and stable. In addition, DHL send documents, or a very good choice, the price is lower than EMS, faster than EMS.

Goods size:

DHL size requirements for goods relative to other courier is more relaxed, usually overweight and long goods, wooden box packaging goods can basically transit, just the cost of the need to recognize in detail. But DHL is to count the volume weight (length cm * width cm * height cm / 5000 = volume weight (kg) when the volume weight is greater than the actual weight of the time to take the larger prevail)

Prohibited Items:

Can not be sent with imitation brands, liquids, powders, food, batteries, CD-ROM parcels.

3, FedEx

FedEx, also known as FedEx Express International, is an international courier group. Headquartered in the U.S. state of Tennessee, its annual revenue of up to 32 billion U.S. dollars. Strongly recommended for customers who want to express to the Americas and Europe, generally speaking, there are advantages in terms of price and timeliness.

Timeliness:

Under normal circumstances 2~4 working days to reach the world. Advantages: strongly recommended to Central and South America and the European region, while other companies are reported in the most expensive one, published price difference of 30-40%. Website information is updated quickly, full network coverage, fast response to queries.

Price:

Prices are favorable for large quantities. Strongly recommended to Central and South America and the European region, while other companies are reported in the most expensive one, published price difference of 30-40%. There are also in Southeast Asia, more than 21 kilograms of large goods, FedEx prices only DHL, UPS half, but the transportation speed is as fast.

4, UPS

UPS Express (United ParcelService) in 1907 as a messenger company was founded in Seattle, Washington, the United States, is a global company, whose trademark is one of the world's most well-known and most admired trademark.

Major Advantages:

The main advantages of this courier company are reflected in the United States, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, these areas, regardless of the size of the goods have price and time advantages. Shenzhen to establish a transit center, Southeast Asia, the time limit is quite good. But in Eastern Europe, the service is not better than DHL, so this is the reason why UPS has been trying to acquire TNT to seize the Eastern European market.

5, TNT

TNT is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, TNT has Europe's largest air-land courier network, door-to-door delivery services. TNT is the world's four largest express delivery group inside the weakest, but the camel is bigger than a horse, the domestic courier company is still difficult to look at its back.

Strong area:

TNT's strong area for the Western European countries, time and price have merit. In addition people who want to express items to the Middle East countries please give preference to TNT, it is claimed that TNT has a good relationship with the local tribes and the goods are usually released.

Advantageous features:

Fast time, low price. Direct flights to Europe, customs clearance in Western Europe is particularly strong.TNT no remote area surcharge, TNT service quality is excellent, by the world's customers favorite. However, there are more restrictions on the goods to be transported.