How Does a Package Cross 1,635 Kilometers to Reach a Customer in the Philippines?
Release date：2023-11-02 Reading volume: 7465
How Does a Package Cross 1,635 Kilometers to Reach a Customer in the Philippines?
On February 21, 2023, the Philippine Senate passed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Since then, the Philippines has officially joined the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
In recent years, China-Philippines bilateral trade has been booming. According to the General Administration of Customs, the total value of China's imports and exports of goods with the Philippines for the whole year of 2022 reached 585.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%.
Recently, the editor of Zoomasia Logistics followed the goods purchased by a Filipino customer, witnessing the magical journey of it traveling across the sea from China and finally being delivered to the customer's hands in Manila, Philippines, over a distance of 1635 kilometers.
April 27th, Jiangdong Street, Yiwu City. 1635 kilometers away from the destination.
Xiao Gu, an employee of Zoomasia Logistics Yiwu Branch, received goods from a factory in Yiwu. They were ordered by a Filipino customer. At the Zoomasia Logistics Yiwu warehouse, all received parcels must be counted first, measured for size, confirmed for the destination and cargo list. For any goods in question, they must be unpacked and re-inspected to ensure that the items sent by the customer are consistent with the customs declaration.
The automatic sorting machine is constantly sorting parcels, and packers are also reinforcing different types of goods to prevent damage during transportation. They will eventually be packed according to the condition of the goods. At the same time, the customs clearance procedures for the goods are prepared.
According to the person in charge of the Yiwu branch of Zoomasia Logistics, Zoomasia Logistics has its own logistics system that can quickly track the status of the goods, and there is a professional customs clearance department to help complete the customs procedures between China and the Philippines.
April 28th, Yiwu Port, the goods are waiting for customs review and clearance.
At the entrance to Yiwu Port, trucks loaded with containers line up. The factory's goods will complete the final customs inspection and tax rebate here. Yiwu is the world's largest small commodity wholesale market, and most goods pass through Yiwu Port for clearance before being transported to Ningbo Port, where they are shipped globally.
May 1st, South China Sea - Bound for the Philippines
For the crew, they have once again bid farewell to the land and started a new voyage. It usually takes 2-3 days to reach the port of Manila in the Philippines from China. After 2-3 days at sea, they will step onto land again, only this time, it will be the land of the Philippines.
May 4, 9:00 AM, Zoomasia Logistics Manila Warehouse - Unloading Begins
Zoomasia Logistics' overseas warehouse is located in the city of San Pedro, Laguna Manila. Three containers are being unloaded at the same time. This 3200 square meter warehouse is a transit station for countless Chinese goods and an important part of China-Philippines economic trade.
Goods from Yiwu are sorted here, and sorters scan the packages, entering the port arrival information into the system. Based on the different delivery addresses, the packages are transferred to local distribution hubs, from where couriers deliver them to the customers’ doorsteps.
