LCL shipping from China

If you need to bring small cargo from China with dimensions significantly smaller than the standard volume of a container or truck trailer, choose LCL shipping with Asia-West. In this case, you do not rent an entire truck, but only the space for the cargo.

We also purchase goods from suppliers, handling all the complexities of currency control.

How it works

LCL cargo from China is a good solution when you need to bring piece goods and/or small-sized goods or a test batch when introducing a new product. With this mode of transportation, you do not rent an entire cargo container or trailer, but only the required volume. Your goods will be sent with other orders taking the same route.

Features of LCL shipping from China to the UAE include:

1. You only pay for the space in the container, so the cost of shipping directly depends on the weight and volume of the cargo. There is a flexible system of discounts for shipping bulk orders, so the larger the cargo, the more cost-effective its transportation.
2. The cost is proportional to the weight and dimensions of the cargo. When transporting light and relatively large cargo, payment is charged by volume, and heavy and compact cargo by weight.
3. You don’t need to 'hoard' goods to bring a container: LCL cargo is stored at our own warehouses in Yiwu and Guangzhou and combined into shared batches. The batches are completed quickly.
4. Goods are transported by air and sea transport — choose the best option in terms of price and time.

Advantages of LCL shipping

The main advantage of LCL shipping from China is profit. You only pay for the space for your cargo, even if it is one small box.

Other advantages of LCL shipping from China include:

• no restrictions on the volume of cargo – order as much as you need at the moment;
• short delivery times;
• low prices – when calculating shipping costs, only the actual weight and volume of goods are considered;
• faster cash turnover. For a small volume of expensive products, or when introducing a new product from Chinese suppliers, it is more profitable to bring the cargo in an LCL shipment than to wait for the manufacturer to prepare a whole container or truck for shipment. This is especially suitable for those who order 3–5 containers per year from China or initially plan to transport small quantities of goods.

Also, most manufacturers will prepare a small batch for shipment several times faster than a whole container.

What we offer

Shipping from China always involves financial risks. The choice of an inappropriate route, poor-quality packaging (and, as a result, damage to the cargo), errors in paperwork, delays at customs – all this often entails such serious financial damage that one or two such problems make this type of transportation impractical.

Asia-West buys hundreds of goods every day from Chinese factories and sends them to the UAE. The whole process is automated and includes 5 stages:

1. Purchase of goods from the supplier (transportation under our contract). You pay us the cost of shipment and delivery of the goods in dirhams, and we transfer the money to your supplier in dollars or yuan according to the current exchange rate, taking into account all the nuances of currency control.
2. Receipt of goods from the supplier. Goods arrive at our consolidation warehouses in Yiwu and Guangzhou. You can be 100% sure that they are safe. Also, we will pack/crate the cargo before shipment, if necessary.
3. Sending cargo by the preferred type of transport.
4. Shipping to the UAE, fast customs control.
5. Freight forwarding to the client’s warehouse in any region of the UAE.

Why you can trust Asia-West

You can trust us, because working with Asia-West is:

• Secure. We have been working in the Chinese market since 2017; during this time our company has formed a team of true professionals who are ready to help resolve any issue at any stage of the work.
• Cost-effective. We help you save from 5 % to 30 % on shipping from China. We have no intermediaries or hidden costs. All details, including payment, are discussed with the client before the transaction.
• Convenient. Our managers are available 24/7; they can answer all questions, help find the goods and arrange for the receipt of the order with the supplier. When shipping cargo from China, we provide clients with photo and video reports.
• Flexible. We work with individuals, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities, with and without VAT. We deliver any orders, including urgent, valuable and important cargo.
• 100 % safe. We bear full financial responsibility for your shipment. We work with reliable and established partners in purchasing goods and transferring funds. You pay for the order in dirhams, and we instantly transfer the money to the suppliers in yuan or dollars using our own funds.

To order delivery from China to the UAE, calculate the cost of LCL shipping or seek advice on other issues, you can contact our managers by phone at +971 52 371 7236 or by email at info@asia-west.ae.