Do you need to ship furniture, packages, or other personal belongings from Japan to China by sea?
With the rapid development of China's economy in recent years, more and more Chinese nationals living in Japan and Japanese Chinese expatriates are choosing to return to China to develop their careers and settle down. Entering China's vast market is a quality choice for many affluent individuals today.
From any city in Japan to China by sea, Seapoe can provide you with premium one-stop door-to-door service: including on-site packing and pickup, customs declaration and clearance in both countries, duty-free assistance, insurance, transportation, warehousing and inland transport, delivery to your door, and even more additional services, so you can have peace of mind throughout the process.
Popular Origin Cities
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kobe, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima, Sendai, Chiba
Popular Destination Cities
Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Qingdao, Tianjin
Service Contents
- Free on-site assessment anywhere in Japan for sea freight moving customers
- Cardboard boxes, packing materials, tape and other items can be provided in advance so you can pack your luggage and belongings yourself
- On-site packing, disassembly and packing of furniture, itemized inventory listing, overall packing and reinforcement
- Declaration after sea arrival in China, customs inspection, tariff declaration, sorting and pickup at the supervised warehouse
- Delivery to your home in China, placement in position, simple furniture assembly, unpacking and debris removal
Shipping Methods
For sea freight from Japan back to China, in addition to conventional LCL and container shipping, Seapoe also offers its exclusive advantage: the groupage (consolidated shipping) model.
Full Container Load (FCL)
If you have a large amount of furniture or bulky luggage to ship to Japan or back to China from Japan, and the volume reaches approximately 15-20 cubic meters or more, you may consider chartering a 20-foot container for sea freight (due to the irregular shapes of furniture and luggage, a 20-foot container can generally hold at most 25-26 cubic meters of furniture-type items).
FCL shipping does not necessarily mean the entire container must be fully loaded; rather, it means the container belongs to you alone, achieving the highest level of security and privacy protection. Common containers include 20-foot, 40-foot, and 40-foot high-cube containers.
Less than Container Load (LCL)
If your items are under 15 cubic meters, you can consider LCL shipping: when booking sea freight, you directly use the LCL form so the shipping company allocates your cargo into a certain container, and the goods in that container are jointly owned by different shippers.
Groupage (Consolidated Shipping)
Groupage can be considered a type of LCL shipping, but the key difference is that all cargo in a groupage container is owned by Seapoe's customers. Thanks to Seapoe's large volume of Japan sea freight customers, multiple containers depart from port and shuttle between China and Japan every week.
The advantages of Seapoe's groupage are, on one hand, reduced costs that save customers on shipping fees, and on the other hand, all cargo in the entire container is coordinated by Seapoe, maximizing the security of customers' belongings.
Because items are shipped back to China by LCL together with other Seapoe customers from Japan, arrangements need to be made based on mutual communication, waiting for customer service staff to schedule and consolidate the shipment.
Service Process
- Customers contact us through various channels for preliminary communication. Seapoe's professional transportation consultants will provide customs policy consultation, shipping plans, and quotations based on cargo details, moving methods and routes, shipping schedules, and other information.
- Based on Seapoe's plan and quotation, a second round of communication takes place. After confirming the order, the International Moving Transport Contract is signed, shipping schedules and other information are confirmed, and Seapoe arranges a packing team to visit and pack and reinforce the goods within the agreed timeframe.
- Seapoe consultants, based on the relevant documents provided by the customer, assist in preparing packing lists and other customs declaration documents to ensure the goods are smoothly released by customs.
- After arrival at the destination port in China, different basic/value-added services are provided according to the contract, including destination port customs clearance, door-to-door delivery, removal of packing materials, placement of items in designated positions, and debris removal.
China Customs Notes
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Shipping Time and Pricing
For sea freight from Japan back to China, the entire process from on-site pickup to door-to-door delivery generally takes 45-75 days. Since delays may occur at any stage with Japanese customs authorized agencies, which are uncontrollable factors, the actual total service time in individual cases may exceed the average.
Regarding pricing, since Seapoe provides not just sea freight but comprehensive door-to-door international moving services, the service contents and cost structure are relatively complex. If you would like to know the price of sea freight from Japan to China, please contact us for a quotation.
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