Here are detailed answers
to the main questions
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What documents are needed to ship the cargo?
How does the shipping process work?
What is an air waybill (AWB)?
Air Waybill (AWB) – a document confirming the existence of a contract between the shipper and the carrier for the cargo, acceptance of goods for shipment and conditions of shipment.
The air waybill is issued by the shipper or authorized agent.
The AWB includes information about the shipper, consignee, data on the reservation, the route of shipment, the characteristics of the cargo and special conditions of shipment.
Is it possible to enter any cargo details after the AWB release?
Changes to the AWB can only be made as a last resort if it is difficult to receive a cargo or release a DT.
Changes can be:
All changes after release may take some time, as well as monetary extra costs, so before you provide information for the AWB , it is necessary to carefully check the correctness of the data.
What is a Packing list?
Packing list (PL) is a document that contains a list of goods for each item individually and serves as an accompanying invoice. There is no specialized form of this document, each company has its own template.
“Packing” must contain:
Number, type and size of the package.
What is an invoice?
Invoice – in international commercial practice, a document provided by the seller to the buyer and includes a list of goods and services, their quantity and price at which they are delivered to the buyer, the formal features of the goods (color, weight, etc.), terms of delivery and information about the shipper and the consignee.
In Russian practice, there is no document that is completely analogous to an invoice. The invoice is a document used only for tax control purposes and because of this it cannot be considered an analogue of the invoice. For this reason, an invoice is usually used in Russia for international shipments of goods.
What documents are needed for customs clearance
How the cargo should be packaged?
What is cargo density, how to calculate it, and how does it affect cost?
Density is the ratio of the mass of cargo to its volume (the number of kilograms of cargo contained in 1 m3 of that cargo). The lower the density, the higher the cost of transportation per kg of cargo. Transporting a kilo of fluff is more expensive than a kilo of iron. Basically, tariffs from China are calculated relative to cargo density.
Example: Cargo is 50 kg, volume of cargo is 2 m3, in this case the density of the cargo is 50 kg / 2 m3 = 25 kg/m3
There is also such a thing as low density cargo – it is a cargo weighing less than 1 kg per 6000 cm3.
In this case: 25 kg/m3 = 25 kg/ 1000000 cm3 = 1 kg/40000 cm3, so our cargo is low density. Tariffs for such cargo are not calculated by physical weight but by volumetric weight. In the next question we will describe how to calculate it.
What is volume weight and charge weight
The chargeable weight is the gross weight or the volumetric weight. Depending on which one is greater, the one will be used to calculate the cost of shipment.
To calculate the volumetric weight, divide the volume of the cargo (cm) by 6000 cm3 or the volume of the cargo (m) multiplied by 167 m3.
Example: (110cm*130cm*140cm)/6000cm3 = 2002000cm3/6000cm3 = 334kg
(1.1 m*1.3 m*1.4 m)*167 m3 = 2 m3*167 m3 = 334 kg
In the previous question, we considered the same cargo with a physical weight of 50 kg. It turns out that the physical weight is 50kg, the volumetric weight is 334kg. It means that with its low weight the cargo will take up a lot of space in the plane, so its cost will be calculated by the volume weight of 334 kg.
What does airfreight time depend on?
The longer the distance, the longer the flight, the more probable a transit point in the absence of a direct flight.
The more transit points, the longer the delivery time, because each transit point will require a stop and possibly a transshipment to another air.
The less popular the destination, the fewer flights it has, so if there is even the smallest demand for the destination, there may be a small queue for departure, as there may not be enough space for everyone.
During peak periods, such as before the new year, there is a huge influx of cargo, which stand in line for the flight, due to which there may be delays in departures.
Military actions, sanctions, weather conditions, technical problems.
About which cargo flies first you can find out in the next paragraph.
Which cargo flies out first
When loading an airplane, a priority list of cargo is used. The higher the priority, the sooner it will be loaded and depart.
What is terminal handling
Terminal handling – all manipulations with the cargo, which are carried out at the airport before the delivery of cargo for departure or after the arrival of cargo and its unloading to warehouse ( temporary warehouse):
What is apron handling
Apron handling or cargo handling are operations performed by an airline agent in order to place cargo from aircraft to temporary storage warehouse (TSH), which include:
What is Backboard fee (backing board fee)?
Charge for back ramp loading. Such aircraft as IL 76, AN 124, AN 12, AN 26 are loaded from the back. Loading differs in that the cart with forks, on which there is a pallet, drives right into the aircraft and loads it into place.
What is DGM test?
The DGM test is a laboratory test that gives information about the danger of the cargo. Without it, it is not possible to take the cargo out of China. How does it work? You bring the cargo to DGM. They do chemical tests, analysis, and give you a safety data sheet, which you attach to your airfreight documents.
What is the customs regime?
Customs procedures are a set of rules defining for customs purposes the requirements and conditions for the use and (or) disposal of goods in the customs territory of the Customs Union or outside it.
Basic customs regimes:
Applies to the import of goods from countries outside the EEU. In order to release goods for domestic use, their owner must pay the duty, according to the HS code, VAT (the presence and value of which also depends on the category of the imported goods) and customs duty (depends on the value of the imported goods). And also, in some cases, to submit the relevant permits confirming the possibility of using the imported goods on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Some other categories of goods exported from the country may include requirements for preparation of permits. These may include, for example, medical supplies or high-tech electronics.
Goods placed under the application of the Export procedure are first checked for restrictions imposed by the state. For example, quotas, licensing, or a complete ban on exports from the country.
Customs transit can be international and internal.
In the case of international customs transit, a transit declaration is issued at the border of the customs union, which allows the goods under customs control to cross the territory of the customs union and then move to third countries. For example, Chinese goods enter European countries through the territory of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, moving under the procedure of international customs transit. Similarly, grain products traveling from the Russian Federation to the Erlian station through Mongolia follow the international customs transit procedure.
While in the internal customs transit regime, the goods that have crossed the border after a transit declaration can be transported to the customs clearance point on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Containers are most often moved from ports or from border crossing stations inland under this customs regime.
Cargo transported by air may also fall under the customs transit regime, when the airline performs transportation to the point with which there is no air service and the cargo has to be delivered by car from the nearest airport.
So the car with the arrived cargo in the customs transit regime will be delivered to the place of registration.
The place of clearance is considered to be the customs office, where the information about the cargo will be provided by the owner – the customs inspector.
They are the most popular because they regulate the most popular operations, such as purchase of foreign goods abroad or sale of Russian goods abroad, their transportation and customs clearance.
Can we deliver cargo without documents?
For international shipments the documents are mandatory.
Why is shipping up to 45 kg expensive?
Airlines are interested in loading the plane as much as possible. The bigger the cargo, the lower the price. There are also fees that do not depend on the weight of the cargo, such as customs clearance, so it is expensive per kg.
Do you deliver cargo from Europe under sanctions?
Yes, we do.
Can the package of documents be delivered without customs clearance?
In terms of customs clearance, it makes no difference what crosses the border: cargo or documents. Customs clearance has to be done in any case.
Is it possible to ship from an individual?
To arrange international carriage you must be a legal entity.
Why can’t we tell you the price of transportation right away?
The cost of shipment depends on a large number of, so it is often difficult to estimate the cost even approximately. To calculate the cost of transportation in our company there is a special department, which for each shipment individually searches for the best route, selects airlines, etc., and the large number of requests does not allow to do it in 5 minutes.
Why do we work on pre-payment?
Airlines work on a prepayment basis, so to book a flight for your cargo you must pay the full cost of transportation.
Which destinations can ship cargo to?
We work in all directions where planes fly.
Do you do customs clearance?
Yes, both in the country of departure and the country of arrival.
How long will the flight take?
The average cruising speed of an airplane is 800-900 km/h. Knowing the distance, you can roughly calculate the flight time.
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