On 29 Jan 2013 at 22:43, RussellMc wrote:

> EMS (China postal and courier service) are about the same cost as
> Fedex / DHL / UPS for air freight small items and in fact were dearer
> than eg UPS above a certain weight. (The two depots in SEG area in
> Shenzhen were nearby(as you'd expect)) and I checked latest prices at
> both. BUT EMS had a rate which I had to pry out of them as they seemed
> t think that nobody would want to use it at far less than air freight
> (10% or less?)  with about 6 weeks sea freight delivery. That pricing
> is consistent with what one sees on parcels from Asia - BUT they are
> sent by air. Finding the answer would be worthwhile.

Likewise, I would be keen to find the answer. A friend buys misc small elec=
tronic=20
goods on line from China and they come in by EMS very cheap (<$10freight,=20
sometimes free). Conversely I bring in PCB's from Shenzhen by TNT Express=20
courier air freight and I pay more than NZ$60 base fee + about NZ$20/kg + f=
uel=20
surcharges + importing fee + other bits and pieces + tax and brokerage if t=
he value=20
is too high. For example, a 6kg of PCB's China to NZ is approx NZ$200 freig=
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(US$165). Accounts for about one third to one half the end cost of the PCBs=
.. Asked=20
my PCB supplier if they can send by EMS, they said no :-(

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