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Q: Does anyone have experience using UPS to send something to China?

Is it better or worse than using priority mail express international? Why or why not?

9 years 50 weeks ago in  General  - China

 
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I have had documents shipped to me without problem. Packages through my employer without issue but that is a different process with HTS codes and such

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I had one sent from the UK and had so many problems. I eventually had to go to their depot in Beijing and pick it up in person. Not recommended.

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It might depend on the content of the package and the address you post to.

As jack79 points out, documents posted to your employer would have a greater chance of arrival intact than a package posted to you.

 

If it is documents, there is less chance of sticky-fingers getting involved and things going missing. 

 

I posted a package with a gift using registered mail to a local friend here from my home country, and it arrived intact. but then i listed the contents on the outside.

Colleagues had a UPS package sent from the US that was pilfered.

 

It could just be a pot-luck on who gets their hands on it.

 

good luck 

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I use world courier all the time for my business, it is much better than UPS.

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I used UPS to send a package to Beihai,China  from Edmonton, Canada.  The package went as far as Guangzhou by UPS. From there is went by DHS courier services to Beihai. UPS took 2 days. DHS took 2 days. But the service was good.

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