Our Colissimo solutions for parcel shipments to China
1. Our Colissimo solutions for parcel shipments to China
As a leading player in the parcel-delivery sector in France, Colissimo is also committed to enabling you to deliver to your customers all over the world, thanks to our many partners.
Within the context of your international development, China has now become one of the major international destinations, due to its significant business potential. E-commerce is a fast-growing sector in China: indeed, the share of e-commerce relative to overall consumption increased from 10.6% in 2014 to 24.9% in 2020, and this will continue to grow in the coming years. In 2020, China had 782 million online shoppers, making it the largest market in the world. In addition to a constantly increasing number of potential customers thanks to the development of the Internet, the purchasing power of the Chinese population has grown considerably since the country joined the WHO in 2001. The Chinese middle class, which accounted for 80 million people in 2002, now represents for 700 million people. The upper middle class (annual income of €40,000) is also flourishing in the country. This new class is turning to foreign products (especially from Europe), as highlighted by the amount of money spent on fine wines, jewellery, watches, perfumes, branded clothing and footwear, which increased by 45% in China between 2019 and 2020. French products and brands have a very good reputation. Indeed, Chinese consumers have developed a real appetite for French products because they evoke quality, innovation and refinement.
Thanks to our network and our partnership with China Post, a member of the EMS network, Colissimo is the ideal partner to help you conquer the Chinese market.
In order to meet your needs as regards shipments to China, Colissimo proposes two solutions :
- a postal delivery solution with our partner China Post, via the EMS network
- a delivery solution in partnership with Fedex.
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Incoterm Solution |
Coverage of customs fees |
Offer |
Partner |
Guideline delivery times |
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DAP (Delivery At Place) |
Payment of customs fees to China Post by the recipient upon delivery |
Standard Colissimo offer |
Colissimo in partnership with CHINA POST - EMS |
6-8 days* |
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DDP (Delivery Duty Paid) |
Customs fees paid by the sender |
DDP Delivery option |
Colissimo in partnership with FEDEX
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6-8 days* |
*Excluding customs clearance time. The average time needed to clear customs is 1 day.
2. An optimised process from the parcel depot right up to final delivery to your customers in China
As soon as they are dropped off, your parcels are prioritised in the postal network and forwarded as quickly as possible to the Colissimo Hub in Roissy.
Colissimo has several weekly flights to 3 major airports in China: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. From these 3 major hubs in China, air freight services enable express delivery via the China Post - EMS (Express Mail Service) network.
Like La Poste, China Post is a member of the KPG- EMS (Express mail service) network. This express postal network enables parcels to be injected into the China Post network, with the following advantages:
- prioritisation of export parcels to China within the Chinese domestic network
- space reserved on specific calls for tender for air transport
- prioritisation of flows at destination thanks to the "KPG" marking placed on the air-freight containers
- delivery of priority flows through the EMS - Express Mail Service network
Formation de la dépêche postale avec marquage de priorisation KPG -EMS : « Treat with priority »
1. Simple customs clearance with our shipping solutions
Depending on the type of delivery you choose, you have several options available for preparing customs documents; these are always directly integrated into our shipping tools.
No risk of omissions; you will not be able to print your postal label to China without having filled in the necessary customs documents.
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Offer |
Customs formalities |
Transmission of documents |
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Colissimo Standard DAP offer |
+ 1 copy kept as a tax receipt
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Colissimo DDP Option |
Commercial Invoice
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Learn more about customs clearance in China :
The tax threshold in China for imports is 1,000 yuan, i.e. €128 excluding VAT.
Below this amount, your customers will not have to pay any customs fees upon delivery in China.
For amounts over 1,000 yuan, Chinese recipients must pay VAT and customs fees to China Post upon receipt of their parcel.
4. Easy tracking for your shippers, and for your customers in China
Our connected shipping solutions make it possible to create the label containing all the shipping information and to track the parcels from start to finish :
The address information (in Latin characters) is translated into Mandarin upon arrival in China by China Post's tools.
The parcel number (EY XX XX XX XX X FR) is used to track
the parcel from start to finish, from the depot in France to the final delivery in China.
As a sender, you can track the progress of your shipments in your Colissimo customer area. Your Chinese customers can follow each step of the process, from the parcel drop-off to the final delivery, on China Post website, or on the la Poste website.
For more information, please refer to our 2021 export guid
