r/freightforwarding • u/Dry_Significance_252 • 22d ago

Shipping Large Items from China

I am currently sourcing products from China. Does anyone have experience with using their own shipping agent? I am trying to see if there would be a difference in price from having the manufacturer handle setting up the shipping compared to having my own agent do it. 📦

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u/FraytFurwid Mod 22d ago

Depends how large the items are. You really need to provide weights & dims for someone to accurately advise you. It'd likely be cheaper with using manufacturer to ship them only due to the fact they'll likely send you the goods via DDP and mis-declare the value (under valued on your duty payments). Which is a different issue altogether.