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What is included in an air freight quote from China to the USA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An air freight quote from China to the USA contains four layers: the base rate per kilogram applied to chargeable weight, origin charges in China, the flight itself, and destination charges in the United States. A number like “$4.50 per kg all in” only means something once you know which of those layers it covers and how the kilogram was calculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most disagreements about air freight rates from China to the USA are not about price at all. They are about two quotes that were built on different assumptions. This guide takes a quote apart line by line so you can compare two offers on the same terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is chargeable weight calculated for air freight from China to the USA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Airlines bill the greater of gross weight and volumetric weight. The IATA volumetric standard for general cargo divides centimetres by 6000, which equals 167 kg per cubic metre. Express couriers divide by 5000, or 200 kg per cubic metre, so the identical carton bills heavier with a courier than with an airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chargeable weight rounds up to the next 0.5 kg under IATA rules, and on a consolidated shipment the whole air waybill is charged as one weight rather than carton by carton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work an example: ten cartons at 80 \u00d7 60 \u00d7 50 cm, 200 kg total. Volume is 240,000 cubic centimetres per carton set, so volumetric weight is 400 kg. You bill on 400 kg, not 200. Before you ask for air freight rates from China to the USA, calculate this number yourself, because every later line depends on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why the different divisors? Cargo aircraft sell space and weight capacity together, and the 6000 divisor prices that balance. Integrators fly door to door with premium handling and use 5000. The difference moves the same box 20% in chargeable weight, which is one reason courier and airline quotes should never be compared per kilogram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What surcharges appear on an air freight invoice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The base rate is the smallest negotiable part of the bill. Around it sit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charge<\/th>\u0645\u0627 \u0647\u0648\u061f<\/th>Usually billed at<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Fuel surcharge (FSC)<\/td>Indexed to jet fuel<\/td>Per kg, alongside base rate<\/td><\/tr>
Security surcharge (SSC)<\/td>Screening and security handling<\/td>Per kg or flat<\/td><\/tr>
War risk surcharge<\/td>Insurance risk on certain routings<\/td>Per kg, lane specific<\/td><\/tr>
AWB fee<\/td>Document issuance<\/td>Flat per shipment<\/td><\/tr>
Pick up and delivery in China<\/td>Trucking to the origin warehouse or airport<\/td>Flat or per kg<\/td><\/tr>
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Handling and build up<\/td>Warehouse work, ULD loading<\/td>Flat or per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Quoted all in or quoted per line, these belong to the origin side. They are the lines a cheap quote quietly drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What destination fees arrive after the flight?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is where unplanned cost lives. The airline’s destination terminal charges for recovery of the cargo, and the import side adds its own:<\/p>\n\n\n\n