Impact of Freight on Battery
Supreme Technologies,Inc. offers this information on the impact of freight costs for the importing of custom battery packs, batteries and battery chargers.
Hopefully this information will help you to make a informed decision on whether your company can benifit from importing your products.
The largest expense for quoting battery packs, batteries, and battery chargers is the freight cost.The smaller the number of product quoted the higher the freight costs and the more expensive the indidvidual products will be to import.Typically quotes for battery packs, batteries and battery chargers are given on minimium order quantities of 500 or more units per Shipment.
To quote on less units the individual products with the combined shipping cost factored in deletes any cost effectiveness of out sourcing overseas.There are ways to defray the shipping costs to the customer.
Example... Manufacture...."A" use 50 battery packs a month. To ship in 50 packs a month would NOT be cost effect because freight cost would be too expensive. Manufacture"A" decides to purchase 6 months supply of packs. This brings the freight cost per individual pack Down and when factored in saves the manufacture substantually.
Another way to defray the shipping expenses is to "Piggy Back" or combine shipments for the savings. We combine as many products as possible when importing to receive the best freight costs.The draw back to this method is that you must wait for your product to ship with someone elses.
Some of the freight expenses you will incurr :
Hopefully this information will help you to make a informed decision on whether your company can benifit from importing your products.
The largest expense for quoting battery packs, batteries, and battery chargers is the freight cost.The smaller the number of product quoted the higher the freight costs and the more expensive the indidvidual products will be to import.Typically quotes for battery packs, batteries and battery chargers are given on minimium order quantities of 500 or more units per Shipment.
To quote on less units the individual products with the combined shipping cost factored in deletes any cost effectiveness of out sourcing overseas.There are ways to defray the shipping costs to the customer.
Example... Manufacture...."A" use 50 battery packs a month. To ship in 50 packs a month would NOT be cost effect because freight cost would be too expensive. Manufacture"A" decides to purchase 6 months supply of packs. This brings the freight cost per individual pack Down and when factored in saves the manufacture substantually.
Another way to defray the shipping expenses is to "Piggy Back" or combine shipments for the savings. We combine as many products as possible when importing to receive the best freight costs.The draw back to this method is that you must wait for your product to ship with someone elses.
Some of the freight expenses you will incurr :
Miniumium Cost for a 1/2 cubic meter of space in 20 foot shipping container.... starts at $150.00 ( goes up with space your shipment requires in 20 foot container)
Customs Duty ..Add 3% of invoice value .
Customs clearance procedures and forms. $105.00-up per shipment .
Terminal Fee ( ranges in price) $20.00 and up.
Minimium Handling Fee of $50.00-up for handling of loose boxes up to 1/4 cubic meter of space .
Pallete charge $8.00-up..
Inland freight -price ranges on location freight being delivered to. (closer to terminal less expense...farther away more expensive)
Customs Duty ..Add 3% of invoice value .
Customs clearance procedures and forms. $105.00-up per shipment .
Terminal Fee ( ranges in price) $20.00 and up.
Minimium Handling Fee of $50.00-up for handling of loose boxes up to 1/4 cubic meter of space .
Pallete charge $8.00-up..
Inland freight -price ranges on location freight being delivered to. (closer to terminal less expense...farther away more expensive)
Inland freight is usually very costly and one of the largest expenses for delivery of you product after arriving at Port of Entry.
SO...as you can see. Most times it is NOT cost effective to quote on quantities less than 500 units.
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