Quote Originally Posted by craigrobbo View Post
Hi guys.

I am importing my router from China, Now the factory asked me if we can do customs ourself for sea.

I am not entirely sure what they mean however is there any stipulations omporting via sea rather than air that i must be aware of?

THanks

Craig
With air...it comes to your door....you pretty much know what the price is from the outset

With sea, you're faced with going to retrieve it from the sea port it arrives at....also there may be some local handling charges that you might not know about at the outset (also sea is a bit riskier...eg Somalian pirates....probably a greater risk of damage, therefore insurance likely needed etc)

I have a 200kg shipment arriving from Japan in 10 days time....I'm faced with driving down to Southampton to collect - not ideal, but 200kg by air is crazy expensive.