DDP is a clause in the International Trade Terms, which means that the seller bears all costs and risks before the goods are transported to the buyer’s designated location, including export customs declaration, international transportation, import customs clearance, tariff payment and final delivery. Double customs clearance emphasizes the double customs clearance service of the exporting country and the importing country to ensure seamless connection of goods. Along with the US government canceled the 800 usd free tax policy DDP is more and more popular for ecommerce goods shipping from China to USA as DDP double customs clearance door-to-door service makes exporting to the United States easier: it takes care of the entire process from picking up goods from the Chinese warehouse to local delivery in the United States, covering export customs clearance, international transportation, and import tax payment. It saves time and effort and has transparent costs. It is especially suitable for cross-border e-commerce sellers and goods with high timeliness requirements.

DDP service procedure for goods shipping from China to USA

There are mainly the following 4 steps for DDP shipping from China to USA:

1>Cargo pickup and pre-processing: Logistics companies pick up goods from Chinese warehouses and complete packaging, labeling and other operations.

2>Export customs clearance: Agent for China export customs declaration, processing commodity inspection, license and other documents.

3>International transportation: Direct to the United States by air or sea. Air transportation is fast (about 7-10 days) and suitable for urgent goods; sea transportation is low cost (about 22 days) and suitable for bulk goods.

4>Import customs clearance and delivery: After completing tariff payment and customs clearance procedures in the United States, local logistics will deliver to the door (such as Amazon warehouse or corporate address).

Advantages of DDP shipping from China to USA

1>Save time and effort: Buyers do not need to deal with complex customs clearance procedures, reducing the risk of delays caused by unfamiliar policies.

2>Transparent costs: Freight, tariffs and other costs are calculated by the seller in advance to avoid hidden expenses.

3>Stable timeliness: Relying on cooperation with China Eastern Airlines, Singapore Airlines, etc., to ensure flight density and transportation reliability.

4>Flexible adaptation: From 0.1kg to 10000kg shipment, and provides value-added services such as special packaging, warehousing and insurance.

Precautions for DDP shipping from China to USA

1>Compliance declaration: Brand authorization, HTS code and other documents are required to avoid fines due to inconsistent declaration.

2>Prohibition restrictions: Dangerous goods, live animals and plants are prohibited, and special items require additional certificates (such as drugs require narcotics transportation certificates).

3>Supplier screening: Be wary of low-price traps, verify supplier qualifications and historical customs clearance records, and prevent tax evasion risks.

Applicable scenarios for DDP shipping from China to USA

Cross-border e-commerce sellers: Especially suitable for Amazon FBA shopify ebay etsy sellers, dropshipping or achieve rapid inventory entry.

Enterprises without import qualifications: circumvent import license restrictions through DDP.

Goods with high timeliness requirements: such as electronic products, fashion products, etc. that need to be put on the shelves quickly.

How to dropshipping from China to USA via DDP terms

In order to facilitate the ecommerce business dropshipping from China to USA, ShipAnt offers DDP shipping service from China to USA for small goods dropshipping from China to USA from 0.1kg to 12kg via both air and sea.

DDP air shipping from China to USA

Thats commonly way for ecommerce sellers dropshipping from China to USA via air as it is fast, stable, cost effective and hassle free. Especially for goods under 2kg dropshipping from China to USA, for example, fashion clothing, cosmetics, toys, home decor, kitchen tools, sports fitness, out door, electronics etc. Due to the shipping rates floats on weekly or monthly basis, you are welcome to contact ShipAnt for latest shipping rates from China to USA, 7 to 12 days delivery.

DDP sea shipping from China to USA

For some goods are light weight with big volume weight shipping from China to USA, the DDP air shipping rates is very expensive with high surcharges, DDP sea shipping is a very good alternatives for furniture like sofa, table, chair, cabinet dropshipping from China to USA, 25 to 35 days delivery, stable and cost effective.

Sensitive goods DDP shipping from China to USA

For ecommerce sellers who sell jeserys, toys, perfume, sports shoes, bags, clothing related to IP infringement, batteries, magnets, cosmetics, there are also DDP shipping ways available.

How to apply ShipAnt DDP shipping service from China to USA

If you are dropshipping from China to USA, you are welcome to inquire ShipAnt DDP shipping service no matter you are selling on Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, woocommerce or tiktok as well as other platforms. There are usually dropshipping and bulkyshipping 2 ways via air and sea.

If you are dropshipping from China to USA via Amzon FBM, Shopify, Etsy and Woocommerce, you will need to grant access for ShipAnt to connect to your store, then we can sync orders from your store for automated fulfillment to your end users.

1> Store integration. lets take Shopify for example. there are usually 2 ways, the first one is for startups plan, since Shopify doesnt have staff account for those plans, you can send us the store url with shopify partner account for us to connect to your store, then we are able to apply orders, products and apps access to connect to shopify store to sync orders; the second one is create staff account with products, orders apps access for us to integrate shopify for automated fulfillment;

2>Sourcing. If you have reliable dropshipping suppliers to work with, you can share the supplier product list with links for us to help you order, or you pay them ship to our warehouse directly. If not we can help you sourcing from 1688 taobao;

3>Quality check. ShipAnt warehouse will help you check the product quality and pick out the flaws, broken goods for return and exchange;

4>Repack and barcode. If you have lots of skus in your store, we will print the barcode to stick on the packaging after repacked;

5>Warehousing and inventory management. We will help you manage the store inventory and warehousing;

6>Pick pack. Once the store inventory is complete for each orders, we will pick pack, declare, select proper DDP shipping line and printing shipping labels;

7>DDP shipping from China to USA. Packages will be shipped from China to USA via DDP terms, the clients wont have to pay extra VAT;

If you are Amazon FBA sellers or Tiktok sellers who need to bulky ship from China to USA via air and sea in DDP terms, it is also easy enough with the following steps:

1> Prepare goods for shipments. You can pay on 1688 or alibaba suppliers for bulky orders to ship to our warehouse, we can also help you source quality suppliers met your price budget;

2> Quality check. We will help you pick out the flaw products and broken ones to return and exchange;

3>barcode label. We will help you print the barcode label meet Amazon FBA or warehouse in USA inwarehousing requirements stick on the product and carton boxes;

4> Prepare invoice and packing list. We will prepare the invoice and packaging list as well as ceterficate for goods required for custom clearance;

5>DDP air sea shipping from China to USA.

If you are ecommerce sellers want stable, fast and cost effective DDP shipping from China to USA via air and sea you are welcome to inquire ShipAnt service.