People engaged in the foreign trade industry know that there is a characteristic of the foreign trade industry, which is the existence of various modes of goods transportation internationally. Doing cross-border e-commerce means transporting goods from one country to customers in another country. The choice of transportation method depends on which cross-border e-commerce platform we are on or the customer's designation. The first leg transportation of FBA in the United States is an important part of international cross-border e-commerce cargo transportation. Rocket Logistics will introduce to you what is the first leg of FBA transportation in the United States, and what are their transportation methods?

1、 The meaning of the first leg of the US FBA.

Let's take the Amazon FBA first leg as an example to introduce the general concept of the US FBA first leg. Amazon is a very famous cross-border e-commerce platform internationally, and the group's roots are in the United States. Therefore, it is very practical to use Amazon's FBA First Program as an example to introduce the American FBA First Program in this article. The first journey of Amazon FBA refers to the complete transportation process of our foreign trade exporters' goods from our domestic factory to the destination Amazon warehouse abroad. In this process, Amazon also provides various services such as customs clearance and prepayment of tariffs for our foreign trade exporters. The first leg of the US FBA refers to the use of the US FBA first leg to provide complete transportation services for our foreign trade exporters. That is to say, our foreign trade exporters only need to transport the goods we produce to our domestic ports, and all the subsequent procedures only need to be handled by the FBA first leg service in the United States.

2、 The specific process of first leg transportation for FBA in the United States

The specific process of the first journey of FBA in the United States is: the foreign trade exporter is responsible for the shipment of products. After the goods arrive at the warehouse, there will be dedicated personnel to sort, pack, and label them. After completing these tasks, the goods will be sent to the airport for customs clearance, and then loaded onto the aircraft. Logistics orders, shipment information, customs clearance documents, and shipping costs will be handled by dedicated personnel. Usually, goods are placed in the belly compartment of the aircraft or in the cargo plane's warehouse. After our goods arrive at the airport of the destination country, it is necessary to have professional personnel to carry out the situation of the goods and the delivery work in that country. At this time, customs personnel will inspect the goods, understand the declaration information and the security level of the goods. Once there are no questions, customs can be cleared. After our goods pass customs, there will be an order delivery service to pick up our goods and place them in Amazon's warehouse, thus ending the entire transportation process of the goods. Foreign traders using FBA can save a lot of manpower and energy.

2、 What are the first modes of transportation for FBA in the United States?

Firstly, the international first leg FBA services now have various advantages, while the first leg FBA services in the United States are more diverse, personalized, and can reduce first leg costs for our exporters. The FBA first leg service in the United States can provide our exporters with a variety of transportation methods, such as express first leg, air first leg, and sea first leg. Among them, the first leg of sea freight is the cheapest, making it highly popular in the cross-border e-commerce community; Many foreign trade newcomers may think that air freight first leg is the most expensive mode of transportation, but in reality, it is not. FBA air freight first leg refers to the way in which freight forwarding companies load and transport goods to the destination country through their own channels. After the goods arrive at our destination country, the freight forwarding company will also ask their cooperating organizations to deliver our goods; The first leg of international express delivery is a transportation method with short transportation time, good service attitude, and super fast speed, but the price is also the most expensive. Our foreign traders can choose transportation methods based on specific goods and cost budgets.