进出美国的集装箱货运

The United States is the largest importer in the world. It has had a decades-long trade deficit, importing far more goods and services than exports.

The top 5 imports to the United States are cars, computers, packaged medical treatments, broadcast equipment, and crude petroleum.

The top 5 exports from the United States are refined petroleum, crude petroleum, cars, integrated circuits, and petroleum gas.

There are endless types of freight containers and shipping equipment available for transporting your cargo. Essentially, the type of cargo and its needs will determine what kind of container you require. 

The standard 20-foot container or “dry van” is one of the most commonly used containers for the shipment of goods. This is suitable for heavy cargo such as minerals, metal, machinery, sugar, paper, cement, and steel coils. You can use a cubic meter calculator for the dimension of 20ft container.

40-foot dry containers are designed to carry and store more voluminous cargo rather than heavy cargo, for example, furniture, steel pipes, paper scrap or cotton. To learn more about container shipping, click here.

With Twill, you can book dry cargo in 20-40-45 (HC) box containers. You can sign up to our platform now to check prices and schedule your next container shipment.

Container shipping is the most secure, safe and standardized method of transporting goods. If your freight does not include any commodities that should be treated in a particular manner, for example, hazardous, perishables etc., standard dry shipping containers will be the ideal option. The dry shipping container can be found in several dimensions and remains the most popular choice for shippers to transport dry cargo.

With Twill, you can book standard dry shipping. Sign up to our platform to explore routes and schedules from and to the USA today.

The USA holds the world's largest economy, and most of it is driven by its port’s operations. And the largest ports are identified based on the number of domestic TEUs they handle. TEUs are used to measure volume, which correlates to cargo-carrying capacity. The top 5 ports in the United States are:

1. The Port of Los Angeles

2. The Port of Long Beach

3. The Port of New York and New Jersey

4. The Port of Savannah

5. Northwest Seaport Alliance (a marine cargo operating partnership of the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma)

跨太平洋东行航线是进出美国使用最频繁的贸易航线。这条航线包括从亚太地区到美国的进口货运。这条航线上的主要贸易货运以来自中国的进口货运为代表，但同样重要的还有来自韩国、日本、越南、印度尼西亚、马来西亚和泰国的货物运输。

到美国的运输时间可能会因路线和转运次数（运输段）的不同而有很大差异。例如，从中国主要的基本港到洛杉矶的直航时间约为2周。然而，如果货物来自一个很小的港口，支线船从那里将集装箱运送到较大的港口，然后再转运到更大的母船上，最后驶往美国，那么运输时间可能会延长至3周。

虽然有许多活动会推动集装箱货运量的增长，但对美国零售商而言，最大的活动仍是假日购物季。从黑色星期五到圣诞节和光明节，这段时间的货运量会有最大增长。因此，这通常也会导致整个运输网络中集装箱运费费率上涨和运输空间不足。较小规模的货运量增加通常发生在复活节之前，以及之后的返校促销活动。

Usually, it takes 24-48 hours to clear all customs formalities (excluding the time taken for paperwork). But, if your goods are held for inspection, it may stretch to several days or weeks.

Depending on your shipment and country of origin, document requirements differ. Some common documents you need include an import/export license, packing list, commercial invoice, Bill of Lading, certificate of origin, purchase order or letter of credit, and insurance certificate. Learn more about Customs documents to ship to or from the US.

USA customs checks for basics, including but not limited to, proper documentation, accurate HS classification of goods, country of origin, special permit requirements, and whether any contrabands are shipped.

报关流程可能因国家/地区和港口而异。在Twill特为，我们认为以合规的方式让您的货物顺利通关的重要性。

这就是为什么我们建立了美国一流的报关服务部门。进口货物到美国，要了解的第一个重要步骤是，必须向您的报关行提供一份授权书。获得授权书后，您的报关行可以代表您在货物启运前至少72小时在美国海关办理清关手续。第二个重要步骤是通过担保公司进行海关担保。其作用是向美国海关保证，如果出现其他进口关税和税项，他们一定能收到税款。

但请放心，我们会对使用报关服务的Twill特为客户在整个流程中进行引导。