Heavy cargo and bulky cargo

Sometimes, customers would like us to pay the shipping charge for them, as they have no fixed forwarder in China and our forwarder can offer them much better price. In this case, we need to firstly estimate the weight of the shipment, get quote from our forwarder in advance, then send the quotation of shipping charge to customers, so that customers can pay the shipping charge to us.

However, if the makeup brushes will be shipped via air or express, during estimating the weight, we should consider if the shipment will be bulky or heavy. If it is heavy cargo, the shipping cost will be the same as estimated, but if it is bulky cargo, the shipping charge will be higher than estimated.

How to distinguish heavy cargo and bulky cargo?

For air shipment, we should firstly understand the bulk weight. According to airlines, if the shipment has small bulk but heavy weight, the shipping charge is calculated by weight; if the shipment has big bulk but light weight, the charge is calculated by bulk, i.e. the so called bulk weight.

The bulk weight =length (cm)*width (cm)*height (cm)/6000

That means if the weight of 1m³ is heavier than 168kg, it is a heavy cargo, the shipping charge depends on actual weight; if the weight of 1m³ is less than 168kg, the charge depends on bulk weight.

For example, if the actual weight of a package is 1kg, but the bulk weigh is 3kg (according to the above formula), the forwarder will consider the package is 3KG.

If the actual weight of a package is 1kg, but the bulk weigh is 0.5kg (according to the above formula), the forwarder will consider the package is 1KG.

Therefore, while estimating the shipment weight, we should also know the shipment size; otherwise, it may cause some loss to us on shipping charge.