The air tickets for returning from the United States cost tens of thousands of yuan. Many international students do not come back very much after going abroad to school. First, the air tickets are expensive, and second, the quarantine will take more than half a month. Therefore, if you need daily necessities, many friends will choose cheap and convenient shipping to send items.
During the delivery process, Zuo Hai also found that the things his friends sent were all kinds of, everything, especially recently, the weather in the United States has begun to get colder, and parents at home are busy mailing winter supplies to their children, and even wish that the whole family wanted to send them to their children, so people often ask, "Can this be sent?"
In order to save everyone's time, Zuohai will help you summarize and organize a mailing list for you today. What can be sent to and what cannot be sent to? How to send in compliance, I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
1, food, specialty products
Home specialties must be a must-send item for international students, but the risk of sending items such as sausages, dried fish, and other foods that are prone to deterioration and rotten are relatively high.
You need to send these items. Zuohai recommends that you can seal dried fish and other foods to a state that can be stored for at least 2 to 3 months and then mail it. If the shelf life is only about 10 days, it is not recommended to send it ~
Hot pepper noodles, barbecue powder and other powder items are more troublesome to send. needs a packaging instruction manual and the single product cannot exceed 1kg. It is best to send it with ordinary goods, which is relatively low risk.
Then like biscuits, spicy strips, beef jerky, pork jerky, lollipops and other snacks , as long as has a compliant packaging can be mailed directly.
2, medicines, health products
winter in the United States is very cold. You must not only keep the cold, but also be careful of colds. When you go out, you will definitely want to send all the "Baibao Medicine Boxes" at home, but there are restrictions on delivery of medicines.
✔ Basically all medicines belonging to the Chinese patent medicine catalog can be sent to
Lotus Qingwen, Xiaoyao Pills, Zhenchan Pills, Isatis root, Wanglaoji (granules), Qinghuo Ling... There is no problem with cooling and removing fire when you are a must-have in the family.
However, medicines need to ensure that the outer packaging is intact and the instructions are retained , so you must not redisassemble the shell for the purpose of removing the volume. This may be detected as a three-no product. Don’t take this risk~
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. Epidemic prevention supplies
Many parents feel that they are most at ease in purchasing epidemic prevention supplies in China. Among them, masks are the most basic epidemic prevention items. As long as they meet the requirements of epidemic prevention items and fall within the scope of family use, they can purchase and mail them with confidence.
However, if it is other protective clothing, epidemic prevention masks, etc. must meet the local import standards for medical items, otherwise cannot be mailed at will.
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. Winter warm items
down jackets in the United States are relatively thin. You can purchase and send some down jackets, quilts, thermal underwear , etc. from China.
It should be noted that because these items are relatively fluffy, Zuo Hai recommends that you be vacuum packed and vacuumed before packing , try to keep the actual weight of each box consistent with the volume weight. In this way, when calculating the volume weight, the price will be more cost-effective.
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Contraband: CD, gold, banknotes, flammable and explosive items, living bodies, specimens and plants are contraband and cannot be mailed abroad; l3
general goods: unactivated, magnetic, and brand-free belongs to ordinary goods, and there is basically no obstacle to transportation;
sensitive goods: opposite to ordinary goods, electric, magnetic, and brand-free belongs to sensitive goods, and food, cosmetics, and medicines are also sensitive goods. need to be mailed to a logistics company with regular sensitive goods channels.
If the goods transported inconsistent with the type of goods are found, the package may be detained, confiscated, destroyed or returned. So before placing an order, everyone should understand the type of goods they want to ship, confirm the delivery channels, and ensure that the goods are shipped safely.
