China to USA door-to-door delivery
Not everything is a storefront restock. A machine part, a custom furniture order, a sample run, a one-off buy from a Chinese supplier: your supplier sends it to our China warehouse, and we move it from there to your US door, with customs settled in the offer.
5 kg $111.8920 kg $422.69 by air, duty included, 6 to 12 working days
Sea from about 10 kg: $5 to $6 per kg with duty included, 28 to 32 days, confirmed for your product before you book.
Air prices up to 22 kg include the carriers' Black Friday peak surcharge (about 13 to 26%) until the peak ends.
Your supplier sends the cartons to our China warehouse. Nothing is due until they are weighed.
Plain delivery, done properly
Any size from 100 g to 2,000 kg
A single parcel, three cartons, or a small pallet load. Too big for a consumer courier account, too small for a container desk to care: that middle is exactly what we run.
One price to your door
Receiving at our China warehouse, freight, US customs clearance, import duties on door to door air and sea, and final delivery, all inside the number you approve. Nothing is collected at the door on those lanes; on air consolidation the duty is paid at import and the offer says so.
Customs handled for you
Since the de-minimis exemption ended, even small China shipments need a formal customs entry. Commercial invoice review, HS code check, and a licensed US broker are part of the service, not an extra you arrange.
A person answers
Offers are instant on screen, and when something needs judgment, a human at a real, reachable US company makes the call. You are never routing a claim through a chatbot maze.
How door-to-door delivery works
Describe the shipment
What it is, roughly what it weighs, your supplier's city, your US address. The instant offer prices it in seconds.
We prepare the crossing
Documents reviewed, HS code confirmed, duty calculated at the real rate. Regulated goods get flagged before anything moves.
You approve the exact number
You approve the quote and nothing is due then. Your cartons are weighed and measured at our China warehouse, then we send a real invoice from a registered US business, paid by ACH. If the measured weight is within 5% of the quote, the quoted price stands. No blind wire, no deposits.
Delivered, settled, done
Your supplier delivers to our China warehouse; we move it, clear it, and deliver it to your door. Updates come to you at each stage.
What to know before you ship
Since the $800 de-minimis exemption ended, even a small parcel needs a formal customs entry, a correct HS code, and duties paid at the real rate (see the US import rules timeline). That is why the cheap freight-only quote is misleading: a complete landed cost includes the freight, US clearance, the duties themselves, and final delivery. On door to door air and sea our quote is that complete number, agreed before anything moves, so nothing is left to settle at the door.
Method follows weight and patience. Door to door air takes 6 to 12 working days and suits general goods up to about 20 kg. Air consolidation runs 10 to 14 days from about 35 kg at a lower per-kilogram cost, with duty paid at import. Sea takes 28 to 32 days door to door and is priced from 10 kg. Customs adds time only if CBP holds a shipment; we prepare the entry so it does not add more.
Two things keep any China shipment out of trouble. The commercial invoice must describe the goods specifically and carry the real transaction value: under-declaring is customs fraud, and CBP checks values against market prices. And regulated goods, from lithium batteries to children's products to food-contact items, carry extra requirements that must be sorted before anything moves. We flag both at the quote stage, which is exactly the point of quoting before anything moves.
If customs does hold a shipment, an exam request, a document query, a classification question, we handle it directly; you hear about it from us with a plan, not from a carrier notice you have to decode. And if a tariff change or reclassification would move the price, we tell you before the goods move so you can decide, not after they land. That is the difference between a delivery service and a cheap label.
What it costs
Typical prices from our pricing engine for door-to-door shipments; your exact price shows in the instant offer below.
Air, door to door
$21 to $22 / kg, duty included
6 to 12 working days
Samples and restocks up to about 20 kg (20 kg is $422.69 all-in)
Air consolidation
$4 to $14 / kg, plus import duty
10 to 14 days
35 to 500 kg; the more weight, the lower the rate per kg
Sea, door to door
about $5 to $6 / kg, duty included
28 to 32 days
Heavier, non-urgent restocks from about 10 kg; indicative until we confirm
Plain Freight is a small US company with a real, reachable founder. Offers are instant on screen, and when your shipment needs a judgment call, a person makes it. Who we are ›
Common questions
Can you deliver to a residential address?
Yes. Home, office, storage unit, or business dock, anywhere in the US. Final delivery is part of the all-in price.
I'm importing one item, not running a business. Can you help?
Yes. Single high-value items, a piece of equipment, a custom furniture order, or a sample run are normal shipments for us. The customs entry still has to be done right, and that is included.
What does the all-in price include exactly?
Receiving at our China warehouse, air or sea freight, US customs clearance, import duties at your product's real rate on door to door air and sea, and delivery to your US address. If anything about your goods would change that price, we tell you before anything moves, not after arrival.
How long does delivery take?
Door to door air is 6 to 12 working days, air consolidation 10 to 14 days, sea 28 to 32 days, all from the day your shipment leaves our China warehouse. The instant offer shows the options side by side for your shipment.
Is there anything you won't ship?
Branded goods are fine: we legally ship them on our branded channel with an instant price. Restricted goods like lithium batteries, liquids and food get a person's review before we quote. Honest goods with tricky paperwork, yes, that is the job.