China-Korea 5-day parcel delivery line launched, Cainiao helps speed up cross-border logistics between China and Korea

Ms. Han, who lives in Seoul, South Korea, recently bought a mobile phone peripheral on the AliExpress platform. Less than four days after placing the order, the package was delivered to her door. Ms. Han said that she likes to buy Chinese products very much, and she also clearly feels that the logistics timeliness is getting faster and faster.

According to Huanqiu.com, from January to June 2020, China surpassed the United States for the first time and became the country with the largest number of cross-border online shopping by Korean consumers, accounting for 44.2%. South Korea's Financial News mentioned in the report that there are many types of products on Chinese shopping websites, which are not inferior to American shopping websites, and shopping is also very convenient. They are well-known in the Korean online shopping circle, thus forming a new trend of Korean consumers cross-border online shopping for Chinese products.

On August 23, Cainiao and AliExpress officially launched the China-Korea cross-border 5-day delivery package line (hereinafter referred to as Korea 5-day delivery). After Korean consumers place an order, they can receive the package within 5 working days, and in some areas, the fastest is 3 days (within 72 hours). Compared with the direct delivery line, Korea 5-day delivery has optimized both timeliness and cost. In terms of timeliness, stocking goods in the preferred warehouse in North China saves the time of domestic collection and allocation, and the package can arrive at the Korean port within 12 hours by sea; in terms of cost, the warehouse delivery line is nearly 30% lower than the direct delivery line.

At present, the commodities sold to South Korea mainly include beauty products, 3C digital products, etc. The opening of the dedicated line will further enhance the competitiveness of China's cross-border commodities. According to data from Cainiao and AliExpress, the number of parcels exported to South Korea in the first half of 2021 increased by nearly 100% year-on-year. According to past experience, after August each year, cross-border e-commerce gradually enters the peak season, and the peak of parcels is reached in November, such as the upcoming AliExpress 8.28 and Double Eleven promotions.

"Cainiao's China-South Korea cross-border 5-day package delivery line relies on Cainiao's global logistics network advantages and resource integration capabilities. Cainiao has opened up the entire chain of cross-border packages from China to South Korea, and has access to South Korea's local high-quality logistics resources to achieve integrated customs clearance, distribution and terminal delivery services." Xiong Wei, assistant to the president of Cainiao and general manager of the export logistics division, told reporters that the peak processing capacity of Cainiao's domestic distribution center has exceeded 10 million orders, and its cross-border package network business covers more than 200 cities across the country, and has established more than 50 collection warehouses in important cities across the country.

In addition to cross-border parcel services, Cainiao also provides merchants with overseas warehouse-to-warehouse services, and combines domestic preferred warehouses, global overseas warehouses and international logistics capabilities to provide cross-border merchants with diversified export supply chain solutions. For example, for categories such as drones and hand-made sewing machines, Cainiao not only solves the problem of direct shipments containing magnets through customized transportation solutions, but the overseas warehouse-to-warehouse model also reduces the freight by 50% compared to direct shipments, helping merchants increase their Double Eleven sales by 600% and international logistics capabilities.

In March 2021, the average daily cross-border parcel volume of Cainiao's global parcel network exceeded 5 million pieces, continuing to rank among the top four in the world. Among them, the "5 US dollars in 10 days" logistics product has covered European countries such as Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, etc., and is expected to cover 20 countries around the world this year, allowing more merchants to deliver to the world with the money for a cup of coffee.

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