UPS and DHL urgently suspend import and export services in some countries!

After the Northern Hemisphere entered the autumn, the second wave of epidemics that scientists had been worried about really returned. At present, Europe and the United States have encountered a major counterattack against the epidemic. According to incomplete statistics, 13 European countries have restarted "blockade" orders of varying degrees.

Since the "closure of the city" order was issued, European countries have experienced varying degrees of "shocks." According to reports, protests involving hundreds of people broke out in Italy and clashes with the police broke out. The protests once developed into violent conflict. Some people threw stones and flash bombs at the police, and some set fire to the trash can.

In addition to some people who "escape from the city", there are some people who are hoarding goods frantically. This time in addition to the regular hoarding operations of pasta, cans, toilet paper and daily necessities, major shoppers also snapped up yoga. pad.

Therefore, the European market and logistics have been significantly affected.

What domestic cross-border sellers are most concerned about is: Can my goods be shipped? Seeing that the Black Friday and Internet One are approaching, what will the European market be heading next? Will there be large-scale logistics delays?

In this regard, the current latest policies of companies such as DHL/UPS/FedEx are as follows.

UPS suspends sending and receiving services in some regions

The notice stated that due to the increase in the number of new crown cases in Europe, the European government has implemented restrictive measures to prevent and control the epidemic. UPS first suspends sending and receiving services for postal codes below Italy.

Specific query address:
https://www.ups.com/it/en/service-alerts.page?id=alert1

The notice reminds that in addition to the above postal code suspension service, other countries/regions, UPS delivery may also be delayed. Before shipping, please ask the customer to ensure that the consignee is in an epidemic area, otherwise the goods will be returned.

Supplement: UPS increases peak season surcharge

In order to better manage the increasing demand for air transportation capacity and rising costs during this period, so as to continue to provide high-quality services, in view of the market situation, UPS will adjust the peak season of specific shipments from November 8, 2020 Additional fee.

The peak season surcharge will be adjusted, and the peak season may be extended or adjusted in other ways. The sender should check the latest peak season surcharge update on the following website before consignment.

URL query:
https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/media/zh_CN/peak_surcharge_extension_english_CN_ZH.pdf

DHL suspends express delivery in 6 countries

In addition to UPS, DHL's freight forwarder also issued a notice on Weibo to suspend express delivery to six countries:

Immediately, our Hong Kong DHL global channel products will suspend the delivery of parcels within 0.5-5KG in the following 6 countries: Germany (Germany), Portugal (Portugal), Spain (Spain), Austria (Austria), Romania (Romania), Nigeria (Nigeria), the recovery time will be notified later. Sorry for the inconvenience caused!

Most of these countries are located in Europe, and Germany is one of the European markets that cross-border sellers focus on.

An industry insider said: At present, most logistics channels are still operating normally, but today (October 30), we have received feedback from foreign channels one after another. Individual cities and individual zip codes have limited warehousing and even suspended delivery. The future shipment situation is unpredictable.

FedEx renamed "adjustment surcharge"

On October 23, 2020, FedEx said: The outbreak of the epidemic has affected the global supply chain, and the air cargo capacity has been correspondingly restricted. We therefore make necessary adjustments to the operating network, but these adjustments have caused us to bear the increase in operating costs.

From April 6, 2020, we will charge a "temporary route adjustment surcharge" for all FedEx and TNT brand international parcel shipments and heavy cargo shipments.

From November 2, 2020, the "temporary route adjustment surcharge" will be renamed the "peak season surcharge".

look for the address:
https://www.fedex.com/zh-cn/shipping/surcharges/other-surcharges.html

It is worth mentioning that FedEx does not have a discarded parts destruction service in Argentina, Germany, Spain, Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Italy, Belarus, Serbia, Portugal, Russia and other countries. Pay more attention!

What happened to European logistics in the later stage

It is foreseeable that the closure of the city will increase logistics prices in the European market and extend the delivery time.

Prior to the outbreak of the European epidemic, the logistics price in this market once touched 200 yuan/kg. Under the second lockdown, shipping prices rose and warehousing labor costs rose, and logistics prices may rise again. Amazon warehousing time may be extended, resulting in a return situation, some warehouses may refuse to accept the return of the goods, return and re-delivery costs will increase, and the delivery time will also be lengthened.

But DHL Express CEO John Pearson still wants to give the market a boost.

He said: Because of the epidemic, consumers have shifted their shopping activities to an unprecedented online world. This applies especially to the upcoming popular large shopping days, such as "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday", as well as the entire Christmas shopping season.

We make sure to deliver goods as soon as possible, including Christmas gifts, to families all over the world. To prepare for it, DHL Express has hired more than 10,000 new employees worldwide and put into operation four new B777 F wide-body aircraft, and it is expected to add two more in the next month. The company has also developed a safe delivery procedure for the consignee without requiring the customer to sign at the time of shipment. All of these ensure business continuity for DHL customers and global trade.

But even if we receive such "encouragement" information, we still have to pay attention to the information of the service provider; follow up on the policies of the relevant regions in Germany, France and Italy, and take measures in advance; in addition, we must pay attention to the advance delivery of European overseas warehouses In order to transfer later. In short, do Plan B well to avoid unnecessary losses!