Re: International shipping rates USA -> China?

They may do the same sort of thing with shipments to the US. I recently ordered eight 3000mAh NiMH AA cells and four 3600 mAh 18650 Li-Ion cells for a total of $21.55 including shipping, and it arrived via USPS registered

mail. I was surprised that they used registered mail for such a small monetary value. If it is true that all mail after the originating country is handled free, I am quite surprised and it's no wonder that the USPS is going broke.

I can see how easy it would be to circumvent the high cost of sending small parcels by packing them into large parcels and sending them in bulk, perhaps even by cargo ship. You can probably find people in China to do a good job of sorting them out and sending them on via their surface mail system.

I placed my order for the batteries on January 9 and received them January

Recently I inquired about large LiFePO4 batteries from a manufacturer in

China and got a quote for $11,500 for 100 pieces of 100 Ah prismatic cells, and shipping was $390. Such cells are typically 4 kg each so that's a

In another quote for 100 smaller batteries, a shipment of 33 kg was $285. Air shipping for four pieces via DHL was $24.

Paul

I'm fairly sure that USPS is paid to deliver the goods, just they aren't paid by the sender, but by the senders agent eg: Chinapost.

it seems 400Kg of small batteries would half the price of 400Kg of big batteries.

That depends on whether a half-ton of small batteries weighs less than a

half-ton of big ones. :)

There is probably a flat rate plus an additional charge per unit weight.

Paul