Express delivery, as we all know, there are countless express deliveries running in different cities and places every day, and perhaps there will be you. International express delivery, which refers to the express delivery and logistics business between several different countries, although they are all express delivery, there is still a slight difference from our usual express delivery. How much do you know about international express delivery? Do you know the basic knowledge of international express delivery? If you're not sure, I'll give you some basic knowledge about international express delivery today!

1、 Introduction to International Express Delivery

International express delivery refers to the express delivery and logistics business conducted between two or more countries (or regions). For example, there is a company in Italy that specializes in clothing, with 5000 specialty stores located in 60 countries and selling approximately 50 million pieces of clothing annually. Its headquarters are in Italy, and all work is done through 80 agents. If a specialty store discovers that a certain style of clothing needs to be restocked, it immediately notifies a designated agent. The agent immediately notifies the Italian headquarters of this information, and the headquarters then feeds back this information to the international express delivery center. The distribution center then packages, assembles, and delivers goods within a certain period of time according to the needs of the specialty store. The entire delivery process can be completed within one week.

2、 Composition of international express delivery

At present, international express delivery in China is the most important component of the express delivery business. It is the main business of "giants" in the express delivery industry such as EMS, DHL, UPS, FedEx, TNT, etc. Its annual business volume grows at a rate of 30%, playing a crucial role in China's foreign trade work, contributing to China's economic integration into global integration, and achieving remarkable social and economic benefits.

Modern air express delivery is the development and continuation of traditional air freight, derived from the air freight forwarding industry. Therefore, to understand and master international express delivery business, one should also learn business knowledge related to international freight forwarders. However, international freight forwarding business is not within the scope of this book. This chapter only provides a leading overview of relevant knowledge points such as "import and export operation procedures and customs policies and regulations".

3、 International express delivery must be supported by international information systems

International information systems are a very important support tool for international logistics, especially international intermodal transportation. The difficulty of establishing an international information system is twofold: firstly, it is difficult to manage, secondly, it requires huge investment, and secondly, due to the high level of logistics information in some regions of the world and the low level in others, there may be imbalanced information levels, making the establishment of information systems even more difficult.

A good way to establish international express delivery and logistics information systems is to connect them with the public information systems of customs in various countries, and timely grasp the actual situation of various ports, airports, intermodal transportation routes, and stations, providing support for supply or sales logistics decisions. International logistics is the first field to develop "Electronic data interchange" (EDl). International logistics based on EDI will have a significant impact on the internationalization of logistics.