What items does the fee mainly include?

Professional export agency service fees usually consist ofBasic Service Fee + Business Operation Fee + Third - Party FeesThese three parts:

• Basicservicefee:
  • DocumentPreparation(2-5‰ofthecargovalue)
  • ForeignExchangeVerification(0.8-1.5‰oftheamount)TaxRebateAdvance(calculatedasthenumberofadvancedays×theamountofadvance×dailyinterestrate)
  • BusinessOperationFee
• Customs Declaration and Inspection (RMB 300 - 800 per ticket):
  • LogisticsSupervision(RMB50-200percontainer)
  • SpecialDocumentCertification(suchasCO/FA,etc.RMB200-500percopy)
  • Third-PartyFees
• Port Incidental Fees (charged according to the actual occurrence):
  • InspectionandQuarantineFees(0.5-1‰ofthecargovalue)
  • BankHandlingFees(0.1-0.3‰oftheremittanceamount)
  • Basedonourpracticalexperienceofservingmorethan200enterprises,thecoredifferencebetweenthetwomodelsliesin

What is the essential difference between the buy - out price and the agency price?

The Subject of Risk - TakingBuy - out System (Procurement Service):

• Theagentpurchasesthegoodswithitsownfunds:
  • Theclientsettlesthepaymentaccordingtotheagreedexchangerate
  • Suitablefornewcustomersorsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises
  • Suitablefornewcustomersorsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises
• Agency System (Entrusted Service):
  • Theclientshallbeartheforeignexchangecollectionriskbyitself.
  • Settlementshallbemadeaccordingtotheactualamountofforeignexchangecollected.
  • Suitableforlargeenterpriseswithstablecustomersources.

Why do the quotations of different agents vary greatly?

The industry monitoring data for 2025 shows that the comprehensive service fee rate of regular agents is3-8%,Abnormal quotations may hide risks:

• Low-pricetrap:
  • Splittingbillingitems(suchaschargingseparatelyfortheusefeeofthecustomsdeclarationsystem)
  • Inflatinglogisticslinksurcharges
  • Obscuringthebasedateforexchangeratecalculation
• Rationality of high prices:
  • Specialqualifications(suchasdangerousgoodsexportlicense)
  • Custom-tailoredcustomsclearancesolutions
  • Multi-currencyinreal-time(1)PortofDepartureandPortofDestination:

How to avoid hidden charges?

Based on our procurement management experience in Fortune 500 companies,it is recommended to adoptFour - step verification method:

• (Payattentiontothecompletenessofdeclarationelements)Comparisontableofexpensedetails,Confirmthebillingbasisitembyitem
• VerifyExchangeratelockingmechanism(ThesettlementdifferencebetweenT+1/T+3canreach0.5%)
• ConfirmMinimumchargethreshold(Small-batchordersmaytriggersurcharges)
• ReviewUnforeseenexpensesclause(Itisrecommendedtocontrolwithin5%ofthetotalcost)

What new fee charges should we pay attention to in 2025?

Based on the latest Announcement No.58 of the General Administration of Customs,special attention is reminded:

• Carbontariffpre-declarationfee(ProductscoveredbytheEUCBAM)
• ElectronicFilingfee(RMB120/time)
• AEOcertificationmaintenancefee(AnnualfeeRMB5000-20000)
• Datacomplianceauditfee(ServicesrelatedtoGDPR/CCPA)