Export international mail - what does it mean? Expert answer

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Many people who are faced with the purchase of goods in foreign online malls are interested in the course of such a process as the export of international mail, which means receiving after a certain postal item, which is transferred to the mail of the country of destination (in the cases considered here - Russia). The parcel is delivered to the specified place where the international postal exchange and all subsequent export and import operations take place. The entire path of the postal item is the export of international mail, which means a phased passage of all instances in compliance with many rules, which will be discussed below.

Steps

From receiving a parcel at a post office abroad to receiving it in Russia by a person whose address, name and surname are indicated in the notice, there are many stages, about each of which the recipient and sender receive information upon request. The long way of the parcel and all manipulations with it must be transparent, this is exactly what export providesinternational mail, which means free tracking of the shipment until it is received at the Russian post office.

The first step in sending a shipment to the Russian Federation from abroad is to receive the parcel at a post office, for example, in China or Malaysia. In the foreign post office, the parcel is accepted and the relevant documentation is drawn up for it to go all the way to the final address. In parallel, a declaration for customs in the form CN23 or CN22 must be drawn up.

Documents

After the documents are drawn up, a unique identifier is given to this mail item, with the help of which this export of international mail is tracked. What does identifier mean? This is the barcode printed on the receipt. The sender receives it so that after a while, when the parcel appears in the tracking system, to observe its movement. If desired and possible, the sender can communicate the index to the recipient.

First, the parcel arrives at the place where the international postal exchange (IMPO) takes place, where it is carefully prepared to go through certain procedures, and this is just the very beginning of knowing what it means to export international mail. China, for example, trades very heavily with Russian consumers online, as it has an extensive network of shopping malls. These are Item.taobao, Detail.tmall, Auction1.paipai, and many others, including the world-famous Amazon and Aliexpress. And just from there, the parcels need to be carefully monitored. There are also customs authorities in the local MMPO, whicharrange the parcel on their part and form a dispatch to the country of departure.

Export package

If a future recipient observes the status "export" while tracking, he needs to be patient. This is one of the most time-consuming processes when a postal item is sent from one country to another - from the sender to the recipient. Air transportation may be involved here, but most often delivery is by land.

The speed will depend on the distance of countries from each other purely geographically. And at this stage, when tracking the parcel, the status "export of international mail" will already be known, which means that the parcel goes through the longest stage of the postal journey. The "export" status indicates that the shipment has been handed over to the carrier, and the parcel goes to the MMPO of the recipient country, that is, to Russia, but it follows very gradually.

Timing

No one can ever know about the delivery time for the export of any international shipments. This is entirely dependent on the carrier. The following status indicates the electronic registration of the parcel - in these or slightly different words, and this means that the seller registered the track code of the postal item on the website of the courier service.

However, the package has not yet been transferred, and it may still take a whole week before the actual moment of transfer. She probably hasn't even left China yet. Export of international mail should change the status to "receiving" or similar to thisword. But this will only mean that the parcel was actually sent from China to Russia. When it is in the "export" status, it is impossible to trace the path. That's when the status changes to "import", you can watch the movements.

Reasons

Since transportation is most often carried out in transit and undergoing all sorts of restrictions, postal items are quite often delayed for a long time. If the parcel does not receive the status of "import" for more than three months, the sender must submit a search request to the post office. The actual shipment to the country of destination does not mean at all that the shipment will soon complete its journey, that is, the export of international mail itself does not indicate this. No one knows how long the departure route lasts at this stage.

This happens because the routes are laid differently every time, a lot depends on flights, as well as on the formation of the optimal weight. That is, the parcels are accumulated to the required amount for the flight to be profitable. For example, Chinese planes carry from fifty to one hundred tons. And no one knows when this flight will gain the desired weight. This stage can take from seven to fourteen days on average. But often more, there are cases when parcels were expected for all sixty days.

Packaging

With the status "export (content check)" you can be sure that the package is not moving anywhere yet. Herhanded over to the customs of the country of departure to carry out inspection and other procedures. As soon as the customs check is completed, the parcel will move towards the country of destination. The status "export (packing)" will mean that the parcel has been successfully examined, it is packed, labeled and ready to be sent to Russia.

With the "transportation" status, everything seems to be clear: the postal item is moving from the sorting center. Most likely - to another sorting center, but already in the direction of the recipient. The same means the status "in transit". Sometimes, as the shipment is being tracked, a notification will appear that customs has completed clearance, which will mean that the postal services are now continuing to export international mail. Malaysia (MYKULB - international code), for example, allows you to track your parcels using its own help center, but this does not add speed to parcels.

Customs there

Customs in most IMPOs works around the clock, because only in this way can this colossal volume of incoming and outgoing mail be checked. In addition to customs officers, postal operators also work there - two people per customs officer.

This is what awaits a parcel with the status "customs clearance". The parcel is still in the sending state and is undergoing customs procedures. This is not too fast. If the status says "customs clearance in the country of the recipient" - you canstart to rejoice and rub your hands in anticipation.

Customs here

The parcel was transferred to the Federal Customs Service (FTS) and is processed there, simultaneously going through a rather long cycle of functions: processing, customs control, clearance. All postal containers receive customs transit procedures, then sorted by sections and types of items.

Commodity attachments must undergo X-ray control, while the customs decides whether to open this item or not. The reason to take the parcel under personal control may be a commercial party or an orientation to it, where the presence of substances prohibited for shipment is suspected, or it may simply be a violation of property rights. The operator at the customs officer opens the parcels, after which they draw up an inspection report and attach it to the shipment.

Other statuses

The status "export of international mail, sorting" means that the parcel is already in one of the many sorting centers, and it is being processed there. In any case, it is already quite close to receiving. It is not known how long it will take to process, but sooner or later the parcel will leave this sorting center. The status "accepted by the carrier" moves the moment of receipt even closer - the order has been transferred to the already local carrier.

Further, different statuses may appear in turn, which speak for themselves: "arrived at the terminal" (probably intermediate, where the parcel will be unloaded, loaded, processed, labeled and sent againfurther), "arrived at the warehouse" (where it will be unloaded again, loaded, and so on - see above), "located in the processing center for small packages" (again, everything is the same as before, but at the end a further route is chosen here). One of these intermediate statuses, which makes one feel sad, is "arrival in a transit country". This is a very troublesome business - to track the export of international mail. China (CNSZXA - international code), for example, apologizes to customers for long delays exceptionally often.

Post Office

The long-awaited status "arrival at the post office" means that the recipient can already, without even waiting for the postman with a notification, go directly to the post office indicated in the status and receive their package. Other phrases in this message may also be used. For example: "Export of international mail of Russia. Arrival at the place of delivery." Ideally, the delivery of the notice by the postman should be made on the same day, but more often it happens otherwise.

By the way, if the status "the place of international exchange has been abandoned" is received from the Russian post, then you do not need to wait more than ten days, since this is already a clear violation of the delivery time. Feel free to call and complain. Postal workers are required to respond to such a call. The parcel is searched for, immediately a notice of its arrival at the department is issued. And give notice to the postman. Well, if all the worries are over. Because there are also unsuccessful delivery attempts, if the postal operator has to report this tonext status. Moreover, the specific reason for non-delivery is never displayed.

Next steps

After another attempt at delivery, the parcel is transferred for storage until all the circumstances are clarified. She receives the marking "on demand". After a certain time, the failed recipient sees the status of the return of the parcel to the sender. And if he does not immediately contact the post office, which was obliged to deliver the item, and does not find out the reasons for non-delivery, then the recipient can already say goodbye to the dream that arrived from Malaysia or China.

Yes, and he was not the recipient even then. Unfortunately, this happens very often, as people who use foreign online malls constantly write about in reviews and are advised on forums. So buyers warn each other about poor quality service. For example, Chinese warehouses of online stores receive a lot of criticism.