Fast Sea Shipping from China to FBA U.S.

- Apr. 09, 2021.

  1. How it works?
  2. How long does it take?
  3. How much?
  4. How to get estimates?



How does it work?




  1. Your supplier send your products to a China Prep Center. (*better let your supplier label everything. You can work with them either EXW or FOB terms)
  2. China prep center inspect.
  3. Your shipment loaded into a Matson container. (*shipment can be returned to supplier or fixed inside Prep Center when problems found out)
  4. Container shipped to China port(Ningbo or Shanghai), China customs declared, then on board to a Matson ship.
  5. Matson Express service (the shipment-availability-guaranteed one), or other fast sea shipping lines like Matson not-guaranteed service, Zim and Exx, ship this container to U.S. west (Long Beach port, Los Angles).
  6. Discharged at Long Beach port. 
  7. U.S. customs cleared.
  8. Unloaded, De-grouped, picked up by couriers (called MC service, code 11) or truck companies (called MT service, code 12). If this container is carried by other fast shipping lines (Matson-not-guaranteed, Zim, Exx...). then we will have FC service (code 21), and FT service (code 22).
  9. Couriers (FedEx or UPS) or truck companies ship to your FBA warehouse.
  10. Your shipment is delivered. (* it may take Amazon some time to process before your shipment show up under your seller center).




How long does it take? 

For Fastest:

  • 19 days to warehouses in CA, U.S west (like LGB8/ONT8/LAX9), after ship departures Ningbo port. Plus one week from factory to above step 1 - 4. So it is usually around 25 days from factory to FBA.
  • 25 days to warehouses in U.S east like CLT2 in New York, after ship departures Ningbo port. Plus one week from factory to above step 1 - 4. So it is usually around 32 days from factory to FBA.

2nd Fast:

  • 26 days to warehouses in CA, U.S west (like LGB8/ONT8/LAX9), after ship departures Ningbo port. Plus one week from factory to above step 1 - 4. So it is usually around 32 days from factory to FBA.
  • 32 days to warehouses in U.S east like CLT2 in New York, after ship departures Ningbo port. Plus one week from factory to above step 1 - 4. So it is usually around 39 days from factory to FBA.

Slow Service:

  • Over 50 days from factory to FBA.





How much? 

  • For price reference / investigation, you can use shipping calculating excel forms to get rough estimates for DDP rates for fast sea shipping from China to FBA US. * it works better on laptop/desktop, not so well on mobile phones. *Reload the page if the template breaks.
  • Once your shipping plan is available, and shipment is ready to ship, you can contact us to confirm prices.


* We offer product inspection, customer experience, shipment package improvements suggestions for free (included in our rates).