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China → USA freight notes: tariffs, transit and customs
Policy dates, rate movements, port and capacity observations, and the reasoning behind the choices we make on live shipments. Every figure carries the date it was checked. The evergreen process pages live under Guides and are kept separate on purpose.
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How to read a China to USA freight quote
Most quotes that look cheap are cheap because a line is missing, not because a rate is low. Here is the eight-line structure we use, and what to ask about each one.
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FCL vs LCL: where the break-even actually sits
The volume rule of thumb is roughly right and routinely misapplied. Four things move the FCL/LCL break-even, and only one of them is volume.
Read the postHow the blog differs from the guides
A post here answers “what changed, and what does it mean for my next shipment”. It is dated, and it can go out of date. A guide answers “how does the process work”, stays evergreen, and is revised in place. When a post describes a procedure, the procedure itself lives in the guides.
- Guides — the entry process, ISF, bonds and documents, kept current rather than dated.
- The 2026 duty stack — the reference page every tariff post links back to.
- Calculators — when you want a number rather than an explanation.
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