The fifth wave of the epidemic continues, and freight logistics has also been affected by manpower shortages.
The express company SF Express (Hong Kong) announced on March 11 that in response to the latest epidemic prevention and control measures in the mainland, all express mail from Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland will be suspended from now until further notice.
There are still many ways for citizens to send parcels back to the mainland. Hongkong Post or express companies such as DHL, FedEx, and UPS can still send parcels; while ZTO and YTO said they need to contact customer service for inquiries.
▼On March 11, SF Express will suspend the express delivery from Hong Kong to the Mainland▼
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Hongkong Post still has airmail, surface mail and Speedpost services
Zhang Weiquan, chairman of the Hong Kong Postal Workers Union, said that Hongkong Post still maintains various services for mailing to the Mainland, including airmail, surface mail and Speedpost services.
Zhang mentioned that colleagues at the post office are working hard to maintain services and hope that the public will not be affected as much as possible. However, when airmail, surface mail and speedpost services are used to send parcels to the Mainland, the current flight and sailing schedule will affect the delivery time, so the delivery time will be longer than normal. long.
According to the information on the Hongkong Post website, if a 3kg shipment is sent to major cities in the mainland by express mail, it can be delivered within one working day at the fastest cost of 257 yuan; if the destination is other areas outside the major cities , the fastest one-day delivery, but the cost is 280 yuan.
As for the three-kilogram shipment by air and surface mail, the cost is 255 yuan and 232 yuan respectively, but it should be noted that the delivery standard of air mail is 8 to 18 working days; and the delivery standard of surface mail is 10 to 68 working days.
One-click to check the postage for mails sent back to the Mainland by Hong Kong Post Service:
https://www.hongkongpost.hk/tc/postage_calculator/index.html
Hongkong Post still maintains various services for mailing to the Mainland, including airmail, surface mail and Speedpost services.
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Higher FedEx delivery time with DHL
As for the courier company DHL, there is still a courier service for sending items back to the mainland, but the price is slightly higher than that of Hong Kong Post or other companies.
For example, if you send three kilograms of books from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, which will be sent on the 11th of this month, it will take from the 10th to the 21st of this month to arrive in Shenzhen, and the price is about 660 yuan.
Another company, FedEx, also sent three kilograms of books from Hong Kong to Shenzhen. It was sent on the 11th of this month, and it could be delivered to Shenzhen on the 14th. The cost was originally 507 yuan, but there was a discount online, and the actual cost changed to approx. 313 yuan.
UPS said that there are currently no restrictions on shipments to and from China and Hong Kong.
According to its online platform for estimating time and cost, it also shows that the shipment sent in Hong Kong on the 11th of this month can be sent to Shenzhen on the 14th, but the cost can only be further inquired after the user has set up an account.
Check the postage from Hong Kong to the Mainland with one click: Hongkong Post/DHL/FedEx/UPS
ZTO and YTO need to contact customer service for inquiries
As for ZTO Express and YTO Express, there are still China-Hong Kong Express services on their websites. YTO Express also responded to "Hong Kong 01" and received the goods normally for the time being, but the customs clearance time of the goods cannot be guaranteed.
However, the websites of the two courier companies do not list the postage rates. If the public wants to find these two companies to send their parcels back to the mainland, they need to contact customer service for inquiries and ask for a quotation.
SF Express has stopped accepting and sending express mail to the Mainland Citizens lament the inconvenience: the company sends goods every day to the University of Hong Kong for research: Omicron virus still spreads poison on smooth surfaces for 7 days, white paper with poison can last for 30 minutes, the vacancy rate of quarantine centers is 98%, Department of Health: less demand planned Transfer of patient isolation facilities SF Express will stop from Hong Kong to send express mail to the Mainland today. Online purchases must be shipped to Hong Kong and the weight limit of each order is 3 kg
