Re:The missing profits of nations
by mistermann on Thursday July 26, 2018 @06:54PM
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> And as somebody who currently is working on supply chain logistics involving shipping items to the US from China, I was also unaware that there was a program where the US taxpayer would fund our costs. Can you point me to such a program please? It would help me tremendously.
"Under current rules, those charges (called terminal dues) are set ludicrously low for certain countries, among them China. (Under UPU rules, for example, China, the world’s second-largest economy, gets the same break on terminal dues as do Gabon and Botswana.) This means that the USPS actually charges China Post less to deliver a package from China into the U.S. than it charges a U.S. business or customer to deliver a similar size package within the 48 states. The post office is losing money on every package it delivers from China — costs it has to pass on to its own American customers, not to mention U.S. taxpayers."
Are you saying shipping from China has no advantages whatsoever?
Can you explain how this product costs $1 and ships worldwide for free?
I think the grandparent is referring to this:
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-Chinese-goods-so-cheap-to-ship...
"Under current rules, those charges (called terminal dues) are set ludicrously low for certain countries, among them China. (Under UPU rules, for example, China, the world’s second-largest economy, gets the same break on terminal dues as do Gabon and Botswana.) This means that the USPS actually charges China Post less to deliver a package from China into the U.S. than it charges a U.S. business or customer to deliver a similar size package within the 48 states. The post office is losing money on every package it delivers from China — costs it has to pass on to its own American customers, not to mention U.S. taxpayers."
Are you saying shipping from China has no advantages whatsoever?
Can you explain how this product costs $1 and ships worldwide for free?
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1299/10003175/1236402-1000...