China sourcing
Importing from China, country by country
Each guide covers the ports, realistic transit times, documents and delays that apply to that route specifically.
Importing from China to DR Congo
Ports: Matadi, Boma
- Sea freight
- 45 to 60 days
- Air freight
- 7 to 14 days
Importing from China to Côte d'Ivoire
Ports: Abidjan, San Pédro
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 12 days
Importing from China to Senegal
Ports: Dakar
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Cameroon
Ports: Douala, Kribi
- Sea freight
- 25 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 10 days
Importing from China to Egypt
Ports: Alexandria / El Dekheila, Port Said East, Damietta
- Sea freight
- 18 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 12 days
Importing from China to Iraq
Ports: Umm Qasr
- Sea freight
- 15 to 30 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Morocco
Ports: Tanger Med, Casablanca, Agadir
- Sea freight
- 25 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Tanzania
Ports: Dar es Salaam, Tanga
- Sea freight
- 25 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Madagascar
Ports: Toamasina (Tamatave), Mahajanga
- Sea freight
- 30 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 4 to 8 days
Importing from China to Nigeria
Ports: Apapa (Lagos), Tin Can Island (Lagos), Lekki Deep Sea Port
- Sea freight
- 30 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Ghana
Ports: Tema, Takoradi
- Sea freight
- 30 to 42 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Kenya
Ports: Mombasa
- Sea freight
- 22 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Uganda
Ports: Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Sea freight
- 25 to 35 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Mali
Ports: Dakar (Senegal), Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), Lomé (Togo)
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Burkina Faso
Ports: Lomé (Togo), Tema (Ghana), Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 14 days
Importing from China to Togo
Ports: Lomé
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 11 days
Importing from China to Benin
Ports: Cotonou
- Sea freight
- 30 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 10 days
Importing from China to Guinea
Ports: Conakry
- Sea freight
- 35 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 12 days
Importing from China to Gabon
Ports: Owendo (Libreville), Port-Gentil
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Chad
Ports: Douala (Cameroon), Kribi (Cameroon)
- Sea freight
- 25 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Congo-Brazzaville
Ports: Pointe-Noire
- Sea freight
- 30 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Kuwait
Ports: Shuwaikh, Shuaiba
- Sea freight
- 18 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Djibouti
Ports: Doraleh (container terminal, SGTD), Doraleh Multipurpose Port (DMP), Port of Djibouti (old port)
- Sea freight
- 20 to 35 days
- Air freight
- 4 to 10 days
Importing from China to Saudi Arabia
Ports: Jeddah Islamic Port, King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam, King Abdullah Port
- Sea freight
- 18 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to United Arab Emirates
Ports: Jebel Ali, Dubai, Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, Khor Fakkan, Sharjah
- Sea freight
- 15 to 25 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 6 days
Importing from China to Qatar
Ports: Hamad Port, Mesaieed / Umm Said
- Sea freight
- 18 to 30 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 7 days
Importing from China to Bahrain
Ports: Khalifa Bin Salman Port
- Sea freight
- 20 to 35 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Jordan
Ports: Aqaba Container Terminal, Aqaba Multipurpose Port
- Sea freight
- 24 to 42 days
- Air freight
- 4 to 9 days
Importing from China to Libya
Ports: Misrata, Tripoli, Benghazi
- Sea freight
- 30 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 7 to 15 days
Importing from China to Mauritania
Ports: Nouakchott
- Sea freight
- 35 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 7 to 15 days
Importing from China to Ethiopia
Ports: Djibouti (Doraleh), Berbera (Somaliland)
- Sea freight
- 20 to 35 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Zambia
Ports: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Durban (South Africa), Beira (Mozambique)
- Sea freight
- 25 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 12 days
Importing from China to Zimbabwe
Ports: Durban (South Africa), Beira (Mozambique), Walvis Bay (Namibia)
- Sea freight
- 25 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Kazakhstan
Border crossings: Altynkol rail crossing (opposite Khorgos, China), Dostyk rail crossing (opposite Alashankou, China), Nur Zholy road crossing (near Khorgos)
- Rail and road freight
- 12 to 20 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Uzbekistan
Border crossings: Bandar Abbas (Shahid Rajaee), Iran, Poti, Georgia
- Rail and road freight
- 20 to 35 days
- Air freight
- 4 to 9 days
Importing from China to Kyrgyzstan
Border crossings: Vostochny / Vladivostok (Russia)
- Rail and road freight
- 7 to 15 days
- Air freight
- 3 to 8 days
Importing from China to Angola
Ports: Luanda, Lobito
- Sea freight
- 35 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Mozambique
Ports: Maputo, Beira, Nacala
- Sea freight
- 30 to 48 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 11 days
Importing from China to Rwanda
Ports: Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- Sea freight
- 25 to 40 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 12 days
Importing from China to Niger
Ports: Lomé (Togo), Tema (Ghana)
- Sea freight
- 30 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 6 to 14 days
Importing from China to Somalia
Ports: Mogadishu, Berbera, Bosaso
- Sea freight
- 28 to 45 days
- Air freight
- 5 to 12 days
Importing from China to Algeria
Ports: Algiers, Bejaia, Djen Djen (Jijel)
- Sea freight
- 35 to 50 days
- Air freight
- 4 to 8 days
Where we ship
Destinations we ship to regularly. Countries with a full guide are linked; if yours is not listed, ask us, our reach is wider than this list.
- Albania
- AlgeriaGuide
- Andorra
- AngolaGuide
- Armenia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- BahrainGuide
- BeninGuide
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burkina FasoGuide
- CameroonGuide
- ChadGuide
- Congo - BrazzavilleGuide
- Congo - KinshasaGuide
- Côte d’IvoireGuide
- Croatia
- Denmark
- DjiboutiGuide
- EgyptGuide
- EthiopiaGuide
- France
- GabonGuide
- Germany
- GhanaGuide
- GuineaGuide
- Indonesia
- IraqGuide
- JordanGuide
- KazakhstanGuide
- KenyaGuide
- KuwaitGuide
- KyrgyzstanGuide
- LibyaGuide
- MadagascarGuide
- Malaysia
- MaliGuide
- MauritaniaGuide
- MoroccoGuide
- MozambiqueGuide
- Netherlands
- NigerGuide
- NigeriaGuide
- Panama
- QatarGuide
- RwandaGuide
- Saudi ArabiaGuide
- SenegalGuide
- SomaliaGuide
- Spain
- TanzaniaGuide
- TogoGuide
- UgandaGuide
- United Arab EmiratesGuide
- UzbekistanGuide
- ZambiaGuide
- ZimbabweGuide