Shipping from Australia to China

Australia is located in Oceania and has a population of 25.7 million people. Australia's main export product categories are fuels, mining products, agricultural products, machinery and transport equipment.

China belongs to Eastern Asia and its population is approximately 1.4 billion. China is one of the world's top countries by GDP. It is also among leading importers by value of imported goods. China's main import products are machinery, transport equipment, fuels, mining products and agricultural products.

Transport infrustructure and shipping connectivity

Australia

Australia is fairly well connected by sea and regularly serviced by major shipping companies. It has a well-developed rail infrastructure and relies heavily on rail freight transport. Air freight does not appear to be particularly common for shipping goods from Australia.

China

China has outstanding connectivity by sea and frequently serviced by many sea carriers. It has the largest rail infrastructures in the world and rail freight plays important role in country's cargo traffic. There is relatively large amount of air freight in China's cargo traffic.

Overview of shipping alternatives between Australia and China

We were able to generate 2 shipping alternatives from Australia to China by sea and air transport. The least expensive and most environmentally friendly shipping alternative appears to be by sea transport with expected transit time of about 30 days. The fastest route, unsurprisingly, involves air transport and is expected to take about 6 days, including pre-carriage and last mile delivery. Unfortunately, it is simultaneously the most expensive shipping solution with higher emissions.

1. Lowest cost shipping alternative

Sydney

SydneyAUSYDport

ShanghaiCNSGHport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

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Other

Freight rate index: 2 785
Transit time estimate: 30.25 days
CO2 emission index: 3 279

2. Fastest shipping alternative

Sydney

Sydney IntlAUSYDairport

Baiyun IntlCNCANairport

Yiwu CNYIWairport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

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Air Freight

Freight rate index: 97 938
Transit time estimate: 5.6 days
CO2 emission index: 80 754

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