Shipping from Hong Kong to China

Hong Kong is located in Eastern Asia and has a population of 7.4 million people. Hong Kong is among world's top exporters by value of exported goods. Hong Kong's main export product categories are machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, fuels and mining products.

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

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has excellent port connections and regularly serviced by large number of sea carriers. It appears to have limited or no freight rail infrastructure. Amount of air freight in Hong Kong's trade is relatively high.

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 Hong Kong and China

We were able to generate 4 shipping alternatives from Hong Kong to China by sea, rail/ multimodal, road and air transport. The least expensive and most environmentally friendly shipping alternative appears to be by sea transport with expected transit time of about 5 days. The fastest route, unsurprisingly, involves air transport and is expected to take about 4 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

Hong Kong

Hong KongHKHKGport

ShanghaiCNSGHport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Other

Freight rate index: 1 420
Transit time estimate: 5 days
CO2 emission index: 357

2. Shipping alternative with cost advantage

Hong Kong

ShenzhenCNSHErail yard

ShanghaiCNSHArail yard

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Rail Services

Freight rate index: 2 799
Transit time estimate: 8.6 days
CO2 emission index: 415

3. Shipping alternative with transit time advantage

Hong Kong

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Forwarding

Freight rate index: 4 283
Transit time estimate: 3.8 days
CO2 emission index: 2 443

4. Fastest shipping alternative

Hong Kong

Baoan IntlCNSZXairport

Tunxi International CNTXNairport

Shanghai

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Road Freight

Terminal Handling

Forwarding

Air Freight

Freight rate index: 15 601
Transit time estimate: 3.5 days
CO2 emission index: 9 371

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