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Anyone else's shipment stuck at Kolkata Customs CED? Two of my shipments are there, one from the 28th of March and the other other from the 2nd of April. Both have the same "Retention Reason : Awaiting presentation to customs commissioner" status next to them. No updates whatsoever after that.

Are Kolkata Customs Officers on a hiatus or what!?
 
My item tracking has been stuck at Send item abroad (EDI-received),Air,CHENNAI AIRPORT SORTING OFFICE for more than 15 days now does it take this much time?
 
Does Aliexoress have anything equivalent to Banggood India Direct Line shipping or Gearbest India Priority line shipping?

Both of these are handled by Gati and the parcels reach very fast from China.

Also does anybody know of one has to pay customs duty if I order something from China and get it delivered to Hong Kong? HK is a chinese province and ideally there should be no customs duty. But need to confirm.

Has anybody bought a dashcam from China? Thinking about the Viofo A119S. It costs ~120$ and has GPS. So may get held up at Indian customs. Thinking about getting it shipped to a friend in HK.
 
hotshot05 said:
Does Aliexoress have anything equivalent to Banggood India Direct Line shipping or Gearbest India Priority line shipping?

Both of these are handled by Gati and the parcels reach very fast from China.

Also does anybody know of one has to pay customs duty if I order something from China and get it delivered to Hong Kong? HK is a chinese province and ideally there should be no customs duty. But need to confirm.

Has anybody bought a dashcam from China? Thinking about the Viofo A119S. It costs ~120$ and has GPS. So may get held up at Indian customs. Thinking about getting it shipped to a friend in HK.
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Viofo A119 V2 available here with India Direct Mail - https://www.banggood.com/VIOFO-A119...197.html?rmmds=search&ID=224&cur_warehouse=CN

Viofo A119S https://www.banggood.com/VIOFO-A119...-p-1155497.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN

Rest of the Viofo listed here https://www.banggood.com/search/viofo-a119-v2.html

Aliexpress don't have that kind of service (Priority Line or India Direct Mail ) and all your shipment go through the Kolkata's Customs department assuming you are from Kolkata.
 
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hotshot05 said:
Also does anybody know of one has to pay customs duty if I order something from China and get it delivered to Hong Kong? HK is a specially administrated chinese province with separate currency and immigration and ideally there should be no customs duty. But need to confirm.
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FIFY.

No custom duty in Hong Kong. I have bought plenty stuff from AliExpress. Shipping speeds are bad though. If it is AliExpress standard shipping, I get parcel in about 2 weeks in HK. In case of other postal services like 4PX Singapore post, this gets stretched to beyond 3 weeks.
 
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Question to ALL Experienced Aliexpress Shopper -

Found some items which offer 'Free Shipping To India via GATI' but no Tracking - Is it advisable to go for?
Asking this because of the knowing Gati's reputation at Gearbest and Banggood etc sites...Why No Tracking available for AE?

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dissel said:
Question to ALL Experienced Aliexpress Shopper -

Found some items which offer 'Free Shipping To India via GATI' but no Tracking - Is it advisable to go for?
Asking this because of the knowing Gati's reputation at Gearbest and Banggood etc sites...Why No Tracking available for AE?

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use gati , majorly faster than Hongkong mail
Drop a PM to seller
 
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This is regarding ordering goods from AliExpress from Kolkata through Hong Kong Post. For both of my shipments coming through HK Post I have noticed the shipment first arrives in Delhi (DIMC Delhi) and immediately gets routed to Kolkata LCAO within a couple of days maximum. It takes an extra 7-8 days for the shipment to arrive at the Kolkata LCAO from Delhi where it then proceeds to clear customs at Kolkata Foreign LCAO.

Also, for the first 10-15 days the shipment might not be track-able through India Post, tracking it through Hong Post's website works though.
 
kuduku said:
use gati , majorly faster than Hongkong mail
Drop a PM to seller
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Can you please let me know what I need to tell seller via PM? Tracking Info right? What If the seller refuses to share?

Yes...Gati is very fast bringing parcel from China To India and GATI + AE will be the GREAT combo for India.
 
Well - I message the seller and within 3 min, I got the reply

I like to buy this product and I'm from India - I like to use the shipping option 'Free Shipping to India via GATI' but there is no tracking available.

My questions is, after I order and when it shipped - Is it possible for you to know the Tracking ID and let me know via messaging?

Is it possible? GATI for India is very very fast - other shipping option takes months to deliver the product.

Please let me know.
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Sunny Yuan: Hello friend,

We send the package to India via GATI, normally it deliver with 1-3 weeks.

The tracking information is available. Just Aliexpress can't show the tracking information on the order details page. You can track it on http://www.gaticn.com/site/en/index.html by yourself with the tracking number.

Best regards,

Sunny
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RS4 said:
Which post are they using for Aliexpress standard shipping nowadays? Earlier most were being sent via Malaysia or Turkey post.
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All of my shipments (from last November till now) under free AliExpress Standard Shipping have come through Singapore Post. Never Turkey Post or Malaysia Post. Takes normally anywhere between 20-30 days to arrive.
 
Bought 3 items from Banggood.
Bought on 14th April
https://www.banggood.com/Aipin-DIY-...p-1280388.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN
https://www.banggood.com/Aipin-DIY-...p-1055335.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN

Bought on 12th April
https://www.banggood.com/4_3-Inch-F...p-1192954.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN

All of the items I received today just now. This is mind blowing delivery time for something which is coming from overseas.
Banggood India Direct Line shipping is great (delivered by GATI to me)

These are the tracking details -
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Black_Hawk said:
^^ Wow! Now that's impressive! And that's free shipping by Gati right?
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Yep. Free shipping.

Looking at the tracking, I am not sure when it passed through Customs.
The parcel which reached me did not have any bill attached on the outside. So I don't know what they wrote and declared. Anyway items cost less than 2k. So would not have been charged anyway.
 
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