If you have ever wondered how to track your parcel by tracking number, you have probably come across a service called Track24. In search results it usually appears in 2-3 place, after the Russian Post website. According to the results of SimilarWeb, the site is visited monthly by more than 15 million people, slightly less for the GdePosylka service - 12 million.
So Track24 can safely be called one of the most popular software services on the RuNet. However, this site does not live by tracking alone. If you dig into it a little more carefully, you can find a lot of useful (and not so useful) information. So we will try to consider all the possibilities provided by this service.
Parcel and postal tracking
The main function of Track24 is, of course, tracking parcels via . In fact, all other features of the site are built around this service.
On this moment you can track track codes here for more 520 courier and postal services. In addition to basic information about the movements of your order, the service will tell you:
- Date the track was added to the database
- Date of last information update
- Driving route
- Item type
- Estimated delivery date (very approximate)
In addition, the service will warn you about track numbers that are highly likely not to be tracked in Russia.
The tracking results look like this:
As mentioned above, the service checks 520 postal services, so almost everything is tracked here. By the way, if something didn’t work out for you, you can ask a question in the comments, just below the main form.
What does registration give?
After registration, the following options will become available to you:
- Tracking history— all track numbers you entered earlier are saved in the service and you can quickly obtain information about them.
- Notifications on email, telegram account or mobile application.
- Setting the protection timer— will show you how many days are left until the end of the buyer protection period.
Convenient “buns” that will simplify your life and eliminate the need to constantly go to the site and enter your track.
Seller verification
As can be seen from the screenshot, the assessment is based on:
- Store opening hours on Aliexpress;
- Qualities feedback with buyers;
- Sending speeds;
- Ratings and reviews from customers;
Actually, nothing new. Of course, a positive rating does not guarantee that you will not have any problems with this seller. However, it will allow you to weed out outright scammers and completely unknown stores that are best avoided.
Additional features
In addition to these two main functions of the Track 24 service, it also has several additional features.
Product Reviews
Section with reviews of Aliexpress products from Track24 users. There is no particular value in this section, since most reviews are uninformative, and some even without photographs and a one-sentence description.
Anyone can add a comment or review about a purchased item, without registration. All you need to do is indicate your nickname, upload a photo of the product and add a description. You should also provide a direct link to this product. But affiliate links are prohibited; the service itself will add them for you;).
Delivery time calculator
On this page you will find information about what they mean postal statuses, which the service provides to you in the tracking results.
So, for example, the status “ Ready to ship" means that your postal item is packaged, labeled and will be sent shortly. Something like this.
Delivery time statistics
The service is a table in which you can find information about the minimum, average and maximum terms delivery various types shipments from different countries in Russia.
Thus, express shipments from the UAE reach Russia in 2 days. But a regular registered shipment is already 15 days in advance. The information is generated from statistics collected by Track24.
Customs limits
So, if for Russia the monthly limit for duty-free import is 1000 euros, then, for example, for Ukraine this amount is 150 euros.
FSB notifications
In short, notification is permission from the Russian FSB to import electronic equipment containing encryption modules. In fact, all modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. fall under the concept of electronic equipment with encryption modules.
But no matter how many phone models and other equipment I entered into the search, the service never found any information.
Postal and courier services
Here you will find a list of all postal and courier services connected to the Track24 service. As you can see in the screenshot, their exact number is 522 pieces.
When you click on the logo of a particular company, you will be taken to the tracking page for its track numbers.
It would be nice to add brief information about each company, as is done by GdePosylki, but this is not yet available.
By the way, if you don’t find a particular email service in the service, you can try adding it. To do this, you will only need to indicate its name, track number and website. 
Forum
There is also a forum intended for discussing various issues regarding tracking postal items and other things. But its attendance leaves much to be desired. Most topics are half empty and not visited by anyone.
Mobile app
For Android users, the Track24 service has also released a mobile application. In principle, the mobile version of the site is quite convenient, but tracking tracks in the application is still better.
The application provides the user with the same information as the website. No difference.
In addition, you can receive push notifications about changes in the status of your parcel. True, for this you will have to log into your account on the track24 website and make the appropriate settings:
What can you say in conclusion? The Track24 service copes with its main task perfectly. He tracked almost all the tracks offered to him normally. Availability mobile application also makes the service more convenient and attractive for users. As for additional features and functions, their usefulness seems doubtful to me.
When making purchases in foreign online stores, we are all one way or another faced with the issue of tracking the postal item by which the purchased product is delivered to us.
This article will discuss general issues related to tracking international mail items (IPO). Will be considered general principles according to which MPOs are divided into tracked and untracked, the main stages of delivery that items go through. The issue of the structure of international tracking numbers assigned to IGOs is separately considered.
Also we'll talk about average delivery times and factors that greatly influence these times. A separate section will provide information on the possibilities of tracking IPOs on the websites of state postal services of the countries of the sender and recipient, as well as the use of universal independent services for tracking.
You can always find other additional information on these issues, as well as on customs clearance of international mail and the work of individual postal services in the wiki section of this site.
Basic principles Tracked and non-tracked IGOs
Tracked and non-tracked IGOs
IPOs (international postal items) are divided into two main categories:
- Parcels(over 2 kg)
- Small packages(up to 2 kg)
MPOs are also divided into:
- Registered(with tracking capability)
- Unregistered(not trackable)
Parcels, as well as any shipments via EMS, are always a registered shipment, but small packages can be either registered or unregistered.
A registered IPO in the country of departure is assigned a unique 13-digit tracking number, by which you can control the movement of the IPO from sender to recipient, using the tracking services of the national postal operators of these countries or independent tracking services.
The tracking number for registered small packages always starts with a letter R(Registered).
Accordingly, tracking the movement of MPO using tracking services is only possible for EMS shipments, parcels and registered small packages, provided that you know the tracking number.
Examples of tracking numbers:
- CQ123456785US – postal item from the USA (parcel)
- RN123456785US – postal item from the USA (small package)
- EE123456785US – EMS shipment from the USA
- RA123456785CN – postal item from China
- RJ123456785GB – postal item from Great Britain
The last 2 letters in the tracking number indicate the country in which the item is accepted for shipment. You can read more about the structure of the track number in the next section.
When an unregistered MPO arrives in Russia, Russian Post assigns it an internal tracking number of type RA*********RU. This number is inside information postal operator and serves for internal accounting of incoming international mail and subsequent mutual settlements with the postal operator of the country of departure.
The recipient can find out this number only upon receipt of the IPO.
Track number structure
According to the rules of the UPU (Universal Postal Union) (standard S10), the IPO track number consists of 9 numbers and 4 letters. Track number structure: XX*********XX, where X are letters and * are numbers.
Example: RA123456785GB
The first two capital Latin letters indicate the type of postal item. Here are the main ones:
- LA-LZ- unregistered MPO weighing less than 2 kg (small package). Not tracked.
- RA-RZ- registered MPO weighing less than 2 kg (small package). Tracked.
- CA-CZ- registered MPO weighing more than 2 kg (parcel). Tracked.
- EA-EZ- registered IGO, issued as express shipment (EMS). Tracked.
Next, the track number indicates an eight-digit digital unique IPO number. According to UPU rules, it cannot be repeated for at least one year. The last (ninth) digit is a verification code calculated using a certain mathematical function of the item number.
At the end of the track number, two capital Latin letters are also indicated, which abbreviated the country of the sender according to the ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code standard. For example CN- China, S.G.- Singapore, G.B.- Great Britain, DE- Germany, US- USA, etc.
2. greatly simplifies the procedure for tracking registered mail items using the track number provided by the user and combines tracking systems of postal services from 27 countries around the world. Allows you to create lists of verifiable track numbers and keeps statistics on average delivery times for items from different countries. Allows you to predict the time it takes for a shipment to pass through one or another stage of delivery.
3. - can be installed on both PCs and personal mobile devices. The list of supported services includes more than 250 email services. Allows you to create lists of verified track numbers. In addition, it is possible to add user data to the tracking number, which allows you to have accurate information about all the events that occur with a specific order from the moment it is paid for in the store until the moment it is delivered to the recipient.
In addition to the above, there are many other mail tracking services with different capabilities and different composition of supported mail services, so there is no particular point in listing them. The only thing that stands out a little apart is that it does a good job of tracking China Post parcels, but has a rather inconvenient interface and does not support many of the recently emerged local Chinese logistics companies.
Why does the average buyer need tracking?
In this final section I would like to say a little not only about the technical side of the issue, which the article was devoted to, but also about the psychological side of the tracking issue. And also talk about the general purposes of tracking.
It is quite understandable that all buyers want to receive their goods as quickly as possible and secretly hope that the goods sent, say, from China or the USA will reach the recipient in Russia in a week. But, alas, miracles do not happen, and when choosing delivery of goods by the regular state postal service, you need to be mentally prepared for a wait of 3-4 weeks.
During this time, someone will check their track number only a few times to make sure that the shipment is moving, and someone will check their track number several dozen or hundreds of times... Of course, the latter is more typical for newcomers to online shopping and their excitement even somewhere justified. But the truth lies in the fact that no matter how many times we check our track number, the package will not move faster! Therefore, you still shouldn’t be so paranoid about tracking issues.
In essence, tracking is a tool for monitoring the physical movement of a shipment, in principle, a tool for monitoring compliance with delivery deadlines. And the shipment tracking data, for example, will be very useful to you if you decide to make any claims to the postal services regarding the delivery of the item or the speed of delivery.
Therefore, three main tracking purposes can be defined:
- Informational - when the recipient simply tracks the movement process and delivery time of his shipment, receiving information from tracking systems.
- Control - when the recipient, using information from tracking systems, can control the timing of the shipment at certain stages of its processing and delivery in order to correlate these timing with the control delivery dates and receive any compensation from the postal services in case of non-compliance with these deadlines.
- Evidentiary - when information from tracking systems serves as evidence in possible disputes between the sender and recipient, in case of failure to receive the shipment or its loss (alas, this also happens sometimes)
To reduce the time spent on the tracking process itself, it is of course recommended to use independent tracking services that allow you to create lists of tracked track numbers. The track number is added there once and only then you can easily view the tracking results once every 1-2 days. This significantly reduces the time it takes to track all your parcels and saves you stress.
Good luck with your shopping and fast shipping!
Tracking parcels from China and other countries
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Modern postal services provide tracking number postal item so that the recipient can track yourself where is the parcel located? Let's look at how this can be done using the example of tracking mail items by ID from China.
How to find out where your package is online:
Enter the track code, click “track” and find where your package is located.
Where is my parcel? Manual parcel tracking option
If you want to check tracking numbers with maximum convenience, and find out where your parcel is currently located, then universal online trackers for searching postal items will help you:
Advanced package tracking option
In principle, there is little point in updating the status of parcels more than once a day. But if you want to track your parcel as accurately as possible, you can do the following:
1. If sent by Airmail (China post Registered Airmail) then first track the parcel before import:
ChinaPost (China Post) –
HongkongPost (Hong Kong Post) –
SingaporePost (Singapore Post) –
and after import you continue to track (until receipt) here:
Post office -
2.If sent via EMS (EMS China Post Express Mail Service), then we also divide the procedure into two stages.
Track to import (check whether shipped from China or not):
after import:
In addition, if the parcel is delivered by the EMS service, you can always call their operators and clarify current data about the parcel by calling 8-800-200-50-55 (24 hours a day, free calls from anywhere in Russia)
Statistics of shipment times
Information on delivery times for parcels can be viewed on the statistics server
Bonus! Parcel tracking programs
Do you want to find out where your package is without going to websites? You can install a parcel tracking program on your computer that will automatically check the status of an unlimited number of track codes!
This option (it seems a little ineffective to me, but oh well) suggests installing a special program on your computer (connected to the Internet).
I won’t describe this option in detail, I’ll just provide links and screenshots:
Besides:
Tracking postal items via mobile devices:
Track your parcel using mobile devices.
The official Russian Post application is available for devices and . 
FAQ
What does NULL status mean (response from user nickname CTRL-F)
As China Post explains to its clients, the introduction of new statuses in tracking international shipments is intended to remove the accusation against China Post of unreasonably increasing the time it takes for parcels to arrive in Russia, etc. NULL status – no parcel in China (has already cleared customs and is interpreted as a departure of an airplane flight). The next entries after NULL are information about transit movement at airports along the route of the parcel (airport coding according to IATA). Example PEK - Beijing, PVG - Shanghai, FRA - Frankfurt. And the last entry is the destination country code. This information was sent to me by my regular supplier from China.
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And with the help of this tool (), you can check the correctness of the track number, as well as calculate the verification code using the known track number of your parcel.
The majority of postal items from China are delivered by national postal operators: in China this is China Post.
China Post has existed since 1949 and joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1914. China Post is a national postal operator and receives, delivers and issues domestic and international mail. The largest international mail sorting centers in China are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
China Post Tracking Numbers
All postal items from China are divided into tracked parcels and without the ability to track the parcel. These are the so-called registered and unregistered international shipments.
China Post track numbers are of the following types:
- R---CN (RA123456785CN) - small package. You can track China Post Registered Air Mail until the parcel is delivered to the addressee;
- C---CN (CD123456785CN) – regular package. China Post Air Parcel tracking also works until delivery;
- 01234567890 - digital postal identifiers of 11 numbers without letters. You can track China Post Ordinary Small Packet Plus only in China, and it often shows only two or three statuses or only Reception and Export.
How to track China Post Air Mail and China Post Ordinary Small Packet Plus
China Post official website http://www.chinapost.com.cn/ at Chinese, but the tracking page http://yjcx.chinapost.com.cn/qps/yjcx is intuitive.
Enter your tracking number into the largest field, and the four digits of the captcha into the lower field and you will see where the parcel from China is now, as well as all the stages of its movement. True, this information will also be in Chinese.
The second significant disadvantage of tracking parcels from China on the official website is that it is difficult to recognize captcha numbers. And the most important thing is that now, in addition to the captcha, you need to enter an additional code 大宗用户号 (No. bulk users) in a separate field, but what it is and where to get it is unknown.
That is why it is much more convenient to use clear and simple:
How to track your parcel from China without a postal tracking number
IN Lately Tracking numbers from China are very common when delivery by the state postal service is carried out in conjunction with a private logistics operator. Aliexpress sellers deliver parcels to Chinese commercial carriers: Yanwen, FlytExpress, SF Express, J-NET, etc., and they themselves ensure delivery to the buyer either by state postal services or by the same transport companies, but from the recipient’s country (SDEK , SPSR Express, DPD, Nova Poshta, Mist Express, etc.)
The fact is that when delivered by air due to the loading of planes on direct flights or due to bans on the delivery of lithium batteries by China Post, parcels often go through transit countries, for example, Swedish Post, Finnish Post, Swiss Post, Latvian Post, Estonian Post etc.
The second important reason for sending through third countries is prosaic - this is how sellers reduce the cost of delivery. Inexpensive or free delivery from Aliexpress (actually included in the price of the product, especially a cheap one) determines the buyer’s choice of a particular seller or store.
Let's look at some examples of tracking shipments from China.
Tracking shipments from China to Belarus
A0000123456789PC - tracking number of a parcel from China to Belarus, order from Aliexpress.
16.09. The seller handed over the parcel to a Chinese logistician, and he sent it on September 19. in turn, transferred it to the Swedish Post division and.
Thus, three postal operators participated in the delivery of this parcel from China to Belarus.
Tracking this parcel on the website, the site shows the movement very well, with all the changes of postal services involved in the delivery of the item.
Tracking postal items from China to Kazakhstan
Departure JNTCU1234567890YQ. Tracking of this track from China is as follows: 12.10. The parcel was transferred by the seller to the sorting center in Shenzhen, the next day 13.10. transferred to China Post. Therefore, the track number RO123456789CN associated with this shipment will already be tracked by China Post.
China Post will deliver it in due course.
Tracking parcels from China to Ukraine
Sometimes, in order to track a package from China, you need to go through a real quest along postal routes.
Here is a parcel from China that has passed its difficult journey from China through Hong Kong, Azerbaijan to Ukraine and was delivered to the recipient by Nova Poshta.
Accordingly, in China, the track number was assigned to it by the Chinese-Ukrainian UTECP1234567890YQ, and in Kyiv, after customs clearance, tracking the parcel by track became available by number
And there in Russia - the associated tracking number for a parcel from China by Russian Post is now RX123456789DE
This article is devoted to the work of the national postal operator of China - China Post. The main focus of the article is a description of the work of China Post from the point of view of the buyer in online stores in China. Only issues related to sending and tracking international mail are considered. The factors influencing the speed of delivery of international mail from China are also described.
The first mention of postal services in China dates back to the Shan Dynasty in the second millennium BC. In his modern form China Post has been around since 1949. China Post joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1914.
China Post is a state-owned enterprise and the national postal operator of the People's Republic of China, both in terms of providing services for the reception, delivery and issuance of domestic mail, and for the delivery of international mail.
Currently, China Post's infrastructure includes more than 82 thousand post offices and more than 230 mail processing and sorting centers throughout the country. The postal staff is about 860 thousand employees.
The largest international mail sorting centers in China are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The first two are the largest and most modern. As a rule, sorting at these centers occurs relatively quickly. The situation is the opposite with sorting in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Here, international mail processing processes are slower. In addition, the main flow of export mail goes through the international airports of Beijing and Shanghai. This should be taken into account when making purchases. Typically, sellers and online stores do not hide in which provinces their warehouses are located and where they ship from.
Separately, it is worth mentioning the process of processing and sending mail. Like many postal services around the world, China Post allows you to process shipments remotely. Those. the seller can process the shipment and receive a tracking number for it without leaving home. In this case, the buyer can receive a track number literally an hour after payment is made.
Some sellers arrange delivery offline - at post offices. Naturally, in this case, several days may pass from the moment of payment for the order to the moment of dispatch.
Large companies that sell on various trading platforms in China or online stores stand apart in this matter. Due to the huge volume of orders, they use the services of various logistics services, which are essentially an intermediary between the store and the post office and perform only one function - delivering packages prepared for shipment to the post office and processing these items.
After receiving the parcel directly by China Post, it goes through standard procedures for sorting, customs clearance and preparation for export. Next, the export itself is carried out, i.e. physical sending of the parcel from China in the direction of the recipient's country. This can be either direct delivery or transit delivery (read more about this in the section “Features of shipments from China”)
Since China is part of the Universal Postal Union, the work of the national postal operator China Post is also regulated by UPU standards, according to which items weighing up to 20 kg can be accepted for sending by regular mail, and up to 31 kg by EMS.
All international postal items (IPO) from China, according to the UPU principles, are divided into two main categories:
- Parcels(over 2 kg)
- Small packages(up to 2 kg)
MPOs are also divided into:
- Registered(with tracking capability)
- Unregistered(not trackable)
Parcels, as well as any shipments via EMS China Post, are always a registered shipment, but small packages can be either registered or unregistered.
A registered IPO in China is assigned a unique 13-digit tracking number, which can be used to monitor the movement of the IGO from sender to recipient using China Post tracking services, tracking services of postal operators in destination countries, or independent tracking services.
The tracking number for registered small packages always begins with a letter R(Registered).
Parcel tracking number starts with a Latin letter C.
The EMS tracking number starts with a Latin letter E.
The last 2 letters in the tracking number indicate the country in which the item is accepted for shipment. For China, if sent via China Post, all tracking numbers will end in Latin letters CN.
Examples of tracking numbers:
RA123456785CN- small package
CD123456785CN- package
EE123456785CN- EMS delivery
You can learn more about the structure of international tracking numbers in a separate article dedicated to tracking issues.
Often, when shopping in online stores in China, we see an offer of free shipping worldwide. But here you should not think that China Post works for free and does not charge the sender for delivery. The whole “secret” lies in the fact that the seller simply takes into account the cost of postage in the cost of the goods. But the tariffs for sending international mail in China are not high. The basic rate for sending a small package up to 100 g to European countries is only 18 yuan. And another 15 yuan is charged for every additional 100 g of weight.
For reference: 1 US dollar ≈ 6.1 yuan
After exporting a shipment from China, it is advisable to carry out tracking on the websites of national postal operators of the destination country.
According to the standards of the Universal Postal Union, international postal items can be delivered from the country of origin to the country of receipt in transit through third countries. Naturally, the country of departure tries to minimize the cost of mail transportation and, whenever possible, uses postal containers in the forward direction. But with an increase in the overall flow of postal exports, the question arises sufficient quantity direct transport links between countries. If we are talking about air shipments (and they are the majority), then the possibility of direct delivery will depend on the load of aircraft on direct flights and on the sheer number of such flights.
If there are still possibilities for sending mail from China to Russia directly, then for sending mail to Ukraine and Belarus, recently, such possibilities have almost been exhausted and are very a large number of shipments are delivered in transit.
Let's briefly look at how this happens. For example, there is a parcel from China to Ukraine (or Belarus). The parcel goes through customs in China and is processed for export. But it cannot be loaded onto the next direct flight due to the lack of free space in the luggage compartment of the aircraft. In this case, there may be two scenarios. The first is that the package will still have to wait a few more days for direct shipping. Secondly, it will be sent in transit, say through Europe. In this case, the parcel may arrive, say, at Frankfurt airport. There she will be sorted and will continue to wait for a free seat on the flight to Ukraine. And if it is not there, it can be sent again in transit, say to Hungary, Austria or some other European country, where the same sorting procedure will happen to her with a search for an empty seat on a flight to Ukraine. Naturally, such transit only increases the delivery time of the parcel, although with properly organized logistics and the availability of carrying capacity on flights, the postal item can reach all major European airports within just 2-3 days.
We’ll look at how transit is displayed in track number statuses a little later.
China Post statuses when tracking international mail.
Basic:
- Collection, 收寄局收寄 (Acceptance) - Acceptance of mail by China Post.
- Opening- Arrived at the transit point. There may be several of these statuses.
- Dispatching, 出口总包互封封发 - Processing of shipment, preparation for export.
- Departure from outward office of exchange, 出口总包直封封发 (Total export package/Export) - The parcel has passed customs clearance and is sent for export.
Additional and transit statuses:
NULL- this status is worth mentioning separately, because This is the one that raises the most questions among users. In fact, this is not even the status of the shipment at all, but a designation of the fact that the status affixed by China Post simply does not have a translation into English language in this tracking system. The fact is that the procedure for processing export mail in China is somewhat different from the generally accepted one in the presence of additional stages and actions. So that the mail would not be accused of taking a long time to send, China Post introduced several additional statuses, but internal system accounting they are entered in Chinese. And there is simply no translation into English. Therefore, when displaying statuses, we first see the word NULL (as a designation of the absence of translation) and only then the status of the shipment itself, indicated by hieroglyphs. They can be different and represent different actions. Google translate usually helps you read what these hieroglyphs mean without any problems. For example:
- 已收到, PVG(has been received) - The parcel has been received by Pudong Airport (Shanghai Airport) for dispatch.
- 启运,PVG- Start of shipment at Pudong Airport.
And the status record itself will look like this: NULL, 已收到, PVG, RU
Three Latin letters standing after the hieroglyphs indicating status are the international designation of the airport where the operation took place . Three-letter encoding international airports can be viewed on the IATA website. To do this, in the top drop-down menu Search by, select the Location code value, in the bottom field enter the three-letter designation of the airport and click the Search button. In the field that appears below you will see the name of the city and the name of the airport.
The last two Latin letters in the status are the designation of the country of the recipient of the shipment. In our example, RU is Russian Federation. For Ukraine, the letters UA will appear, and for Belarus - BY.
When delivered in transit through third countries, the statuses will be displayed in the same way, but the code of the airport where this status was assigned will change. For example: NULL, 启运, FRA, RU
Please note that shipment statuses with a NULL value are displayed only when tracking in Chinese tracking systems, or when using specialized programs. On the Russian Post website only the main statuses will be displayed - acceptance and export.
There are often cases when the export status appears in tracking systems, but the shipment is still physically located in China. And again it may end up at some sorting center. There, the mail container prepared for shipment will be disbanded, re-sorted, and the mail container will be re-formed and prepared for export. In this case, a second export status may appear in tracking systems (see example in the figure).
Every postal service in the world has peak periods when the postal service operates at its maximum capacity. As a rule, this is National holidays. There is also a globally difficult period common to all services in the world - this is new year holidays. Moreover, delivery delays begin from the end of November - beginning of December, and more or less the work of postal departments returns to normal only by the end of January. During this period there are very large delays in delivery, which can reach 2-3 months. Separately, it is worth noting the celebration of the New Year in China. lunar calendar- during these periods, China Post works extremely unstably, and often does not work at all. In China, during this period the New Year holidays begin and almost no one works for 2-3 weeks in February. Much the same thing happens on other national holidays in China.
It is especially worth noting such a period of time as the congress Communist Party China. At this time, the country is taking maximum security measures, all incoming and outgoing shipments are controlled with special care, and restrictions are introduced on the international shipment of certain groups of goods (for example, devices containing lithium batteries). Such actions on the part of the authorities also practically paralyze the work of China Post.
It is also worth noting a factor that also affects the timing of sending mail from China, such as the ever-increasing activity of online stores in China and the ever-growing demand for Chinese goods from online shoppers. According to representatives of China Post, the volume of postal exports associated with the development of online commerce increases annually by 20-25%. In addition, as a rule, most Chinese online stores offer free international delivery. In 99% of cases these are unregistered shipments without tracking numbers. And this, in turn, further increases the load on the postal service of both China itself and the postal services of recipient countries.
China Post is now experiencing absolutely the same difficulties as, for example, Russian Post. The postal department's infrastructure is simply not ready for such a volume of postal exports. There is not enough space at sorting centers and carrying capacity on international flights. Often, a shipment with export status may in reality simply be in a sealed mail container at the departure airport and wait for its turn for loading for several more days...
All of the above naturally affects the delivery time of mail from China. If literally a year and a half ago, parcels and small packages from China to Russia were delivered in a maximum of a month, and to Ukraine in 2-3 weeks, then this year delivery times have increased significantly. According to statistics, the average delivery time for a regular shipment from China to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus is now about 55-60 days, and can often exceed this time norm.
The reasons for this are mainly due to the increased workload both on China Post itself and on the postal services of receiving countries.
Only EMS China shows more or less acceptable delivery times. Here, delivery times may vary, and on average are about 10-25 days.