Shipping from Hong Kong to Iran
Here is everything you need to know about shipping by air, sea, express, and door-to-door from Hong Kong to Iran.
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Why Is It the Best Choice to Ship From Hong Kong to Iran with DDPHK ?
+10 years experience for shipping to IRAN
Hong Kong's DDPHK is a major global shipping company. It has been in business for more than ten years and provides sufficient shipping services from Hong Kong to Iran.
Cost-effective shipping to IRAN
The skilled team at DDPHK ensures that shipping by air and sea from Hong Kong to IRAN costs as low as possible. With the assistance of our shipping partners, we have grown our business to be one of the best freight forwarders and can provide the most competitive price.
Professional customs clearance service in IRAN
Our team of experts in customs clearance makes sure that the service goes as smoothly as possible. They interact well with the people employed in IRAN because they classify products correctly, do all the paperwork, and know a lot about Hong Kong's customs rules and Iran's customs law complications. So let us help you get your goods through Iranian customs.
Door to door (DDP) shipping to IRAN
DDPHK is one of the first businesses in Hong Kong to offer air delivery from door to door. When you use door-to-door service, you don't have to worry about anything along the way because we take care of everything. You need to inform us of what you want, and we'll pick up the goods, get them through customs, and ship them by sea or air. We'll bring your cargo right to your door in Iran when we're done.
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You can ask the DDPHK team anything you need to know about shipping. Our sales team will examine the situation and help you find the best method for shipping your goods from Hong Kong to Iran by air or sea. We try to give the best quality at the best price.
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How does the shipping from Hong Kong to Iran work
Shipping from Hong Kong to Iran needs experience and knowledge of both countries, their laws and the routes and all the operation process step by step. A good choice of a shipping agent or freight forwarder can be very critical on the whole mechanism to go smoothe. Because if your forwarder has enough links in Hong Kong and is familiar with the airlines and cargo ships can find the best routes for you with the most competitive prices.
Also you and your forwarder must know the laws of the two countries especially the Iranian customs laws that are a bit more complicated and sometimes you end up paying unnecessary costs because of the lack of experience in the field.
We at DDPHK have an experience of more than decades for Hong Kong to iran shipping and we know the process very well that nothing cant surprise us during the way.
The following factors have to be determined when you are considering the Hong Kong to Iran shipping :
- The goods you are shipping from Hong Kong to Iran
- How fast you need the goods in the destination
- The volume and weight of the goods
- The budget you have for the hong Kong to Iran shipping
Also the methods you can ship from Hong Kong to Iran are different that are listed below, you can choose the one that suits your needs the best:
- Express services
- Shipping by air freight
- Shipping by sea freight
- Shipping by rail freight
- Door to Door shipping Service
By choosing each method the costs and transit time change. also the type of the goods you are sending determines which shipping method is the best choice for you as some of them are more safe and in some the control over the factors like temperature is higher than other factors.
trade relationship between Hong Kong and Iran
The trade relationship between Iran and Hong Kong is very strong especially after signing the 25-year strategic cooperation agreement that is meant to help deepen the economic and transport cooperation between the two countries.
After China, Hong Kong is Iran’s main trade trade partner in Asia and its fourth-largest trade partner in the world” (May 2009.) China is now Iran’s largest trading partner, surpassing the European Union.
According to official numbers, the UAE is still Tehran’s most important trading partner. In 2008, trade with the UAE was worth $35 billion, while dealing with China was worth $29 billion. But this number hides the fact that most of the goods Iran trades with the United Arab Emirates go to or come from Hong Kong or China. The Iran-China Chamber of Commerce said that more than half of Tehran’s $15 billion trade with the UAE went through Hong Kong or China.
Taking this into account, Hong Kong and China’s trade with Iran is worth at least $36.5 billion. And mostly the best route to transport goods from China to Iran is from the Hong Kong hub.
َAir freight from Hong Kong to IRAN
When your cargo is transported by a cargo-plane the service is named an air freight service. As you may know it is the fastest mode of transportation among all methods of shipping from Hong Kong to Iran. The main and the most well known cargo airport in Iran is IKA that has tons of cargo delivery of goods everyday.
Air freight services from Hong Kong to Iran are a safe and fast mode of shipping especially if your goods are worth a lot. We clear customs in Iran and with the lowest charges, less time and deliver it to you in Iran.
One of the other big advantages of air freight is that the timelines are more accurate than for example the sea freight or train for shipping from Hong Kong to Iran. The weather and other factors have the least effect on the schedule of the flights. Also the tracking number that is offered to you helps you follow the cargo status real time.
The transit time by standard air freight from Hong Kong to Iran can be different as the airport, the location of the factory in China or Hong Kong and the address of delivery in Iran.
If you are shipping goods from Hong Kong to Iran for business purposes the rates and the liability of the shipping company are very important. So try to find the most reliable shipping company that is familiar with the process and has enough links to offer the most comparative price and the highest service quality.
Common Goods For shipping from Hong Kong To IRAN
The variety of the goods in Hong Kong to Iran shipping has a wide range. But here we suggest a list of the goods that are commonly imported from Hong Kong to Iran:
- computer parts
- office machines
- telecommunication equipment
- watches
- radios
- tape recorders
- electrical machines and parts
- semiconductors
- clothes
- household appliances
Factors to Consider Before Shipping Via Air From Hong Kong to IRAN
Work with the details
If you want to send your cargo by air freight shipping from Hong Kong to Iran the best thing to do is to be specific with the details of the package that you are sending like its size and weight. The more clear you make it for your forwarder the more exact and easier they can book and schedule a flight for you. Then they will give you the information about the flight and the time of its arrival to Iran. they also will give you a tracking number that works real time and you can get the updated status of the cargo as you enter it in the website that your forwarder or the airline offers.
Use Standard Packaging
Goods sent by air freight shipping from Hong Kong to Iran must be packed in a way that follows the airline’s rules. Different ways can be used to pack different kinds of goods. In its Hong Kong warehouse, DDPHK has a packing service that does a good job. This way, you can be sure that you won’t have to repack your things to meet the airline’s rules.
“Fragile” label is important!
Put a “fragile” label outside the box if your goods are fragile. If the address label is outside the package, try not to use any other labels.
Sea freight from Hong Kong to IRAN
Most business people use ocean freight as their primary way to ship goods.
You have two main choices when shipping from Hong Kong to Iran by sea: full container load (FCL) and less than a container load (LCL). What you send, how much it weighs, and how big it is will help you decide.
FCL
is best for shipments that are around 30 CBM and 50 CBM, which are the approximated maximum capacity of a 20-foot container and a 40-foot container, respectively. This will be the cheapest way to send a container to IRAN. You can also protect your goods’ quality by shipping them in a full container. This will keep them from damage or contaminated by the goods of others.
LCL
means that your goods share the room of a container with other traders so that each of you only pays for the space your goods take up. This is usually done when your goods is not bulky enough to pay for a full container.
Send us a message if you want to find out how to send containers from Hong Kong to Iran and want to know the rates for DDPHK.
Main seaports of IRAN
Port of Bandar Abbas
The Port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran’s main port. It is on the Strait of Hormuz.
The Port of Bandar Abbas is connected by road, rail, and air to Tehran and the rest of Iran. The most important things the port imports are manufactured goods, and the most important things it exports are agricultural goods, oil products, and Kerman rugs. Iran rented the Port of Bandar Abbas to Oman from the late 1700s until 1868. In the 1950s, the Port of Bandar Abbas was still a small fishing town with fewer than 20,000 people. Even though its port facilities were not very good, the Port of Bandar Abbas did well during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, when the country’s western ports were in danger. There is an oil refinery, a fish cannery, and a cotton mill in the Port of Bandar Abbas. Mostly in the late 20th century, a new harbor, a ship repair yard, and a big rail link were built.
Port of Bushehr
port of Bushehr is located in Bushehr city that is a peninsula on the northern coast of the persian gulf and the south western part of the country.
it is a major port that can receive 8 milion tons of cargo with the depth of 140 meters.
This is on of the major ports of Iran that plays a crucial role in international trade of Iran.
Port of Mahshahr
port of Mahshahr is located in Khozestan province of Iran. it’s a logistic port that connects eastern part of the europe,Turkey, Iraq, Caucas, the middle Asian and southeastern countries of Asia. It is one the main and major sea ports of Iran.
It has around 150,000 tons cargo capacity with a depth of 20 meters.
Port of Chabahar
port of chabahar is located on the northern coast of the oman sea which is a very crucial point for cargo transit in the persian gulf zone.
Chabahar is a city located in the south east of Iran and it has access to the Indian ocean.
International shipping with the middle asian countries is mostly done by this port.
as its logistic location Chabahar is the only way to access International seas for the middle asian countries.
Chabahar port has the capacity of receiving cargo ships with 50,000 tons of cargo and 14 meters depth.
Port of Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr port is in the southwest of Iran, southeast of Iraq, and northwest of the Persian Gulf. It is also where the Arvand and Karoun rivers meet in Khouzestan province. The port has been used for sea trade for a long time it still remains one of the major sea ports of the country.
Main airports of IRAN
Iran has more than 90 airports, and many of them are international. The main cargo airport in Iran that has daily flights from China and Hong Kong and brings cargo daily to Iran is IKA (Imam Khomeini International airport). IKA is located in Tehran. Below you can see a list of some of the leading International airports in Iran.
Imam Khomeini International airport (IKA)
Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA; ICAO: OIIE) is 30 kilometers (19 miles) southwest of Tehran. It is near Robat Karim and Eslamshahr and covers 13,500 hectares (33,000 acres) of land. It is one of the two international airports that serve Tehran. The other is Mehrabad Airport. Currently, all of Tehran’s international flights are operated by this airport. The Iran Airports Company runs the airport, and Iran Air and Mahan Air use it as their main hub.
Mashhad International Airport (MHD)
After Tehran-Mehrabad, Mashhad International Airport is Iran’s second-busiest airport. In 2016, Mashhad Airport saw more than 86,681 tonnes of cargo, 17% more than in 2015. It flies to 57 places, including 30 cities in Iran and 27 areas in Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, and Europe. It flies to 30 Iranian cities often.
There are three terminals at Mashhad International Airport. Terminal 1 is for domestic flights, Terminal 2 is for international flights, and Termina
l 3 is for Hajj flights (Terminal 3).
Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport (SYZ)
Shiraz International Airport is an international airport in Shiraz, Iran. It has the IATA. It is the main airport for international flights in the province of Fars and the southern part of Iran. It is also the biggest airport in Iran’s southern part.
After renovation and redevelopment work in 2005, it was found to be the second most reliable and technologically advanced airport in Iran, after Tehran International Airport.
Tabriz International Airport (TBZ)
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport (IATA: TBZ, ICAO: OITT; Persian: ) is an airport that serves Tabriz, Iran. It is Tabriz’s most important airport. Tabriz Airport is run by the Iranian Airports Group Companies, which is owned by the government and is part of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Customs Clearance in Iran
Unfortunately, clearing customs in Iran is one of the hardest things to do. Many different rules make it hard for Iranian traders to do business, and they have to spend too much money to clear customs in Iran.
Necessary documents for customs clearance in Iran
If you want to ship a cargo from Hong Kong to Iran for starting the customs clearance process in Iran, you need to get ready with a lot of paperwork.
Here are the main things you need to start the customs clearance process in Iran.
Commercial ID
Delivery Order
Warehouse Receipt
Bill OF Loading
Packing list
Proforma Invoice
Certificate Of Origin
Standard Certificate
Order Of Registration
Logical Permission
What are the regular costs of Iran’s customs?
When you bring something from China to Iran, you have to pay many different fees at Iran’s customs.
Below is a list of the usual costs that you must pay :
- Customs duties fee
- Business profit
- Insurance
- Warehousing cost
- Tax
Prohibited & restricted items in Iran
I.R.Iran’s laws and rules say that some goods can’t be brought into the country or sent out of it. Here are some of these goods:
- Alcohol Drinks
- Tools for Gambling
- Firearms
- explosives
- Narcotic drugs
- Medias and publications that are against religion.
Why Is DDPHK the Best For shipping from Hong Kong to IRAN?
Being one of the greatest air freight forwarders in Hong Kong, DDPHK can assist customers from all over the world with a wide variety of services. We always try to provide the highest quality and most affordable prices for air cargo services. If you want to send a shipment to IRAN, United Arab Emirates, or even the Middle East, we can help.
Online tracking air cargo
Documents for shipping and export
Warehousing service
Booking Space For Air Cargo
Negotiating Freight Charges
Freight Consolidation
Cargo Insurance
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Shipping to Iran FAQs
still if you have quesion about shipping from Hong Kong to Iran
read this list of Frequently Asked Questions
What are the major seaports of Iran?
Port of Bandar Abbas, Port of Bushehr, Port of Mahshahr, Port of Chabahar , Port of Khorramshahr
What are the main documents you need to start the customs clearance process in Iran?
- Commercial ID, Delivery Order, Warehouse Receipt, Bill OF Loading, Packing list
- Proforma Invoice, Certificate Of Origin, Standard Certificate, Order Of Registration
- Logical Permission
How to track a cargo when shipping from Hong Kong to Iran?
Your forwarder for example DDPHK will offer you a tracking number with a link from the airline that you can enter the tracking number. By doing this you can see the cargo status real time.
How much is the transit time for shipping goods from Hong Kong to Iran by air freight?
The whole process of picking up from the factory in Hong Kong to arrive at IKA is around 7 to 10 days.
What is the most difficult part of the process of shipping from Hong Kong to Iran?
Due to restrictive laws of Iran, the process of customs clearance and also the fact that Iran's customs laws and regulations are very changeable, makes it very difficult and confusing for someone that is not familiar with it.
What are the advantages of sea shipping from Hong Kong to Iran ?
Cheaper prices for bulk cargo, easier shipping for dangerous cargo, no limitations on the size and the weight of the cargo.