Overweight and Oversize Surcharge
Service Introduction

Overweight and oversize surcharge: For a single shipment that exceeds the specified weight or volume restrictions according to normal pickup/delivery standards, SF has to invest additional resources or allocate resources in advance for shipment pickup, delivery, and transit. This additional service will generate certain surcharges.

Applicable Services

SF Standard Express (International) (including Standard Express +) and SF Economy Express (International)

Service Coverage Network

Shipments sent from Chinese Mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) to overseas countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, the US, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Canada,Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Panama, Guatemala, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Czech, Denmark, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Togo, The Republic of Congo, Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, United Arab emirates, Oman, Jordan, Qatar and Israel

Transit time

Additional 1–3 working days are required based on the reference transit time, depending on the actual situations.

Charging Standards
Overweight and oversize shipments are charged by two levels.
1. Level-1 overweight and oversize surcharge: For overweight and oversize shipments in compliance with level-1 charging standards, a fixed surcharge of CNY260 will be collected for each shipment.
For overweight and oversize shipments of multi-piece shipments with one waybill, collect surcharges only for shipments that meet the overweight and oversize surcharge standards.
 
Standard Product Flow Direction single shipment  Size single shipment Weight
Overweight and oversize 
service surcharge standard
(Level 1)
CNY260 per shipmen
SF Standard Express (International)
(Global Express +)
From Chinese Mainland to  60 countries for the Americas*, Europe*, Africa* and Middle East* The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
300 cm < Length + 2 × (Height + Width) ≤ 400 cm,
And, longest side ≤ 274 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment≤70kg.
If Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 70 kg,the Shipments with a weight out of the pickup/delivery standards of SF Global Express+will not be picked up/delivered.
SF Standard Express (International) From Chinese Mainland to Singapore
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
200 cm < Length ≤ 250 cm,
Or  80 cm < Width ≤ 150 cm,
Or 70 cm < Height ≤ 150 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment:
70 kg < Weight ≤ 130 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Malaysia
From Chinese Mainland to Korea
From Chinese Mainland to Vietnam
From Chinese Mainland to Thailand
SF Economy Express (International) From Chinese Mainland to Japan
Level-1 standards are not applicable.
If shipment overstep  "SF Standard Express (International)   " Posting standards, should directly refer to level-2 standards. The specific surcharge is subject to each case.
Level-1 standards are not applicable.
If shipment overstep  "SF Standard Express (International)   " Posting standards, should directly refer to level-2 standards. The specific surcharge is subject to each case.
From Chinese Mainland to Australia
From Chinese Mainland to the US
Formal clearance required, the size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:

200 cm < Length ≤ 250 cm

Or  80 cm < Width ≤ 140 cm,

Or  70 cm < Height ≤ 150 cm

Chargeable weight of a single shipment≤68kg.

If Actual weight of a single shipment > 68kg,directly refer to level-2 standards. The specific surcharge is subject to each case

From Chinese Mainland to Singapore
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
200 cm < Length ≤ 250 cm
Or  80 cm < Width ≤ 150 cm
Or 70 cm < Height ≤ 150 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment:
70 kg < Weight ≤ 130 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Malaysia
From Chinese Mainland to Korea
From Chinese Mainland to Vietnam
From Chinese Mainland to Japan
Level-1 standards are not applicable.
If shipment overstep  "SF Economy Express (International)  " Posting standards, should directly refer to level-2 standards. The specific surcharge is subject to each case.
Level-1 standards are not applicable.
If shipment overstep  "SF Economy Express (International)  " Posting standards, should directly refer to level-2 standards. The specific surcharge is subject to each case.
From Chinese Mainland to Canada
 
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
122 cm < Length ≤ 200 cm
Length + 2 × (Height + Width) > 330 cm,
Chargeable weight of a single shipment:
23 kg < Weight ≤ 68 kg

 

2. Level-2 overweight and oversize surcharge: For overweight and oversize shipments in compliance with level-2 charging standards, the surcharge will be collected subject to each case. No fixed rate is set.

 

Standard Product Flow Direction single shipment Size single shipment Weight
Overweight and oversize
service surcharge standard
(Level 2)
Subject to each case
SF Standard
Express
(International)
From Chinese
Mainland to  60 countries for the Americas*, Europe*, Africa* and Middle East*
Not provide Level-2 service Not provide Level-2 service 
From Chinese
Mainland to Singapore
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length > 250 cm,
Or width > 150 cm,
Or height > 150 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 130 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Malaysia
From Chinese Mainland to Korea
From Chinese Mainland to Vietnam
From Chinese Mainland to Thailand
From Chinese Mainland to Japan
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length > 200 cm,
Or width > 80 cm,
Or height > 70 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 70 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Australia
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length > 100 cm,
Or width > 60 cm,
Or height > 60 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 20 kg
SF Economy Express From Chinese Mainland to US

Formal clearance required, the size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:

Length > 250 cm,

Or width > 140 cm,

Or height > 150 cm

Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 68 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Singapore
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length > 250 cm,
Or width > 150 cm,
Or height > 150 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 130 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Malaysia
From Chinese Mainland to Korea
From Chinese Mainland to Vietnam
From Chinese Mainland to Japan
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length > 200 cm,
Or width > 80 cm,
Or height > 70 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 70 kg
From Chinese Mainland to Canada
The size of a single shipment meets the following criteria:
Length + 2 × (Height + Width) > 330 cm,
Or the longest side > 200 cm
Chargeable weight of a single shipment > 68 kg

 

Note 1: A single shipment refers to a consignment that is packaged independently and cannot be split into multiple packages.
Note 2: For surcharge standards for flow directions or products that are not covered in the preceding tables, see the weight and size restrictions for a single shipment in the International Shipment Operations Guidelines. Shipments with a weight or size out of the restrictions will not be picked up/delivered.

Note 3: The minimum chargeable weight of each piece of Global Express+ parcel that meet the Level-1 overweight and oversize surcharge is 40kg. If the chargeable weight of each piece is less than 40kg, it will be charged at 40kg. If the shipment is a multiple-shipment, the total chargeable weight should be the sum of the chargeable weight (larger one of actual weight and dimension weight) of each parcel.

Note 4: The charging weight shall be based on the dimension weight measured in the whole process and the minimum charging weight shall be adjusted according to the principle of Hong Chong for weight discrepancy.

The American* countries: United State, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Panama and Guatemala

The European* countries: Bulgaria, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Czech, Denmark, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia and Turkey

The African* countries: Togo, The Republic of Congo, Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Kenya and Morocco

The Middle East* countries: United Arab emirates, Oman, Jordan, Qatar and Israel

 

Payment modes
The method of payment is subject to the freight payment mode (paid by shipper, paid by receiver, and paid by third party).