[Closed] Shipping to Norway help

25KG isn't really that heavy for any of the known carriers - DHL, TNT, Fedex, UPS, would all manage that quite happily. some of those will also enable you to create a commercial invoice for export as part of the AWB raising process.

Yeah, it's a bit of a pain in the arse, ime. And expensive, you could be looking at £150+ once you find a company that'll take it.

Try Parcelhero.com or some other comparison site, would be my advice.

Also be aware that whoever is receiving the package may get hit with a pretty huge bill for tax on the value of goods + shipping + a handling fee.

Yes the buyer is fully aware of potential costs etc. I would have thought it would be pretty straightforward however it's just proving a bit of an ache in the balls.

Postage to Norway must be as bad as from Norway!
A few years ago (pre Brexit) I wanted a baseball cap that cost around £16 to replace one I'd bought there, postage was going to be £28!

We did get quotes from shipping companies a few years back for 3 bikes to Norway (to save the risk of the plane not taking them), so they do exist, but it was going to be £1500 for us so oddly enough we didn't do that!🤣

DHL

I thought it didn't exist?

That’s Finland.

I've just shipped a couple of decent size boxes to ROI with DHL, very straightforward.  £119 (+£180 for insurance, but it was expensive stuff in the boxes). So, DHL 👍

Thanks all. Tried DHL but just got baffled by their insurance. Standard £50 - fine, can up that to £1k - fine but I need more than that. But later in the same they cannot accept goods that value more than £500.

I quote

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Additional contents cover is available across all DHL Parcel UK services

We always take the utmost care of your parcel regardless of the distance it travels

As standard we cover the contents of your parcel up to the value of £50, against any loss or damage

You can purchase up to £1,000 additional cover
Additional cover will automatically be worked out for based on the value of your parcel
We always suggest you cover the full value of your parcel during transit
You will be unable to claim for the full loss/damage, over the standard £50 contents cover without purchasing additional contents cover
We can not carry any items over the value of £500 through the DHL Parcel Connect network
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Anyway they could only go to a max of 25kg also.

UPS though are around £82 for a 3 day service insured up to the £2k or so I need. Just awaiting confirmation from the buyer they know they will probably get stung for import charges etc 🙂

The items I sent were worth £15k. You need a different part of DHL:

https://parcel.dhl.co.uk/dhlitnow/about/

@woody2000 - cheers for that. Their insurance thing above still doesn't make sense though!

And blimey - using the link you provided they are £180 ish against UPS's £80!!

Price wasn't a huge concern for me as someone else was paying 🙃

Insurance costs are 1.5% of the item's value apparently.

using the link you provided they are £180 ish against UPS’s £80!!

Yeah, but it’ll get there.

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Yeah, but it’ll get there.

Never had a problem with UPS to be fair. Up to the buyer though - if they want to pay more for another service then I will be happy to oblige.

Have you shipped to Norway recently? Different couriers are struggling with different countries right now.

I always use Transglobalexpress for oddball items.

I'd pick an express service, dhl or fedex, who have their own clearance channels and then not insure. Those services are pretty reliable. If using standard postal services the shipping is less but then the parcel will has far more hurdles to get through so delays or loss is more likely.

I used shiply in the past for Germany to UK for a heavy, bulky van seat with a sprung base (could hardly pick the thing up it was so awkward!), it tends to be 'man with van' or removal firms doing backloads in an otherwise empty truck. Not sure how brexit and covid has messed with the process, but give it a few days for the quotes to start dropping in price.

DHL will also be far more efficient at handling the Customs procedures. A huge part of my working life is dedicated to correcting mishandled customs documents, DHL have a much better record than any of the other carriers. Post Brexit, all of the big players have struggled to handle the mountains of extra paperwork. Everyone sees the lorries piled up at Dover without ever seeing the root cause of it - documentation.
As pointed out above, you’ll need to go through a different part of DHL to ship and extra insurance is 1.5% of goods value.
Do you have the commercial invoice made up already? Tariff codes, Incoterms ? Any certificates needed ? Origin,conformity etc ?
You’ll need to get all of that right to minimise delays whoever you chose to carry the goods.

I've shipped laptops back and forwards to Norway a few times over the last couple of years. For work, so wasn't too bothered but cost but DHL were great. Around £60 each way from memory, with £600 insurance

Well that seems to have gone rather well. UPS were brilliant to be fair - picked the radio up Friday afternoon and they had already submitted the paperwork for customs clearance so it just sailed through. Would have been delivered Monday/Tuesday however the buyer delayed delivery so it got to them on Wednesday in the same condition it left here.

No tariff codes were needed nor certs of origin etc (although these would likely have been a requirement for a commercial shipment) so all nice and pain free...