Is International EMS Express Mail Service from China fast?

EMS (Express Mail Service) is one of the largest integrated express and logistics service providers, based on a cooperative network with more than 170 national postal services, it often offers faster but also better tracking information from the origin post to the final delivery for a reasonable price to compare to another international express service like UPS or DHL.

China EMS has the longest history of its business operations. Being a subsidiary of China Post, it is known to operate in both China's domestic and International EMS services. Regarding the coverage, this postal service provider is leading in the logistics industry as its growing its network by developing links to the world and via covering the wider region including rural areas of China. It is also known for operating with the largest number of products being delivered from well-known marketplaces including AliExpress, Joom, TaoBao and many others in China to over 200 regions. With regards to the time of delivery, China postal express and logistics are known to offer domestic express, contract logistics, LTL (less than truckload) and International express. The domestic and international express offers economy, standard and premium shipping. EMS in China is further known for operating in some value-added services, like cash on delivery, a service commonly used in emergent countries.

How can I track my shipment?

For China EMS packages, the shipment is easily traceable to the door since they are registered.

Tracking number format: When a shipment is to take place via China EMS, the shipment ID or the tracking number comprises 13 digits. The unique ID assigned to the particular parcel begins with the letter ‘E’ which is a representation of Express mail, with 9 digits in between and ending with other 2 letters either ‘CN’ or ‘CS’. An example of the tracking number appears in such a format ‘E000000000CN or E000000000CS’

How do you track a package?

When it comes to tracking a parcel/package from China EMS, you can easily track your order on Ship24 or using the China Post website, if the package has for the destination the USA: USPS website or our postal tracking solution if you don't know. Ship24 will track China Post EMS and translate the delivery statuses to English and will also showcase an estimation of the time to delivery for the parcels/packages sent, based on the last statistics.

When an order is placed with an online marketplace in China such as AliExpress, Joom or Amazon, buyers a certain period of time do think about where is my parcel/ where is my package.

To be honest, the best way is to wait a few days after ordering, it can happen that the information is not available right away, check it daily to monitor the delivery status, it will be displayed most of the time.

If you don’t receive any update, you can contact the seller to ask him to check the tracking number provided. In most cases, the tracking events will be displayed on Ship24, 1-3 days after ordering, let’s say you have placed your order with amazon. It is obvious that after a week the very first question that would click your mind would be where is my amazon order from China?

Below are the delivery statuses that you may see while tracking your order with a registered or express shipping solution.

• Posting
• Dispatching from the sorting center
• Arrival at the sorting center
• Arrival at the delivery office
• Handed over to the customs
• Released from the customs
• Payment for tax