• Elksourcing:How to calculate volumetric weight properly?

    When you are having your goods shipped from China by air or express mail like DHL, UPS etc, you will need to know how to calculate the volumetric weight properly. How to understand the volumetric weight? For example, if you are shipping 1kg of spoon which is made of steel, then usually the shipping weight is calculated by actual weight 1kg. While if you are shipping 1kg of foam which is really soft and used to take more room, so usually the shipping carrier will calculate 3~4kg as shipping weight. Due to the volumetric weight is bigger. How to calculate the volumetric weight? 1) First you need to know the exact dimension & gross weight of the parcel.2) Then multiply the parcel’s 3 dimensions, to be (length x height x width)3) Then divide the result by 5000 if you are using centimeters. Note that this is for courier shipping. Divide by…

    shipping FAQ 2021-05-08
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