Small parcel shipping from China to Singapore

Updated 12 Nov 2026

Small parcel prices, 1 kg to 10 kg

Our price list starts at 1 kg. A parcel lighter than that is charged as 1 kg, so a single small order costs S$13.00 by air or S$8.00 by sea, door to door from our Guangzhou warehouse.

• Air: S$13.00 for the first kg and S$8.80 for each extra kg, up to 4 kg. From 5 kg, every kg is S$8.80.
• Sea by kg: S$8.00 for the first kg and S$2.50 for each extra kg.
• Weights are rounded up to the next whole kg: 0.4 kg is charged as 1 kg, 2.3 kg as 3 kg.
• Add 9% import tax on the value of your goods. It isn't charged on the freight.

Transit times are estimates from dispatch to your door. A local courier delivers on a day and time they set, so we can't promise a delivery date. Prices for heavier shipments are on our shipping rates page.

Why 5 kg costs little more than 4 kg by air

Air freight has a first-kg charge only up to 4 kg. From 5 kg it no longer applies, and every kg costs the same.

So if your air shipment is close to 4 kg, one more small order adds very little. Sea by kg has no step like this: each extra kg adds S$2.50 all the way up. The full table is on our air freight page.

When the box size matters more than the weight

Air and Sea by kg charge the higher of two weights: the actual weight on the scale, and the volumetric weight, which is length × width × height in cm ÷ 5,000. Each is rounded up to the next whole kg. Small parcels are often light for their box, so the box can set the price.

• Dense things like books, phone accessories and metal parts are usually charged on their real weight.
• Soft, light things like cushions, toys, bedding and plastic homeware are usually charged on their box.
• Ask the seller for a snug box before they send it, and for the packed size (包装尺寸) if the listing only shows the product size.

Check your own box with the volumetric weight calculator. The final figure is what we weigh and measure at the warehouse.

Combine small orders so the first kg is charged once

The first kg is the expensive one. If you send three small orders as three shipments, you pay it three times. If they wait at our warehouse and go out together, you pay it once.

Rounding helps too, because the combined shipment is rounded up once. Three parcels of 0.4 kg each are charged as 1 kg each when they travel alone: S$39.00 by air. Together they weigh 1.2 kg, charged as 2 kg: S$21.80. And five 1 kg parcels sent together reach the 5 kg rate: S$44.00, against S$65.00 one by one.

• Parcels from different shops and apps can go in one shipment: Taobao, Tmall, JD, Pinduoduo, 1688 and others.
• One shipment goes to one Singapore address.
• One shipment uses one method. To send some parcels by air and the rest by sea, send two order lists.
• The combined shipment is still charged on the higher of its total actual and total volumetric weight.

How to set up the address in each app: Taobao, Pinduoduo, 1688.

Free storage while you shop

Each parcel can stay at our Guangzhou warehouse for up to 45 days, free, counted from the day it arrives. That gives you time to shop across a few sales and ship everything together.

• You don't need to tell us before you order. Send your order list when everything has arrived.
• We don't send arrival messages. Paste your China tracking numbers into Track Parcel to see what has reached us. Our tracking guide explains the Chinese updates.
• If one parcel is late, you choose: wait and ship everything together, or ship what's ready and send the rest next time.
• We can't hold parcels past 45 days, so send your list before your earliest parcel gets there.
• Once your order list is in, nothing can be added. The shipment is sealed to be weighed and measured. Anything extra goes in a new order.

Import tax on a small parcel

Every shipment, air or sea, is invoiced as freight plus import tax of 9% of your goods value. We pay the tax on your behalf and show it on the invoice, so there's nothing to pay at your door. That's why we ask for the total value of your goods with every order list.

Declare what you paid. More in import tax on goods from China.

Air or sea for a small parcel?

At 1 kg the gap is S$5.00. At 10 kg it's S$57.50. The lighter the parcel, the less you save by waiting for sea.

• Liquids can go by air or sea, perfume and cosmetics included, unless they're flammable, dangerous or controlled. Sprays, aerosols, fragrance oils and diffuser liquids go by sea only, and we recommend sea for power banks.
• Sensitive goods cost the same as Normal goods but must be declared: batteries and anything with one, liquids, cosmetics, packaged food, magnets. A wrong declaration costs S$10.00 per parcel to resend.
• Sea by kg: the courier may not message you before delivery, so keep an eye on your tracking and stay contactable.
• Peak periods such as 11.11 and Chinese New Year add delays, more so by sea.
• Not sure? Write Weight check as the first line of your order list. We weigh and measure the shipment and send you both prices. After that it's sealed, so items can't be added or removed.

Check an item in Can I ship this? or the list of items we can't ship. Time for each method is set out in how long shipping takes.

How to start

1. WhatsApp us and reply Address. You get our Guangzhou warehouse address and your personal Paotui code (PT-xxxx). There's no account to create.
2. Add the address in your shopping app. The street address ends with your code, the recipient is (PT-xxxx) Your Name, and the phone is our warehouse number, not yours. Each field has a copy button at warehouse address.
3. Shop as usual. Sellers deliver to Guangzhou. Check arrivals on Track Parcel.
4. Send your order list when everything has arrived: Air or Sea, Normal or Sensitive goods, your tracking numbers, your name, Singapore address and phone number, and the total value of your goods.
5. Pay the invoice by PayNow or bank transfer within 24 hours. We ship, clear customs, and a local courier delivers to your door.

The full walkthrough is in how to ship from China to Singapore, step by step.