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What do you need to know before shipping for the first time?
28.08.2024

What do you need to know before shipping for the first time?

Are you sending a parcel to your loved ones for the first time and don't know how to do it?

Read here:

  • To send a parcel, please visit the nearest Meest agency or create it easily online at Meest portal
  • From you or your agency, the parcel will be sent to the main Meest hub in New Jersey (plan 2-3 days for the journey)
  • Here, your parcel, along with many others, is scanned for hazardous items and packed into container
  • Air containers depart from the Meest Hub twice a week: on Tuesday and Friday
  • The container flies to the country of destination.
  • If your parcel is subject to customs clearance (please check duty-free limits on our website), you will be contacted by the service agency to pay customs duties and taxes. Please allow for additional time: 1-2 days.
  • After that your parcel will be delivered to the recipient's door.

At Meest, we do our best to deliver your parcels from the USA on time and safely.

Your parcel flow

  1. Creating a parcel / online / in agency
  2. Parcel delivery from your location to Meest hub (NJ) (2-3 days)
  3. Consolidation into container / Meest Hub (1-4 days)
  4. Delivery from to Meest Hub to the country of destination (4-6 days by air, 2-3 weeks by sea)
  5. Customs clearance and duty payments
  6. Delivery to the recipient (1-3 days)

 

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