My second favorite is email titled "FedEx Int'l Shipment Release"
Previously I mentioned having a record of 3 sales in one day. And today, the third Ganoderma shipment to US has been released by US FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Phew!
Few days ago, all those 3 shipments had clearance delay. This made me slightly nervous. Now I’m glad all shipments has been cleared after I submitted the required documents. Fedex has also delivered the first two shipments to US and Australia.
Below are emails I’m afraid to receive…
"FedEx Clearance Delay" - Please don't send it to me!
Sometimes, herbal supplement shipment will encounter clearance delay if you send to US or Australia. When this happens, I need to resubmit some documents for custom review. Actually, I always include the necessary documentation together with the shipment. But it may still encounter clearance delay. So I just resend the same documents again. This clears the custom smoothly.
The required documents are:
- FDA Prior Notice (for US only)
- Product information in company letterhead
- Product analysis report
- Capsule analysis report (Bovine gelatin is not allowed into US)
So far, I only encounter clearance delay for shipment to US and Australia. There is no problem for shipment to other countries such as UK, France, Ireland, Cyprus, Switzerland, Kuwait, New Zealand, India and Philippines.
If I cannot clear my shipment, it will be sent back to me or dispose of over there.
- Shipping back from US costs 6 times higher than shipping to US. Ouch!
- I need to pay for both export shipment and import shipment. Ouch! Ouch!
- And I have to fully refund the order amount back to my client. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
That’s why I’m afraid to receive email titled “FedEx Clearance Delay”. And that’s why I’m very happy to receive email titled “FedEx Int’l Shipment Release”.
Here’s the tracking information for the first two shipments.
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Date/Time
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Activity
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Location
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26-2-2009 10:34
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Delivered | QUEENSLAND AU |
| 26-2-2009 9:28 | On FedEx vehicle for delivery | BRISBANE AIRPORT AU |
| 26-2-2009 8:47 | At local FedEx facility | BRISBANE AIRPORT AU |
| 25-2-2009 20:02 | In transit | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 25-2-2009 16:39 | Int’l shipment release | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 25-2-2009 13:55 | Clearance delay | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 25-2-2009 11:39 | Clearance in progress | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 24-2-2009 14:04 | Clearance delay | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 22-2-2009 8:07 | In transit | ALEXANDRIA AU |
| 21-2-2009 5:24 | In transit | SEPANG MY |
| 21-2-2009 2:31 | Left FedEx origin facility | SEPANG MY |
| 21-2-2009 1:53 | Picked up | SEPANG MY |
| 20-2-2009 8:52 | Shipment information sent to FedEx |
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Date/Time
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Activity
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Location
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25-2-2009 16:37
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Delivered | REDLANDS, CA |
| 25-2-2009 9:43 | Delivery exception | RIALTO, CA |
| 25-2-2009 8:14 | On FedEx vehicle for delivery | RIALTO, CA |
| 25-2-2009 7:46 | At local FedEx facility | RIALTO, CA |
| 25-2-2009 3:28 | At dest sort facility | ONTARIO, CA |
| 25-2-2009 2:27 | Departed FedEx location | OAKLAND, CA |
| 24-2-2009 21:27 | Arrived at FedEx location | OAKLAND, CA |
| 24-2-2009 17:13 | Departed FedEx location | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 24-2-2009 15:25 | Int’l shipment release | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 24-2-2009 11:48 | Int’l shipment release | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 21-2-2009 16:01 | Clearance delay | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 21-2-2009 14:41 | In transit | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 21-2-2009 14:20 | In transit | ANCHORAGE, AK |
| 21-2-2009 9:52 | In transit | SEPANG MY |
| 21-2-2009 5:58 | At local FedEx facility | SEPANG MY |
| 21-2-2009 2:07 | Left FedEx origin facility | SEPANG MY |
| 21-2-2009 1:40 | Picked up | SEPANG MY |
| 20-2-2009 10:02 | Shipment information sent to FedEx | |
I’m glad everything went smoothly 
