Covid Brings Boom to Chinese E-Commerce Overseas Warehouses Xu Huiyun Covid Brings Boom to Chinese E-Commerce Overseas Warehouses
(Yicai Global) Dec. 23 China has exported ever more goods via cross-border e-commerce since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the overseas warehouse business has taken off on this strong demand, a sector insider told Yicai Global.
These storage facilities abroad are a key link in the transnational e-commerce business-to-consumer supply chain. Chinese sellers deliver goods to such warehouses using international logistics channels, take orders on their e-commerce platforms, and send the goods from these depots to complete last-mile delivery.
Direct logistics and overseas warehousing are two business models common in cross-border e-commerce B2C exports. The first used to be paramount, but demand for the offshore warehouse mode ballooned when its advantages became clear as the Covid-19 epidemic closed off logistic routes.