Ukraine Overseas Warehouse: Solving Logistics Challenges in a War-Torn Country

Due to the frequent power outages caused by the domestic war in Ukraine, the demand for household storage products has surged in the local market. Against this background, Meest China, with its advantage of overseas warehouses in Ukraine, provided logistics transportation and local distribution services from China to Ukraine for a Guangdong listed company of energy products, including small parcel sample courier, commercial cargo flow transportation and comprehensive distribution services from overseas warehouses in Ukraine. This not only ensured that the client was able to respond quickly to market demand, but also demonstrated Meest China’s logistics and distribution capabilities in the Ukrainian market.

What is Ukrainian Overseas Warehouse Delivery Service?

Simply put, it is the process of international logistics, receiving, processing and delivering orders to customers. It includes everything from inventory management and order processing to picking, packing and shipping.

In e-commerce, delivery services typically involve warehousing products, managing inventory levels, receiving orders through an online platform, picking items from inventory, securely packaging them, and arranging for delivery to the customer’s desired location.

1、Customer background

The client is a domestic local energy product research and development company, and the quality of its products is well known overseas, exported to Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas.

This year, the customer noticed the short supply of home energy storage products in Ukraine, and entered the Ukrainian market through platforms such as Sizzle and Ali International Station, and is optimistic about the upcoming Ukrainian industrial and commercial storage market and the huge demand for home heating in winter.

2、Challenges faced by customers

Faced with the opportunities of the Ukrainian market, the client was excited while also considering the challenges posed by this hotbed of unrest:

① On the security of goods in war zones

Air-raid sirens are frequently sounded throughout Ukraine, and security risks such as air raids are on the rise. In this environment, it is difficult to ensure the safety of large quantities of goods stored in Ukraine, and it is clearly impractical to send employees to Ukraine for warehouse management.

②Reliability in logistics and transportation

Customers entering the Ukrainian market for the first time need to work with a well-known local logistics company with good reputation and high efficiency, and the whole process of logistics needs to have timely consultation and feedback and track details.

③Operational Requirements for Overseas Warehousing and Distribution

Customers are concerned in the costing process that the cost of cross-border logistics and overseas warehousing services will compress margins, and that there is an urgent need to meet local demand for reverse logistics and secondary packaging operations for returns.

3、Solutions provided by Meest China

①Postal Parcel Express from China to Ukraine

Meest China provides door-to-door pickup service for 2-30kg domestic pure electric parcels for pure electric parcels. The whole international transportation can be tracked, and optional war security insurance can be added to protect the goods and avoid loss.

②Channels of commercial cargo flow from China to Ukraine

Meest China provides commercial large cargo transportation from China to Ukraine with official customs declaration and no worry about tax refund.

③Integrated distribution services for Ukrainian overseas warehouses

In order to solve the problem of high cross-border parcel logistics and transportation costs, Meest China has launched a comprehensive distribution service for Ukrainian overseas warehouses, which improves the time efficiency of tailgate delivery of goods and greatly reduces distribution costs. Meanwhile, the overseas warehouse also provides customers with reverse logistics services, serving as a transit point to receive returned goods, which are provided by Meest China’s overseas warehouse operation for secondary packaging and labeling, and re-shelving.

4、Results

Thanks to years of meticulous cultivation in the Ukrainian market and the advantages of Ukrainian overseas warehouses, Meest China successfully assisted the enterprise in overcoming many difficulties in entering the Ukrainian market, reducing distribution costs, optimizing the consumer experience, and realizing the smooth operation of the local supply, so as to gain a competitive advantage in the Ukrainian market, and to make a new step for the enterprise’s international market map.