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Transit Time International

Door-to-door days, decomposed. Carrier, customs, peak, buffer — each named.

Quote 21 days when it's really 28? This estimator walks the lane from origin handling to destination delivery, names every contributor, and shows the buffer logic so you can defend the quote internally.

Shipment inputs

ISO country code of pickup origin.
ISO country code of final delivery.
Carrier mode — ocean (FCL/LCL), air freight, express courier, or rail.
Economy, standard, or priority within the chosen mode.
Date the shipment leaves origin (calendar, ISO YYYY-MM-DD).
EXW adds a day at origin (buyer-arranged pickup).
FDA food, USDA, and hazmat raise inspection probability.
Aggressive trims buffer; conservative widens it.
Likely range

40–51 days

Expected: 47 days · Estimated arrival: 2026-08-01

Contributors
Origin handling
3 d
Carrier transit
32 d
Customs lag
3 d
Peak season
0 d
Destination handling
2 d
Buffer
7 d
  • !China-origin shipments are routed through the 2025 multi-HS tariff regime — broker review expected.
Lane data as of 2026-06-09Estimates, not guarantees. Carrier OTP is ~52% (Maersk 2024), so we ship a buffer band rather than a single number. Lane data is refreshed on a published cadence; see the date above.