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China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece Rail Freight (Duty Paid, Standard)

Door-to-door transit 18-28 calendar days. Duty and final delivery are inside the published rate.

Rail freight — China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece

Rail Freight from China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece starts at USD 2.78 per kilogram, with door-to-door transit of 18-28 calendar days. A 100 kg shipment works out at roughly USD 278 including duty, clearance by the destination customs authority, and final delivery.

Rate from: USD 2.78/kg
Transit time: 18-28 calendar days
Destination: Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece
Customs authority: the destination customs authority
Duty-free threshold: EUR 150

Published channel rate for planning. The final quote depends on chargeable weight, cargo class and HS code.

Contents

Current Freight Rates

Last updated: 2026-08-14

USD per KG

Weight	Rate (USD / KG)
21 KG	USD 4.28
22 KG	USD 4.19
23 KG	USD 4.41
30 KG	USD 3.91
50 KG	USD 3.40
100 KG	USD 2.78
150 KG	USD 2.73
200 KG	USD 2.64
505 KG	USD 2.36
850 KG	USD 2.41
1700 KG	USD 2.49
2500 KG	USD 2.47
3400 KG	USD 2.23

Trade Terms Explained — Who Pays for What

The rate above is quoted on one specific trade term. Change the term and you change how much of the journey to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece is already inside the price. The table below maps the eleven common Incoterms® against the twelve cost stages of a door-to-door shipment, so you can see exactly where our responsibility ends and yours begins.

Seller — Cost and arrangement sit with the seller / shipper.
Buyer — Cost and arrangement sit with the buyer / consignee.
Negotiable — Not fixed by the rule — agree it in the contract.

Responsibility for each shipment stage under each Incoterms rule
Term	1 Loading on truck	2 Export customs declaration	3 Carriage to port of export	4 Unloading at port of export	5 Loading on vessel / aircraft	6 Main carriage	7 Cargo insurance	8 Unloading at port of import	9 Loading on truck at import	10 Carriage to destination	11 Import customs clearance	12 Import duties & taxes
EXW Ex Works	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck	Buyer Buyer — Export customs declaration	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to port of export	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of export	Buyer Buyer — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Buyer Buyer — Main carriage	Buyer Buyer — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
FCA Free Carrier	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to port of export	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of export	Buyer Buyer — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Buyer Buyer — Main carriage	Buyer Buyer — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
FAS Free Alongside Ship	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Buyer Buyer — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Buyer Buyer — Main carriage	Buyer Buyer — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
FOB Free On Board	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Buyer Buyer — Main carriage	Buyer Buyer — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
CFR Cost and Freight	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Buyer Buyer — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Seller Seller — Cargo insurance	Buyer Buyer — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
CPT Carriage Paid To	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Negotiable Negotiable — Cargo insurance	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of import	Seller Seller — Loading on truck at import	Seller Seller — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Seller Seller — Cargo insurance	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of import	Seller Seller — Loading on truck at import	Seller Seller — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
DAT Delivered At Terminal (DPU)	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Negotiable Negotiable — Cargo insurance	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of import	Buyer Buyer — Loading on truck at import	Buyer Buyer — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
DAP Delivered At Place	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Negotiable Negotiable — Cargo insurance	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of import	Seller Seller — Loading on truck at import	Seller Seller — Carriage to destination	Buyer Buyer — Import customs clearance	Buyer Buyer — Import duties & taxes
DDP Delivered Duty Paid	Seller Seller — Loading on truck	Seller Seller — Export customs declaration	Seller Seller — Carriage to port of export	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of export	Seller Seller — Loading on vessel / aircraft	Seller Seller — Main carriage	Negotiable Negotiable — Cargo insurance	Seller Seller — Unloading at port of import	Seller Seller — Loading on truck at import	Seller Seller — Carriage to destination	Seller Seller — Import customs clearance	Seller Seller — Import duties & taxes

EXW Ex Works

Buyer takes over at the seller's door and carries every cost from there. Lowest quoted price, highest buyer workload.

FCA Free Carrier

Seller clears the goods for export and hands them to the carrier the buyer nominated.

FAS Free Alongside Ship

Sea and inland waterway only. Seller delivers alongside the vessel; loading is on the buyer.

FOB Free On Board

Sea and inland waterway only. Risk passes once the goods are on board. The most common buying term.

CFR Cost and Freight

Seller pays the main carriage but carries no insurance obligation; risk still passes on loading.

CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight

As CFR, plus the seller must buy and pay for cargo insurance (minimum cover unless you agree more).

CPT Carriage Paid To

Any mode. Seller pays carriage through to the named destination; insurance is not obligatory.

CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid

As CPT, plus the seller must insure the cargo through to the named destination.

DAT Delivered At Terminal (DPU)

Seller delivers unloaded at the named terminal. Renamed DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) in Incoterms® 2020.

DAP Delivered At Place

Seller delivers to your address ready for unloading; import clearance and duty stay with the buyer.

DDP Delivered Duty Paid

Seller carries everything through to your door, duty and tax included. Highest quoted price, least buyer workload.

Two things worth flagging. Under CIF and CIP the seller is obliged to buy cargo insurance and pay the premium; under every other term insurance is optional, and we recommend buyers arrange their own cover so a loss or damage in transit is recoverable. And this table is a working summary for planning purposes — the binding definitions are the ones published by the International Chamber of Commerce in the Incoterms® rules, so confirm the exact term wording in your sales contract before you ship.

Service Details

China → Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece Rail Duty-Paid Standard

Rail Freight from China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece, quoted per KG — commercial cargo moving in volume, not one-off parcels.

Current Rate Card

21+ — USD 16.90 per KG
50+ — USD 15.89 per KG
100+ — USD 15.38 per KG

Last refreshed 2026-08-06.

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Scope and Exclusions

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General commercial cargo. Battery, magnetic, liquid and powder content must be declared at booking
Chargeable weight is the greater of actual and volumetric (divisor 6000)
Fuel and security surcharges, remote-area delivery and oversize handling quoted on top where they apply
Past roughly 15 CBM ask for an FCL comparison — a full container is usually cheaper

Every shipment needs a commercial invoice and packing list, plus destination certification where the commodity requires it.

Where these numbers come from

Duty and tax figures on this page are planning estimates. The binding assessment is made by the national EU customs authority against your declared HS code at the time of entry; where the amount is material, verify the current rate through ITC Market Access Map before committing to an order.

If you want to sanity-check a duty figure yourself, start from the heading rather than the product name — the WCO Harmonized System is the underlying nomenclature, and the WTO Tariff & Trade Data portal holds the applied rates by country pair.

Rail consignments cross several customs territories in transit rather than only at the destination, so classification errors surface mid-corridor rather than at delivery. ITC Market Access Map is worth checking for the destination heading before the block train departs, because a correction en route is far slower than one made in China.

On the origin side, export declaration and any commodity inspection requirement fall under China Customs (GACC); we handle that filing as part of the service, but the requirement is theirs, not ours.

China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece — Shipping Reference Data

Main sea gateways	Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg
Main air gateways	the main gateway airport
Destination customs authority	the national EU customs authority
De-minimis / duty-free threshold	EUR 150
Import tax & duty regime	Import VAT 17–27%; duty 0–12% by TARIC
Local currency	EUR
Typical clearance / dwell time	3–6 days
Peak / busy season	Sep–Nov
Conformity & certification	CE marking + IOSS for low-value parcels

Thresholds and duty bands are buyer-planning references, not formal customs rulings — confirm the exact HS-code rate for your goods before shipping.

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Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece Rail Freight Checklist

Lithium batteries and liquids need pre-approval on most air routes — declare them upfront.
Confirm whether the Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece rate includes fuel and security surcharges or lists them separately.
Compare volumetric weight (L×W×H÷6000) with actual weight — the higher one is billed.
Book 2-3 days before your target ETD; same-day air bookings usually carry premium rates.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does Rail DDP Standard from China to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece take?

Rail freight on this route runs about 18–28 calendar days door-to-door, plus roughly 3–6 days of clearance/dwell once it reaches the gateway. All times include customs clearance under DDP terms.

What duties and taxes apply when importing into Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece?

Clearance is handled by the national EU customs authority. The regime is: Import VAT 17–27%; duty 0–12% by TARIC, with a de-minimis position of EUR 150. Under DDP these are pre-paid, so nothing is collected on arrival.

In what currency is this route priced and paid?

Freight is quoted and invoiced in USD; the destination-side currency is EUR. Payment is typically due before departure, and DDP means you settle the full landed cost once.

Which ports or airports does this route use into Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece?

Sea cargo to Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece clears through Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg; air freight clears via the main gateway airport. We route through whichever gateway gives the fastest onward delivery to your address and build it into the DDP price.

How is the shipping cost on this route calculated?

We compare actual gross weight against volumetric weight (L×W×H ÷ 6000) and charge the greater, rounded up to the next kilogram, then apply the per-KG rate shown in the table above.

When does capacity tighten on the China–Hungary / Lithuania / Sweden / Finland / Austria / Slovakia / Slovenia / Greece lane?

Space and rates tighten around Sep–Nov, plus the China-side windows of Chinese New Year (Jan/Feb) and Golden Week (early Oct). Book 1–2 weeks earlier in these periods.

Historical Price Records

All price updates are recorded here. Use the weekly tabs to browse older entries.

Date	21+	50+	100+
2026-08-14Latest	USD 4.28	USD 3.40	USD 2.78
2025-12-29	USD 4.28	USD 3.40	USD 2.78

Price Trend

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