China to France Freight Forwarding

China is one of France's largest suppliers, with French imports from China worth roughly $84 billion a year, and the cargo is the kind that fills containers: machinery and production equipment, electrical goods and batteries, furniture and lighting, steel and aluminium products, textiles and building materials. Almost all of it goes by sea. Services from South China and the Yangtze ports call at Le Havre, France's main container gateway for Paris and the north, and at Marseille-Fos for Lyon, the Rhône valley and the south; carriers route Asia–Europe services either through Suez or around the Cape of Good Hope, and the choice changes transit by roughly 10-15 days. Air freight lands at Paris Charles de Gaulle. Rail is a middle option on cost and time, and we book it only one way: the Middle Corridor through Kazakhstan, across the Caspian and through the Caucasus. We do not book China–Europe trains that cross Russia or Belarus.

Last reviewed: October 2026

Offices and representative on this lane:Foshan, China

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AGF Advantage on This Lane

AGF's own office in Foshan is staffed by our own team, not an agent, and it is where this lane starts. We coordinate with your suppliers, check goods and packing before loading, consolidate several factories into one container, supervise and photograph the loading, and prepare the Chinese export documents. At the French end we work through WCA partner agents in France — AGF has no office there — and French import clearance is made by a registered customs representative working with our partner, in the name of the French importer. We are also honest about what this lane is not: we move containers and pallets for businesses, not e-commerce parcels to consumers, which since July 2026 carry a flat EU customs duty of €3. Quotes are door to door, with exclusions listed up front.

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