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Shipping from Xiamen to Coos Bay

Xiamen to Coos Bay

Taiwan Strait · East China Sea · North Pacific

Sea corridor illustration: Xiamen to Coos Bay, United States Simplified map with a curved corridor from Xiamen via Taiwan Strait, East China Sea, North Pacific to Coos Bay. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAPACIFIC OCEAN North Pacific XiamenCHINA ORIGIN Coos BayUNITED STATES XiamenTAIWAN STRAITFUJIANTAIWANDEPARTURE AREA
  1. XiamenChina origin
  2. Taiwan Strait
  3. East China Sea
  4. North Pacific
  5. Coos BayUnited States
Geographic corridor illustration only, not a vessel track, port-call list or sailing schedule. The loading terminal, carrier, transshipment and dates are confirmed per shipment.

Lithium batteries for Coos Bay go out of Xiamen's Haicang and Songyu terminals on the Taiwan Strait. On the way they face a great-circle crossing of the North Pacific, and they arrive at the port of Coos Bay.

The US side starts with two filings due before loading and ends with a road leg that must carry a live emergency number. This page sets out 6 points specific to this route, how Anxin handles each one and which documents to prepare.

What we need to start

  • Taiwan Strait monsoon Oct–Apr
  • Xiamen export
  • HTS code 8507.60
  • ISF filer
  • Supply-chain tracing file
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Route profile

What sets Xiamen → Coos Bay apart

Origin port

Xiamen (Haicang / Songyu)

Fujian's battery gateway, handling more than 90% of the province's lithium battery exports, with 10-minute online packaging appraisal for compliant products and the Taiwan Strait's winter monsoon on the doorstep.

Import country

United States

From ISF and AMS in China to a monitored emergency number on the US truck leg, with Section 301 and UFLPA shaping what arrives.

Container cranes at port facilities in Haicang, Xiamen, seen across the water on a hazy day
A cargo ship at anchor in calm water under a clear sky

Where this route gets difficult

6 pain points from Xiamen to Coos Bay

Listed from loading in Xiamen to import into United States, each with what we do about it.

  1. Origin port

    Xiamen's fast appraisal needs matching data

    Through the single window, Xiamen Customs now issues the lithium battery packaging use-appraisal certificate after automatic pre-review matching: roughly 10 minutes in a case reported in August 2026, compared with about half a day for the former on-site inspection. Only products that pass pre-review as compliant and valid get the fast path; mismatches return to inspection.

    What Anxin does: We check the product data, UN38.3 summary and packaging codes against the application before it is submitted, so the certificate comes through pre-review rather than falling back to an on-site check.

  2. Origin port

    Strong winds in the Taiwan Strait from day one

    Leaving Xiamen, ships are in the Taiwan Strait at once. A Chinese government weather account says the strait's funnel effect adds 1–2 Beaufort levels to the wind, and that the north-east monsoon of winter and spring brings force 7 or more on about two days in three. Lashing on container ships should be secured accordingly.

    What Anxin does: From October to April we apply the CINS blocking and bracing checks strictly on stuffing photos before sealing.

  3. Sea corridor

    An open-ocean crossing where weather is the main risk

    From Xiamen the drawn corridor to Coos Bay runs across the North Pacific without a canal or Red Sea passage, so weather replaces chokepoints as the risk. The ONE Apus, bound from Yantian to Long Beach in November 2020, had a stack collapse in a storm about 1,600 nautical miles north-west of Hawaii; her owners said more than 1,900 containers could be lost or damaged, up to 40 of them hazmat.

    What Anxin does: For winter sailings especially, we review blocking and bracing on stuffing photos against the CINS points before sealing, and make sure the DG declaration is complete, so a damaged box can be identified and handled correctly.

  4. Import country

    Section 301 at 25% on lithium-ion non-EV batteries from January 2026

    USTR's 2024 review moved lithium-ion batteries of HTSUS 8507.60.0020 (the 'other', non-passenger-EV line) from a 7.5% to a 25% additional duty for entries from 1 January 2026; EV traction batteries under 8507.60.0010 reached 25% in 2024. Other China-specific duties can stack on top and change with little notice, so the landed cost depends on the exact classification and entry date.

    What Anxin does: We do not give duty rulings. We make sure the invoice describes chemistry, configuration and application precisely enough for the importer's customs broker to classify it, and we flag the entry date when a vessel's arrival could straddle a duty change.

  5. Import country

    ISF closes 24 hours before loading in Xiamen

    The Importer Security Filing must reach CBP no later than 24 hours before the container is laden aboard the vessel abroad. CBP's liquidated damages guidelines provide for a claim per violation for late, inaccurate or incomplete filings. Two of the data elements, the container stuffing location and the consolidator, only exist once the box is packed.

    What Anxin does: We send the importer's ISF filer the stuffing location, consolidator and manufacturer details as soon as the container is packed in Xiamen, ahead of the vessel's loading window.

  6. Import country

    CPSC certificate data now filed at entry

    Since 8 July 2026, importers of consumer products that are subject to a CPSC certification requirement must electronically file the certificate data at entry; goods entered from a Foreign Trade Zone follow on 8 January 2027. Whether a battery-powered product is caught depends on the rules that apply to that product, not on the battery alone.

    What Anxin does: We ask whether the goods are consumer products that need a CPSC certificate and, if so, who files it, so that the question is settled before the goods arrive.

Locator map of Coos Bay, United StatesCoos Bay
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (43.37°N, 124.22°W).
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Documents & compliance

Checklist for Xiamen → Coos Bay

These documents come from the shipper, the manufacturer and the importer. Anxin checks them against each other; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.

Before loading in Xiamen

  • Packaging appraisal data (product, UN38.3 summary, packaging codes) checked before single-window submission
  • 'Made in China' marking on articles or containers checked on photos
  • Safety data sheet and dangerous goods safe-carriage declaration for the MSA cargo report
  • Customs packaging use-appraisal result for the dangerous goods packaging (with the maker's performance appraisal)
  • Container packing certificate signed by a certified packing inspector after supervised stuffing

For the carrier and the voyage

  • Stuffing photos before, during and after packing, checked for blocking and bracing
  • Condition statement: new, used, damaged/defective (SP376) or for recycling (SP377)
  • SP188 cartons: US 'forbidden aboard passenger aircraft' marking or CAO label

At the United States end

  • ISF filer named; stuffing location and consolidator sent right after packing
  • 24-hour emergency response number (and provider reference) for the US road leg
  • Importer of record and the licensed customs broker who will file the entry
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Before you book

One consistent file

A document that is present but inconsistent holds a booking as surely as a missing one: the UN number, model name or carton count reads differently in the Xiamen export filings, the carrier booking and the United States import papers. We compare all three before confirming space.

Carriers we book with

Our booking panel; availability on this lane and acceptance of the declared UN numbers are confirmed for each booking. It does not mean that a listed carrier runs a direct service on this route. Carrier choice depends on the trade lane, cargo classification and each carrier's dangerous-goods acceptance at booking. The final carrier is confirmed on the booking.

Risk & mitigation

What could go wrong from Xiamen to Coos Bay, and who acts

RiskWhereMitigationWho acts
Cargo shift in winter monsoon seasTaiwan Strait, Oct–AprCINS blocking and bracing checked on photosPacking site, checked by Anxin
Application fails pre-review and falls back to on-site inspectionXiamen CustomsData checked against the application firstAnxin with the manufacturer
Stack collapse or cargo shift in a North Pacific stormMid-PacificBlocking and bracing checked before sealing; complete DG data for incident responsePacking site / carrier, checked by Anxin
Late or inaccurate ISFBefore loading abroadStuffing and consolidator data sent to the ISF filer immediately after packingAnxin with the ISF filer

Questions

Xiamen → Coos Bay: questions we are asked

No. The carrier must also send its cargo declaration through AMS 24 hours before loading, and CBP will not issue the permit to unlade without it.

Weather is the main risk on this crossing: NOAA recorded hurricane-force North Pacific storms from October to April, most often in December. We tighten the packing checks for those sailings.

For products that pass automatic pre-review, Xiamen Customs issues it through the single window; the case reported in August 2026 took about 10 minutes, against about half a day for the old on-site inspection. Products that do not pass pre-review still need inspection.

References

Official sources for this page

  1. 19 CFR 134.11: Country of origin marking required (Legal Information Institute (e-CFR text))
  2. 19 CFR 149.2 – Importer security filing: requirement and time of transmission (eCFR / CBP)
  3. 19 CFR 4.7: inward foreign manifest; advance filing of cargo declaration (24 hours before lading) (Legal Information Institute (e-CFR text))
  4. Section 301 Modifications Determination (Federal Register notice, Sept 2024) (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative)
  5. 49 CFR 171.25 – Additional requirements for the use of the IMDG Code (eCFR / PHMSA)
  6. 49 CFR 172.604: Emergency response telephone number (eCFR / PHMSA)
  7. Update: Certificates of Compliance and eFiling (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
  8. Hurricane force extratropical cyclones observed using QuikSCAT (Mariners Weather Log 49-1) (NOAA Ocean Prediction Center)
  9. Container ship ONE Apus; North Pacific Ocean (incident record) (NOAA IncidentNews)
  10. Xiamen Customs smart supervision of lithium battery dangerous-goods packaging (Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and IT (from Fujian Daily))
  11. Faster clearance for Fujian lithium battery exports (Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and IT)
  12. Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))

Next step

From enquiry to import

  1. 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
  2. 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
  3. 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
  4. 4HandoverAt Xiamen
  5. 5ImportClearance at Coos Bay
Each step is confirmed in writing; an enquiry does not create a booking.

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After you send it

We check carrier acceptance for Xiamen → Coos Bay before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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