CJ Logistics builds overseas cross-border network

[Courtesy of CJ Logistics Corp.]

announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its logistics business by partnering with leading local logistics companies in the United States and Japan to export products from Korean sellers overseas. CJ Logistics is bolstering its logistics network for Korean sales to markets outside the country, seamlessly connecting from export customs clearance to forwarding and local delivery, to tap into the growing cross-border logistics business.

In the United States, CJ Logistics uses air forwarding to transport goods to airports like Los Angeles International Airport and New York’s JFK International Airport, with multiple local partners such as FedEx handling the final delivery. Meanwhile, local top-tier courier companies that have partnered with CJ Logistics manage the delivery of Korean goods that arrive via airports like Tokyo Narita Airport to customers within Japan.

CJ Logistics also strengthened its cross-border logistics business in Southeast Asia by signing customs clearance and delivery service contracts with Ninja Van in April 2024. When CJ Logistics sends goods to Southeast Asian countries, Ninja Van handles customs clearance and delivery services in six countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand.

CJ Logistics said that through the logistics network it has built in the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asia, Korean sellers can use one-stop services covering everything from customs clearance to delivery.

As calls for the promotion of sales to overseas markets rather than regulations on direct overseas online purchases by Korean consumers grow louder, CJ Logistics expects its logistics network, which covers major countries, to facilitate overseas direct sales by Korean e-commerce companies.

According to Statistics Korea, the total size of overseas direct online sales was over 1.6 trillion won ($1.17 billion) in 2023, with the United States accounting for 228.1 billion won, Japan 226.7 billion won, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, 90.8 billion won.