Memphis is one of the best connected air freight cities in the world and one of the more awkward sea freight destinations, being several hundred miles inland. That combination gives you a real choice.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network covering west Tennessee, and they will price both options rather than assuming the container.
By sea, goods clear on the Atlantic or Gulf coast and travel several hundred miles inland. By air, Memphis is unusually well served, which makes the air option more competitive here than at most inland cities.
The declaration works the same way whether your goods fly or sail, which is worth knowing if you are pricing both. Effects enter free of duty where they were for your personal use, or used in a household where you were resident, for a year, and are not for sale or for anybody else.
CBP Form 3299 applies to any shipment arriving separately from you, air or sea, with items owned under twelve months declared apart. The ten year limit applies too, measured from your last arrival from the country where the goods were used.
Your status at import affects the outcome and the answers published vary. Take yours from CBP directly and keep it in writing.
Before the inventory is finalised
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Tell us the volume honestly | It decides whether air is a serious option or an expensive one, and Memphis is a city where that question is genuinely open. |
| Your route gets checked | A moving company from the network prices the container route and, where it makes sense, the air alternative. |
| You deal with them directly | Both quotes come from them in writing, and you choose. |
By sea, a Memphis shipment clears at a coastal port and then crosses several hundred miles of country, which puts it firmly in the inland category for both time and cost.
By air, the picture is different. Memphis handles enormous freight volumes, and that connectivity means an air consignment here is easier to arrange and more competitive than at a comparable inland city.
By sea, allow six to eight weeks door to door once the coastal clearance and the long inland leg are counted. Air freight is a matter of days plus clearance.
Memphis handles very large freight volumes, so capacity and connections are better than at most inland cities of its size. That makes an air consignment easier to arrange.
On a smaller shipment, yes. The inland stage narrows the gap between air and sea more than people expect.
An Atlantic or Gulf coast port depending on the service, followed by several hundred miles of inland travel.
They qualify where they were for your own use, or used in a household where you were a resident, for one year, and are not intended for sale or for another person.
The declaration used to claim free entry for goods arriving without you. It applies to air shipments arriving separately as well as sea.
Because the inland stage runs on a scheduled service rather than a vehicle dedicated to your goods.
Yes. Give the suburb at enquiry stage, since access and drive time vary across the city.
No. You receive written quotes from the moving company and decide from there. Anyone quoting a Memphis move should be able to explain this without being asked twice.
Send the collection address, the Memphis delivery address, your date and a rough inventory, and say if you want air priced alongside sea. A moving company from our network comes back to you.
Send your move detailsA Working Member of AGM Group. Enquiries are connected with vetted FIDI FAIM certified and BAR Overseas accredited international moving companies from the network.
We do not carry out removals ourselves. The Memphis move is arranged and quoted by the moving company you are connected with.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.