AT this section you will find a modern and convenient service for fast and accurate tracking of parcels and postal items delivered by the Russian postal operator FSUE Russian Post. The Russian Post enterprise consists of 87 branches, which employ more than 350,000 employees. Russian Post is large enterprise, which is constantly being improved and provides the population with a wide range of postal and financial services. The main direction of his work is the reception, dispatch, transportation and delivery of parcels and postal items in the territory Russian Federation, as well as beyond.

With the help of this service, in just a couple of minutes you can track the exact location of a parcel or postal item delivered by Russian Post.

How to track by parcel number?

Tracking the transportation and delivery of a parcel by Russian Post is quite simple: for this you need to enter a barcode identifier in the “# Tracking number” box. It can contain 13 or 14 characters, including letters and numbers. You can find this identifier or the alphanumeric number of the postal item on your payment document or receipt. When entering, pay attention to the fact that capital Latin letters should be used. After entering it, click on the "Track" button or press the "Enter" key.

What are the tracking numbers?

In order to track by the parcel number, you need to know the unique track number. Such a number is assigned to each parcel in accordance with the S10 standard of the Universal Postal Union. It can contain 14 digits if the shipment is within Russia, or contain a combination of 13 alphanumeric characters when it is an international shipment. When sending internationally, the track number consists of 13 characters. The first are the letters of the Latin alphabet, meaning the marking of the departure. Only numbers starting with the letters R, C, E, V, L are subject to tracking. The second character will be any letter of the Latin alphabet that ensures the uniqueness of the number. The next nine characters are numbers. The last two characters are Latin letters denoting the country code in the S10 format, for example, for Russia these are the letters RU.

Examples of track numbers:

• CE098765432RU - for international shipment.
• 13243564758695 - for shipment within the Russian Federation.

What statuses can be

When tracking parcels and postal items delivered by Russian Post, there may be the following status options:

Reception. - This status means that the mail item arrived at the foreign post office, where it was assigned the specified track number.

Arrival at MMPO. - This status means that the postal item has arrived at the place of international postal exchange for passing customs clearance and preparation for shipment from the sender's country (export).

Export. - This means that the shipment has been transferred to the carrier for delivery to the territory of the Russian Federation. Between the Export and Import statuses, it is impossible to track the postal item of the Russian Post.

Import. - This status means that the postal item has arrived at the sorting point of the Russian Post, and has also been registered in Russia. Postal items arrive in Russia through places of international exchange (IMO), which are located in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Orenburg, Samara, Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Bryansk.

handed over to customs. - This status means that the postal item was transferred to the Federal customs service. There, all parcels and shipments undergo X-ray control.

Customs clearance completed. - This status means that the mailing was successfully sent customs check and returned to the Russian Post.

Delayed by customs. - This means that the postal item was detained by customs. The reason may be in exceeding the monthly limit for the import of goods to one postal address (1000 euros or 31 kg). If there is this excess, then the goods are taxed customs duty in the amount of 30% of the value of the goods, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg.

Left MMPO. - This status means that the parcel has left the MMPO and is sent to the sorting center. From this moment on, regulated delivery times across the territory of Russia apply. Delivery times depend on the type of shipment and range from 7-11 days for parcels delivered to Russia by airmail, 8-20 days for parcels received by land.

Arrived at the sorting center. - In this center, parcels are distributed along the main routes of Russia, sealed, packed and sent to their destination.

Left the sorting center. — This means that the package has been sorted and left the sorting center.

Arrived at the sorting center. - This status means that the package has arrived at the next regional sorting center.

Left the sorting center. — The parcel left the regional sorting center.

Came to the place of delivery. - This status means that the parcel has arrived at the recipient's post office. According to the rules of the Russian Post, a notice is issued on the same day that the parcel is in the post office. Not later than the next day, the postman must deliver the notice to the recipient.

Delivery to the addressee. - This is the final status, which means that the postal item was delivered to the addressee against signature.

How to receive a parcel or postal item?

In order to receive a parcel or postal item, you need to come to the Russian Post office indicated in the appointment and present a document proving your identity. This may be a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, a foreign passport, a military ID, a certificate of release or another identity card that temporarily replaces a passport.

The range of goods and offers of sellers with trading platform Aliexpress has been capturing the imagination of buyers for several years now, but the very fact of shopping in Chinese online stores today is no surprise to anyone. In Aliexpress stores you can really find everything your heart desires: clothes, shoes, electronics, toys and more at a competitive price.

Buyers have come to terms with the fact that the purchase cannot be felt or tried on, and they place an order based on the description of the seller, reviews from other buyers, and their own personal experience. After placing an order on Aliexpress, the seller registers the postal item and notifies the buyer about the sending of the parcel. It should be borne in mind that it usually takes 2-3 days to form an order, and another 3-4 days to ship. Therefore, if the seller sends you a tracking number the next day, after paying for the parcel - well, either this is an extraordinary zeal on the part of the seller, or feel free to wait a week before tracking starts.

Parcels from Aliexpress to Russia are issued according to the same rules as any other postal items. When registering a shipment, each parcel from China to Russia is assigned a unique tracking number. The order number in the case of tracking the parcel will be useless, since you can track the postal item only by this tracking number.

As a rule, tracking numbers of parcels are of two types:

• Two Latin letters, then nine digits, and finally two Latin letters indicating the sender's country. This type of tracking number indicates that this parcel from Aliexpress is registered as an international shipment, for which full tracking is available.
• A sequence of 11-15 digits without letters, spaces or other symbols. If you received such a tracking number, then most likely your seller is trying to save on shipping. Most of these postal items can only be tracked as long as the package is in China.

Many sellers do not just send the tracking number of the package, but accompany it with a link to a resource that will help track the package from China to Russia. Often, the attached links lead to sites that contain information exclusively in Chinese. There is another point: the seller does not always inform in advance whether the delivery involves the full path of tracking the parcel from Aliexpress. Some postal items can only be tracked within China. Therefore, if you see that your package from Aliexpress is “stuck” somewhere at the border, this means that for such a postal item, tracking is possible only in the country of the sender.

The choice of the method of forwarding is connected precisely with the desire to save low price. After all, often the cost of the product itself is less cost delivery. Therefore, almost all sellers, with rare exceptions, offer their customers free shipping. Most often, such a delivery is carried out by the national postal operator of China - the company. Parcels sent by China Post go from China to Russia on average from 20 to 30 days. Tracking for such parcels is available with an international tracking number, which looks like this: two Latin letters - nine digits - the letters CN (China Post).

Due to the heavy workload of China Post, sellers often resort to the services of other postal services. For example, in recent times the demand for logistics services is growing. The workload of this postal service is less than that of, therefore, the parcels go faster. Such delivery is rarely completely free, but it guarantees the safety of your postal mailing. For Hong Kong Post parcels, tracking is possible using a tracking number of the form CX (or RX, depending on the weight of the shipment) 123456789HK.

The seller can send the parcel with Aliexpress and other lesser known postal services. Your package from China to Russia can easily be delivered, for example, via or. The ability to track packages from Aliexpress, which is provided by the website resource, helps to draw conclusions about the timing of receipt of the mail.

How to track a parcel from Aliexpress to the site?

• on the Aliexpress website, go to the “My Orders” section and copy the tracking number of your parcel;
• enter this number in the express search bar on the site site, then click the “Find departure” button;
• to track several shipments, register in the “My Account” section.

How convenient is tracking parcels from Aliexpress on the website?

• tracking information is available in Russian;
• you can track all parcels from Aliexpress at the same time;
• by subscribing to automatic notifications about package status updates, you will no longer need to constantly check tracking numbers, since automated system control will do everything herself.

What to do if the parcel is not tracked?

• check with the seller which postal service sent your parcel from Aliexpress;
• learn about the features of parcel delivery by various operators: the site contains basic information about the most popular postal services;
• maybe tracking is not available for your package from China. Therefore, carefully monitor the transit time of the postal item and the duration of the buyer's protection period. Open a dispute with the seller in the event of an approaching expiration of the buyer's protection period.

When making purchases in foreign online stores, we all somehow face the issue of tracking the postal item that delivers the purchased goods to us.

This article will consider general issues regarding the tracking of international mail (IGO). Will be considered general principles according to which IGOs ​​are divided into traceable and non-trackable, the main stages of delivery that shipments go through. The issue of the structure of international tracking numbers assigned by IGOs ​​is considered separately.

We will also talk about average delivery times and factors that greatly affect these times. A separate section will provide information on the possibilities of tracking IGOs ​​on the websites of the state postal services of the countries of the sender and recipient, as well as the use of universal independent services for tracking.

another Additional information on these issues, as well as on the issues of customs clearance of international mail and the work of individual postal services, you can always find in the wiki section of this site.

Basic principles

Traceable and non-traceable IGOs

IGOs (international mail) are divided into two main categories:

• Parcels(over 2 kg)
• small packages(up to 2 kg)

MPOs are also divided into:

• Registered(with traceability)
• Unregistered(without traceability)

Parcels, as well as any shipments via EMS, are always registered shipments, but small packages can be either registered or unregistered.

A registered IGO in the country of departure is assigned a unique 13-digit tracking number, which can be used to control the movement of IGOs ​​from the sender to the recipient, using the tracking services of the national postal operators of these countries or independent tracking services.

The tracking number for registered small packages always starts with a letter R(Registered).

Accordingly, tracking the movement of IGOs ​​using tracking services is possible only for EMS shipments, parcels and registered small packages, provided that you know the tracking number.

Examples of tracking numbers:

• CQ123456785US - mail from the USA (package)
• RN123456785US - mail from the USA (small package)
• EE123456785US - US EMS
• RA123456785CN - mail from China
• RJ123456785GB - mail from the UK

The last 2 letters in the tracking number indicate the country in which the shipment is accepted for shipment. You can read more about the structure of the track number in the next section.

When an unregistered MPO arrives in Russia, the Russian Post assigns it an internal tracking number of the RA*********RU type. This number is the internal information of the postal operator and serves for internal accounting of incoming international mail and subsequent settlements with the postal operator of the country of departure.

The recipient can find out this number only upon receipt of the IGO.

Track number structure

According to the rules of the UPU (Universal Postal Union) (standard S10), the IGO track number consists of 9 digits and 4 letters. Track number structure: XX***********XX, where X are letters and * are numbers.

Example: RA123456785GB

The first two capital Latin letters indicate the type of postal item. Here are the main ones:

• LA-LZ- unregistered IGO weighing less than 2 kg (small package). Not tracked.
• RA-RZ- registered IGO weighing less than 2 kg (small package). Tracked.
• CA-CZ- registered MGO weighing more than 2 kg (package). Tracked.
• EA-EZ- registered IGO, issued as express mail (EMS). Tracked.

Further, the track number indicates an eight-digit digital unique number IGO. According to UPU rules, it cannot be repeated for at least one year. The last (ninth) digit is a verification code calculated using a certain mathematical function from the departure number.

At the end of the track number, two capital Latin letters are also indicated, which abbreviated the sender's country according to the ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code standard. For example CN- China, SG- Singapore, GB- Great Britain, DE- Germany, US- USA, etc.

2. greatly simplifies the procedure for tracking registered mail using the track number provided by the user and combines the tracking systems of postal services from 27 countries of the world. Allows you to create lists of checked track numbers, keeps statistics on the average delivery time of items from different countries. Allows you to predict the time of passage of the departure of one or another stage of delivery.

3. - can be installed both on a PC and on personal mobile devices. The list of supported services is more than 250 mail services. Allows you to create lists of verified track numbers. In addition, it is possible to add user data to the tracking number, which allows you to have accurate information about all the events that occur with a specific order from the moment it is paid in the store until it is delivered to the addressee.

In addition to the above, there are many other mail tracking services with different capabilities and different composition of supported mail services, so it makes little sense to list them. It stands a little apart, perhaps, which tracks China Post parcels well, but has a rather inconvenient interface and does not support many recently emerging local Chinese logistics companies.

Why tracking for a regular buyer

In this final section, I would like to say a little not only about the technical side of the issue, which the article was devoted to, but also about the psychological side of the tracking issue. And also talk about common goals tracking.

It is quite understandable that all buyers want to receive their goods as quickly as possible and secretly hope that the goods sent from, say, China or the USA will reach the recipient in Russia in a week. But, alas, miracles do not happen and when choosing the delivery of goods by the usual state postal service, you need to be mentally prepared to wait 3-4 weeks.

During this time, someone will check their track number just a few times to make sure that the shipment is moving, and someone will check their track number several tens or hundreds of times ... Of course, the latter is more common for online shopping beginners and their excitement even somewhere justified. But the truth lies in the fact that no matter how many times we check our track number, the package will not move faster from this! Therefore, you still should not be so paranoid about tracking issues.

In fact, tracking is a tool for controlling the physical movement of a shipment, in principle, a tool for monitoring compliance with delivery times. And the tracking data of the shipment, for example, will be very useful to you if you decide to make any claims to the postal services regarding the delivery of the shipment or the speed of delivery.

Therefore, three main purposes of tracking can be identified:

• Informational - when the recipient simply tracks the movement process and the delivery time of his shipment, receiving information from tracking systems.
• Control - when the recipient, with the help of information from tracking systems, can control the timing of the shipment at certain stages of its processing and delivery in order to correlate these deadlines with the target delivery deadlines and receive any compensation from the postal services, in case of non-compliance with these deadlines.
• Evidential - when information from tracking systems serves as evidence in possible disputes between the sender and the recipient, in case of non-receipt of the shipment or its loss (alas, this also happens sometimes)

To reduce the time for the tracking process itself, of course, it is recommended to use independent tracking services that allow you to create lists of tracked track numbers. The track number is added there once and only then you can safely watch the tracking results every 1-2 days. This greatly reduces the tracking time for all your parcels and saves your nerves.

Good luck with your shopping and fast shipping!

Most of the mail from China is delivered by national postal operators: in China, this is China Post.

China Post has existed since 1949 and joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1914. China Post is the national postal operator and handles the reception, delivery and issuance of domestic and international mail. The largest international mail sorting centers in China are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

China Post Tracking Numbers

All postal items from China are divided into trackable parcels and non-trackable parcels. These are the so-called registered and unregistered international shipments.

Track numbers of China Post are of the following types:

• R---CN (RA123456785CN) - small package. You can track China Post Registered Air Mail until the parcel is delivered to the addressee;
• C---CN (CD123456785CN) is a regular package. China Tracking Post Air Parcel also works until delivery;
• 01234567890 - digital postal identifiers of 11 digits without letters. You can track China Post Ordinary Small Packet Plus only in China, and it often shows only two or three statuses, or only Reception and Export.

How to track China Post Air Mail and China Post Ordinary Small Packet Plus

China Post official website http://www.chinapost.com.cn/ is in Chinese, but the tracking page http://yjcx.chinapost.com.cn/qps/yjcx is intuitive.

Enter your track number in the largest field, and four captcha numbers in the bottom field and you will see where the package from China is now, as well as all the stages of its movement. True, this information will also be in Chinese.

The second significant disadvantage of tracking packages from China on the official website is that it is difficult to recognize the captcha numbers. And the most important thing is that now, in addition to captcha, you need to enter an additional code 大宗用户号 (No. bulk users) in a separate field, but what it is and where to get it is unknown.

That is why it is much more convenient to use clear and simple:

How to track your package from China without a postal track number

Recently, tracking numbers from China have been very common when the delivery of the state postal service is carried out in conjunction with a private logistics operator. Aliexpress sellers give parcels to Chinese commercial carriers: Yanwen, FlytExpress, SF Express, J-NET, etc., and they themselves provide delivery to the buyer either by state postal services or by the same transport companies, but from the side of the recipient's country (SDEK, SPSR Express, DPD, Nova Poshta, Mist Express, etc.)

The fact is that when delivered by air due to the loading of aircraft on direct flights or due to bans on the delivery of lithium batteries by China Post, parcels often go through transit countries, for example, Swedish Post, Finnish Post, Swiss Post, Latvian Post, Estonian Post etc.

The second important reason for sending through third countries is prosaic - this is how sellers reduce the cost of delivery. Inexpensive or free shipping with Aliexpress (actually included in the price of the goods, especially the cheap ones) determines the buyer's choice of a particular seller or store.

Let's look at a few examples of tracking shipments from China.

Tracking shipments from China to Belarus

A0000123456789PC - tracking number of a parcel from China to Belarus, order from Aliexpress.

16.09. the seller handed over the parcel to the Chinese logistician, and that 19.09. in turn, handed it over to the Swedish Post and .

Thus, three postal operators participated in the delivery of this parcel from China to Belarus.

Tracking this parcel on the site shows the movement very well, with all the changes of postal services involved in the delivery of the item.

Tracking of postal items from China to Kazakhstan

Dispatch JNTCU1234567890YQ. Tracking this track from China is: 12.10. the parcel was transferred by the seller to the sorting center in Shenzhen, the next day 13.10. transferred to China Post. Therefore, the track number RO123456789CN associated with this shipment will already be with China Post tracking.

China Post will hand it over in due time.

Tracking a parcel from China to Ukraine

Sometimes, in order to track a package from China, you need to go through a real quest along the postal routes.

Here is a parcel from China, which went its difficult way from China through Hong Kong, Azerbaijan to Ukraine and was delivered to the recipient by Nova Poshta.

Accordingly, in China, the track number was assigned to it by the Sino-Ukrainian UTECP1234567890YQ, and in Kyiv, after customs clearance, tracking the parcel along the track became available by number

And there in Russia - the associated tracking number for a parcel from China of the Russian Post is now RX123456789DE

Tracking parcels from China and other countries

Don't know where your package is? We offer you a list of the best tracking tools for packages from any stores, including Aliexpress standard shipping and Ebay.
Modern postal services provide tracking number postal item so that the recipient can self track where is the package. Let's look at how this can be done using the example of tracking mail by ID from China.

How to find out where the package is online:

Enter the track code, click "track" and find where your parcel is.

Where is my parcel? Manual package tracking option

If you want to check tracking numbers with maximum convenience, and find out where your parcel is now, then universal online trackers will help you to search for mail items:

Advanced package tracking option

In principle, it makes little sense to update the status of parcels more than once a day. But if you want to track the package as accurately as possible, then you can do the following:
1. If sent by Airmail (China post Registered Airmail) then first track the package before import:
China Post (China Post) –
Hongkong Post (Hong Kong Post) -
Singapore Post (Singapore Post) -
and after import, continue to track (up to receipt) here:
Post office -
2.If sent via EMS (EMS China Post Express Mail Service), we also divide the procedure into two stages.
Track before import (check if sent from China or not):

after import:

In addition, if the parcel is delivered by EMS services, you can always call their operators and clarify the current data on the parcel by calling 8-800-200-50-55 (around the clock, a call from anywhere in Russia is free)

Shipping time statistics

Information on the timing of the passage of parcels can be viewed on the statistics server

Bonus! Programs for tracking parcels

Do you want to know where your package is without going to the sites? You can install a package tracking program on your computer that will automatically check the status of an unlimited number of track codes!

This option (it seems a little inefficient to me, but oh well) suggests installing a special program on your computer (connected to the Internet).
I will not describe this option in detail, I will just give links and screenshots:

Besides:

Tracking postal items via mobile devices:

Track the parcel using mobile devices.
The official application of the Russian Post is available for devices and.

Frequently asked Questions

What does the NULL status mean (response from the user with the nickname CTRL-F)
As China Post explains to its customers, the introduction of new statuses in tracking international shipments is intended to remove the accusation from China Post of unreasonably increasing the time for sending parcels to Russia, etc. NULL status - the absence of a parcel in China (it has already passed customs and is interpreted as an airplane flight departure). The next entries after NULL are information about transit movement at airports along the route of the parcel (airport coding according to IATA). Example PEK - Beijing, PVG - Shanghai, FRA - Frankfurt. And last record– country code of destination. This info was sent to me by my regular supplier from China.
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And with the help of this tool (), you can check the correctness of the track number, as well as calculate the verification code using the known track number of your parcel.