How long does KakoBuy take to ship to the USA?
How the 12 days break down
Delivering in the USA
USPS finishes a large share of these parcels, and it works Saturdays: of 318 USPS deliveries we logged, 46 landed on a Saturday and none on a Sunday. UPS is the other common last-mile carrier here, with 7 Saturday deliveries out of 83.
Coming up, public holidays with no delivery in the USA: Nov 26, Dec 25, Jan 1 and Jan 18.
Customs in the USA
Since the de minimis exemption was suspended in August 2025, every parcel into the US owes duty. US parcels are also the ones most often sent back: 187 of the 2,787 American parcels in our customs data returned to the sender, 6.7% of them and about seven in ten of every return we recorded worldwide. How the duty is charged is explained in our US customs guide.
What the spread looks like
Of the 10 countries we track, 4 get KakoBuy parcels faster than the USA and 4 slower. 31% of parcels here arrived in under 10 days and 9% took 20 days or more. Each bar is a five-day bucket across all 2,539 parcels.
By shipping line
UPS and FedEx were the quickest lines to the USA, both a median 8 days over 129 and 62 parcels; USPS the slowest at 14.
| Line | Parcels | Middle half | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPS | 129 | 6-11 d | 8 d |
| FedEx | 62 | 5-11 d | 8 d |
| Yanwen | 79 | 8-13 d | 10 d |
| China EMS | 1,380 | 9-15 d | 12 d |
| KakoBuy US UPS Line | 42 | 10-14 d | 12 d |
| USPS | 617 | 11-17 d | 14 d |
Not until day 19 since the first scan. A quiet week usually means the parcel is still on a consolidator's flight or waiting in a US customs queue; a USPS or UPS number often shows nothing until the carrier's first physical scan. Past day 19, paste the number into the tracker for the China-side scans USPS or UPS doesn't show.
Other countries
Questions people ask
How long does KakoBuy take to ship to the USA?
About 12 days from the first carrier scan to your door, measured on 2,539 delivered parcels. Most arrive in 9 to 16 days and nine in ten within 19 days. Add 1 to 3 days before that for packing.
Does USPS or UPS deliver on weekends?
USPS delivers Monday to Saturday; UPS and FedEx mostly weekdays. No Sunday delivery. The RepTools tracker's delivery window already skips those days.
Which KakoBuy line is fastest to the USA?
In our data, UPS and FedEx: both a median 8 days, over 129 and 62 parcels, against 14 days for USPS. You choose the line when you submit the parcel, and the quicker lines usually cost more.
Do I pay duty on a KakoBuy parcel to the US?
Yes. With de minimis suspended since August 2025, every parcel owes duty whatever its value. Some shipping lines build it into the price; on the others the carrier asks for it before it delivers. Our US customs guide walks through both cases.
Does the clock include the days KakoBuy takes to pack?
No. These numbers start at the first carrier scan, which is when the parcel has actually left the warehouse. Packing and QC after you submit the parcel usually add 1 to 3 days on top, longer around Chinese New Year and Golden Week.
Source: 2,539 KakoBuy parcels to the USA tracked on rep.tools and confirmed delivered, updated 2026-10-20; how it is measured.
Shipping with another agent? Rep shipping time by country covers every agent we track, and reps seized by customs covers what happens at the border.