A community member has flagged significant delays with AGL (Amazon Global Logistics) on an LCL shipment booked 2–3 weeks ago from China to the US. The carrier has not allocated vessel space and is withholding inland trucking quotes until a formal commodity review is complete — a multi-step process that risks missing Amazon’s automatic 75-day shipping plan cancellation deadline.
The Challenge
- Space availability bottleneck: AGL states space has not yet been made available on scheduled vessels, creating an unpredictable delay for shipment confirmation.
- Commodity review dependency: Inland trucking quotes from the supplier’s location to the AGL warehouse cannot be issued until AGL completes its formal commodity review.
- Timeline pressure: The 75-day auto-cancellation window is a hard deadline for active shipping plans; exceeding it risks plan expiration and forced FBA shipment rejection.
- Contrast with alternative logistics: Direct freight forwarder arrangements typically process pickup within one week, highlighting the friction AGL introduces in this case.
Why This Matters
While AGL pricing can be competitive, delays in space allocation and commodity clearance can compress your shipping timeline significantly. For sellers operating with tight inventory rotation or seasonal demand, this can force either expensive expedited freight pivots or inventory shortfall.
How Squatio helps
When evaluating sourcing timelines and freight cost trade-offs, Prospect (Product Database) helps you model different lead-time and cost scenarios across your catalog — so you can quickly identify which SKUs are most at risk if a logistics partner delays, and pre-plan mitigation strategies (alternative suppliers, pre-positioned inventory, etc.) before you’re in crisis mode.
Have you experienced AGL delays, or do you use alternative Amazon logistics partners? What’s your typical China-to-US lead time, and how do you buffer for uncertainty?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/FulfillmentByAmazon/comments/1vo6ig4/agl_delay/