[2025] Transportation Services – CB Tarieven

On this page, you will find our pricing information for our transportation services for booksellers. You can navigate to other chapters using the bar on the left side. Below, you can directly access:

Transportation Services
Packages received
Transport of pallets
Stacking boxes from pallet
Shipping parcels, pallets / surcharges
24-hour delivery on a non-delivery day
Shipping costs e-commerce / home delivery service

Transportation Services

The rates for transport services apply to:
– Transport of consignments, properly packed and provided with full name, address, postcode and place of the sender and addressee;
– Booksellers in the Netherlands in combination with connection CB.

Deliveries from CB are standard non-franco for the recipient. A maximum of one delivery address is allowed per consignment. Each package or pallet must have a full address label.

Parcels heavier than 25 kg and larger than the mentioned maximum sizes will be charged at least the pallet rate.

The maximum allowable weight per pallet is 500 kg. The maximum dimensions of a pallet are 120 x 80 x 120 cm (length x width x height). Heavier and/or larger pallets will not be accepted for shipment.

The pricing of CB’s service is based on the bookseller returning pallets and multiple-use boxes received. If the bookseller is found to be not returning pallets and multiple-use boxes, CB is entitled to invoice these items.

Packages received

Freight and handling charges for parcels to be received by you from CB and other affiliates will be charged in accordance with the following breakdown per kilogram per shipment and/or per parcel. All dimensions are length x width x height.

	Unit	Sender CB in €
Packages delivery CB, mechanically sortable by weight of packages in shipment Packages up to 60 x 40 x 40 cm (< 25 kg)
0-5 kg	Per kg	0,870
5-10 kg	Per kg	0,527
10-20 kg	Per kg	0,447
20-30 kg	Per kg	0,396
30-40 kg	Per kg	0,366
40-50 kg	Per kg	0,342
50-60 kg	Per kg	0,328
60-100 kg	Per kg	0,317
100+ kg	Per kg	0,304

Packages delivery CB, mechanically not sortable by weight of packages in shipment non-sort small (rate group C)
Package of 60 x 40 x 40 cm up to 60 x 80 x 50 cm (< 25 kg)	Per package	8,72
Rolls and tubes up to 180 cm (largest size) (< 25 kg)
Boards up to 130 cm (largest size) and up to 8 cm thick (< 25 kg

Non-sort large (rate group D)	Per package	17,44
Package of 60 x 80 x 50 cm up to 60 x 80 x 90 cm (< 25 kg)
Boards of 130 cm up to 180 cm (largest size) and up to 8 cm thick (< 25 kg)

Transport of pallets

Freight and handling charges for pallets will be charged in accordance with the rates below.

	in €
For supplier
Destination CB, per pallet	37,46

For receiver
Transport from CB, per unit, per day
1-5 packages	37,46
6-10 packages	33,73
11-20 packages	30,34
21-30 packages	27,30
31-40 packages	24,58
41-60 packages	19,91
61-70 packages	17,91
71-80 packages	17,40
81-90 packages	16,18
91-100 packages	15,37
vanaf 101 packages	14,60

Stacking boxes from pallet

You can have the boxes stacked off the pallet by our driver, provided they are on the same floor. The minimum period of purchase is 3 months and after consultation with your account group.

	Units	in €
Stacking	per box	0,50

Shipping parcels, pallets / surcharges

For (return) shipments to CB the sender may use CB’s transport. To this end, parcels or pallets should be provided with a shipping sticker. This can be printed from CB’s online transport application.

Sizes, weights and tariffs of parcels or pallets are in accordance with the tariff groups mentioned above. If these parcels, pallets or roll containers do not bear a correct shipping sticker, they will not be accepted for shipment.

A number of surcharges apply to items that are larger and/or deviate from the standard formats, insofar as they do not already fall under the applicable rate group C or D. These are the following surcharges:

	in €
Package heavy, from 25 to 50 kg*	9,01
Pallet heavy, as of 500 kg	40,44
Pallet large, as of 80 x 120 cm up to 120 x 120 cm	40,44

* A package weighing 50 kg or more is considered a pallet.

If it is not possible to deliver the goods offered for shipment, additional costs may
be charged to the sender afterwards.

24-hour delivery on a non-delivery day

Every bookseller has delivery days. CB enables a 24-hour delivery on a non-delivery day. In this case, freight and processing costs will be charged in accordance with the breakdown below (shipment/weight):

	Package	in €
From 0 to 500 gr	per shipment	5,95
From 500 to 1.000 gr	per shipment	7,44
From 1 kg to 3 kg	per shipment	9,29
From 3 to 10 kg	per shipment	11,83
From 10 to 20 kg	per shipment	17,26
From 20 to 30 kg	per shipment	21,27
From 30 to 40 kg	per shipment	23,99
From 40 to 60 kg	per shipment	29,37
From 60 to 80 kg	per shipment	34,73
From 80 to 100 kg	per shipment	40,11
From 100 to 150 kg	per shipment	45,79
From 150 to 200 kg	per shipment	51,29
From 200 to 300 kg	per shipment	62,05
From 300 to 400 kg	per shipment	72,43
From 400 to 500 kg	per shipment	82,51
From 500 to 750 kg	per shipment	92,27
From 750 to 1.000 kg	Per kg	0,125
From 1.000 to 2.500 kg	Per kg	0,115
From 2.500 to 5.000 kg	Per kg	0,106
As of 5.000 kg	Per kg	0,096

*For recipients on the Wadden Islands, next-day delivery is not always feasible. Take this into acccount as much as possible when submitting 24-hour orders - the earlier in the day, the less likely it is that delivery will be delayed by a day.

Shipping costs e-commerce / home delivery service

Shipping costs will be charged in accordance with the breakdown below:

We will soon update the rates for e-commerce shipping and the home delivery service. You can find the new rates here: Rate adjustment.

	pieces	Netherlands in €	Belgium in €
Letter delivery
from 0 to 500 g	per package	4,15	-
from 500 g to 1 kg	per package	4,15	-
from 1 to 2 kg	per package	4,15	-

Parcel delivery
from 0 to 10 kg	per parcel	5,95	7,69
from 10 tot 15 kg	per parcel	7,50	9,29
from 15 tot 23 kg	per parcel	9,65	11,92
from 23 kg	per parcel	15,50	19,07

E-commerce shipment within Europe

	0-2 kg	2-5 kg	5-10 kg	10-20 kg	20-23 kg	23-31,5 kg
Bulgaria	44,29	46,50	49,10	51,50	70,81	87,90
Cyprus	23,75	33,89	46,76	74,90	102,72	124,63
Denmark	17,38	22,45	27,19	31,74	37,92	47,15
Germany	8,86	10,23	11,53	13,35	18,03	21,28
Estonia	15,95	20,30	27,45	36,81	47,15	56,25
Finland	22,58	30,38	37,66	48,45	62,88	74,32
France	10,42	14,78	18,55	23,03	25,24	27,13
Greece	22,64	31,81	41,10	65,80	87,45	104,15
Hungary	14,65	18,09	23,42	30,12	37,92	44,94
Ireland	20,24	26,54	32,59	41,43	54,17	72,37
Italy	11,85	15,10	18,94	23,36	29,53	34,99
Croatia	22,38	26,35	36,23	52,15	70,74	83,42
Latvia	16,08	22,84	28,82	36,94	51,96	62,03
Lithuania	15,95	20,95	29,08	35,58	48,77	58,52
Luxembourg	13,35	14,32	17,51	22,06	30,51	37,92
Malta	26,80	37,46	50,27	76,01	106,88	129,18
Austria	10,16	13,09	16,14	19,46	23,75	27,58
Poland	13,80	16,92	19,07	32,98	45,33	56,31
Portugal	10,49	14,26	20,76	30,96	41,17	51,37
Romania	29,40	35,84	41,10	51,70	71,07	88,16
Slovenia	24,98	32,46	39,54	49,75	68,40	84,98
Slovakia	17,12	20,24	25,31	31,29	38,63	45,13
Spain	8,86	13,74	18,87	30,31	42,27	52,74
Czech Republic	15,43	18,48	23,29	28,95	36,03	42,21
Sweden	18,16	21,21	25,31	31,94	43,90	54,49

Other within Europe	32,83	40,32	52,81	77,78	85,27	106,50

E-commerce shipment outside Europe

	0-2 kg	2-5 kg	5-10 kg	10-20 kg	20-23 kg	23-31,5 kg
Australia	44,77	63,40	94,45	156,55	175,18	227,97
Brazil	37,55	59,22	95,33	167,56	189,22	250,62
Canada	38,50	57,13	88,18	150,28	168,91	221,69
China	30,67	47,07	74,41	129,08	145,48	191,96
Hong kong	38,02	50,98	72,58	115,78	128,74	165,46
Japan	30,60	42,14	61,38	99,85	111,40	144,10
New Zealand	43,22	64,08	98,84	168,37	189,22	248,32
Norway	27,90	34,78	46,26	69,21	76,09	95,60
United Kingdom	19,53	22,97	28,71	40,18	43,63	53,38
United States	35,39	55,44	88,85	155,68	175,72	232,53
South Africa	30,67	43,02	63,61	104,78	117,13	152,13
Switzerland	25,94	29,18	34,58	45,38	48,62	57,80

Rest of the world	43,42	61,45	91,48	151,56	169,58	220,65