Transport Services

On this page, you will find our pricing information for our transportation services for booksellers.

As of September 1, 2026, the truck toll in the Netherlands will be (temporarily) reduced. The charge for loads up to 100 kg will fall from 3,07% to 2,38%. For 100 kg or more, it will fall from 6,07% to 4,72%. The rates for July and August can be found here.

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Transport services
Packages received
Transport of pallets
Stacking boxes from pallet
Shipping parcels, pallets / surcharges
24-hour delivery on a non-delivery day
E-commerce shipment / home delivery service to the Netherlands and Belgium
E-commerce shipment within Europe
E-commerce shipment outside Europe

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. The truck toll for loads up to 100 kg is 2,38%. For loads of 100 kg or more, it is 4,72%. The total amount is shown on the invoice.

All dimensions are length x width x height.

	quantity	rate	charge	total 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	0,913	0,022	0,935
5-10 kg	per kg	0,553	0,013	0,566
10-20 kg	per kg	0,469	0,011	0,480
20-30 kg	per kg	0,415	0,010	0,425
30-40 kg	per kg	0,384	0,009	0,393
40-50 kg	per kg	0,359	0,009	0,368
50-60 kg	per kg	0,344	0,008	0,352
60-100 kg	per kg	0,333	0,008	0,341
100+ kg	per kg	0,319	0,015	0,334

packages delivery CB, mechanically not sortable by weight of packages in shipment non-sort small (rate group C)	per package	9,16	0,218	9,378
package of 60 x 40 x 40 cm up to 60 x 80 x 50 cm (< 25 kg)
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	18,32	0,436	18,756
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. The truck toll for pallet transport is 4,72%. The total amount is shown on the invoice.

	quantity	rate	charge	total in €
for supplier
destination CB	per pallet	39,30	1,855	41,155

for receiver
transport from CB, per day
1-5 packages	per pallet	39,30	1,855	41,155
6-10 packages	per pallet	35,38	1,670	37,050
11-20 packages	per pallet	31,83	1,502	33,332
21-30 packages	per pallet	28,64	1,352	29,992
31-40 packages	per pallet	25,78	1,217	26,997
41-60 packages	per pallet	20,89	0,986	21,876
61-70 packages	per pallet	18,79	0,887	19,677
71-80 packages	per pallet	17,87	0,843	18,713
81-90 packages	per pallet	16,97	0,801	17,771
91-100 packages	per pallet	16,12	0,761	16,881
vanaf 101 packages	per pallet	15,32	0,723	16,043

Stacking packages from pallet

You can have the packages 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.

	quantity	in €
stacking	per package	0,52

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*	9,45
pallet heavy, as of 500 kg	42,42
pallet large, as of 80x120 cm up to 120x120 cm	42,42

* 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). The truck toll for loads up to 100 kg is 2,38%. For loads of 100 kg or more, it is 4,72%. The total amount is shown on the invoice.

	quantity	rate	charge	total in €
from 0 to 500 gr	per shipment	6,24	0,149	6,389
from 500 to 1.000 gr	per shipment	7,80	0,186	7,986
from 1 kg to 3 kg	per shipment	9,75	0,232	9,982
from 3 to 10 kg	per shipment	12,41	0,295	12,705
from 10 to 20 kg	per shipment	18,11	0,431	18,541
from 20 to 30 kg	per shipment	22,31	0,531	22,841
from 30 to 40 kg	per shipment	25,17	0,599	25,769
from 40 to 60 kg	per shipment	30,81	0,733	31,543
from 60 to 80 kg	per shipment	36,43	0,867	37,297
from 80 to 100 kg	per shipment	42,08	1,002	43,082
from 100 to 150 kg	per shipment	48,03	2,267	50,297
from 150 to 200 kg	per shipment	53,80	2,539	56,339
from 200 to 300 kg	per shipment	65,09	3,072	68,162
from 300 to 400 kg	per shipment	75,98	3,586	79,566
from 400 to 500 kg	per shipment	86,55	4,085	90,635
from 500 to 750 kg	per shipment	96,79	4,568	101,358
from 750 to 1.000 kg	per kg	0,131	0,006	0,137
from 1.000 to 2.500 kg	per kg	0,121	0,006	0,127
from 2.500 to 5.000 kg	per kg	0,111	0,005	0,116
as of 5.000 kg	per kg	0,101	0,005	0,106

*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.

E-commerce shipment / home delivery service to the Netherlands and Belgium

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

	quantity	Netherlands in €	Belgium in €
letter delivery
from 0 to 500 g	per package	4,35	-
from 500 g to 1 kg	per package	4,35	-
from 1 to 2 kg	per package	4,35	-

parcel delivery
from 0 to 10 kg	per parcel	6,24	8,07
from 10 tot 15 kg	per parcel	7,87	9,75
from 15 tot 23 kg	per parcel	10,12	12,50
from 23 kg	per parcel	16,26	20,00

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	17,83	21,02	27,13	30,96	49,62	70,35
Cyprus	19,07	27,19	37,46	59,95	82,25	99,73
Denmark	17,38	23,62	28,56	33,37	39,87	49,55
Germany	9,25	10,68	11,98	13,93	18,74	22,12
Estonia	15,95	20,30	27,45	36,81	47,15	56,25
Finland	23,29	31,29	38,83	48,45	62,88	74,32
France	11,20	15,04	18,87	23,03	25,24	27,13
Greece	22,64	31,81	41,10	65,80	87,45	104,15
Hungary	11,79	13,61	17,64	30,12	37,92	44,94
Ireland	17,77	23,29	28,56	36,29	47,47	63,40
Italy	12,44	15,56	19,52	23,36	29,53	34,99
Croatia	19,07	22,45	30,83	44,35	60,21	70,94
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	13,61	14,58	17,83	22,45	31,03	38,50
Malta	21,47	30,05	40,26	60,86	85,56	103,37
Austria	9,97	12,50	15,36	19,46	23,75	27,58
Poland	12,44	13,61	15,30	28,10	40,84	50,72
Portugal	10,81	14,71	21,41	31,94	42,40	52,93
Romania	14,78	18,03	30,90	48,64	66,84	82,90
Slovenia	16,34	22,77	29,73	47,28	61,58	76,53
Slovakia	14,58	18,29	24,72	34,41	44,42	51,89
Spain	9,58	14,45	19,85	31,22	42,27	52,74
Czech Republic	10,88	13,93	18,68	29,40	36,62	42,86
Sweden	18,55	21,67	25,83	31,94	43,90	54,49

Other within Europe	32,83	40,32	52,81	77,78	85,28	106,51

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	44,78	63,41	94,46	156,56	175,19	227,97
Brazil	37,55	59,22	95,33	167,56	189,23	250,62
Canada	38,50	57,13	88,18	150,28	168,91	221,69
China	30,67	47,07	74,41	129,08	145,49	191,96
Hong kong	38,03	50,99	72,59	115,79	128,75	165,47
Japan	30,60	42,14	61,38	99,86	111,40	144,10
New Zealand	43,22	64,08	98,84	168,37	189,23	248,32
Norway	27,90	34,79	46,26	69,21	76,10	95,60
United Kingdom	19,53	22,97	28,71	40,19	43,63	53,38
United States	35,39	55,44	88,85	155,68	175,73	232,53
South Africa	30,67	43,02	63,61	104,78	117,14	152,14
Switzerland	25,94	29,18	34,58	45,38	48,62	57,80

Rest of the world	43,43	61,45	91,49	151,56	169,58	220,65