Over 250 billion dollars worth of goods per year are imported from
1) Only Deal With Credible Exporters: One of the most important things you can do before starting the process is to make certain that you are dealing with credible Chinese exporters. Often times, American manufacturers will search the internet for potential exporters and end up with a list of names or companies that they know nothing about. The following scenario happens everyday to some unsuspecting new importer with no knowledge.
Company (YourNameHere) sends their samples over to a potential Chinese exporter for remanufacture and is thrilled when 6 weeks later their samples arrive. The quality of the samples you received are outstanding and the price is unbelievably low. Everything seems great, so you wire $12,000.00 to your Chinese exporter for the first order... and you never hear from him again! That's right - those 3 samples you received just cost you $12,000.00 and you have absolutely no recourse. How do you avoid this common mistake? Ask for references from your Chinese export source and check them thoroughly. Chances are, if the
2) Know your terminology and BE SPECIFIC. My company ordered 3,000 leather "widgets" from an exporter that we had been doing business with for several years and expected no problems with the upcoming shipment. Until it arrived. The products were delivered and we quickly realized that the "widgets" were not made of leather but rather cheap vinyl. We immediately contacted our exporter and demanded an explanation as to why our products were not made from leather as clearly stated on the purchase order. His response was: "Oh... in
3) Quality Control: There is none! If you are lucky enough to be the owner of Wal-Mart then you operate your own manufacturing plants in
4) Shipping: Once again - if you don't give exact shipping instructions then you run the risk of receiving a container which is filled to the top with a pile of boxes that literally fall all over you when you open the container doors. Ask me how I know this. Make sure you request all boxes within a container to be palletized and wrapped in shrink wrap.
5) The Bright Side: Importing goods from
Yongle International (Jewellery) Co., Ltd.
Tel: +0086 579 85123646 / 85093312
Fax: +0086 579 85093312
E-mail: info@stylesupplier.com
Site: www.stylesupplier.com
ADD: No. 3, Building 9, Fuxinghouchen, Beiyuan District
Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
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