There are a great number of people who are asking one simple question: Why is it so important to cooperate with some intermediary person or a company while dealing with import, in particular, with China import? If one needs some goods at a low price, the best way to find the best price is to contact a manufacturer directly. This decision seems very rational for any entrepreneur. But the next question appears: How to find such a foreign manufacturer with whom it would be easy to build qualitative and comfortable cooperation? Especially taking to the account the difference between the East and West mentality and standards.
The main difficulty lays in the fact that China manufacturers, which propose the best prices, may not coincide with our expectations in different cooperation issues.
The first problem is the language barrier (we do not know Chinese – they do not know English). Moreover, frequently a Chinese manufacturer are eager to meet the demands of the internal market. The products, which suit Chinese market in the best way, could be non-appropriate for the European market. So that it is extremely important to clarify all details for not to get yourself into trouble dealing with China import.
Let us imagine that you have decided to start your China import business and you have already chosen a Company to cooperate with. On this level you can come across the next difficulty – how to establish the contact with the Company. By far from each Company has the staff able to lead on-line negotiations and consultancy in English. The start of cooperation and making-decision process are dragging in for a long time. What about the situation if your future product is not usual and simple? Moreover, you need it urgently! Your independent search of Chinese manufacturers who will meet your usual requirements and establishing direct cooperation with then are not so simple tasks.
STIMEX TRADING is not just real necessity – we also provide our Clients with additional comfort in the sphere of leading business with China. We are dealing with sourcing of vendors who would provide the customers with the goods the latter are interested in.
In fact, the intermediary person or company provides the service of search and drawing up a list of 3-5 manufacturers with the most appropriate and preferable proposals. Then a Client chooses the Chinese manufacturer who meets the requirements in the best way. For example, the price for one item of the ordered goods is low, but the MOQ (minimal order quantity) to obtain this price c could be huge and unacceptable for a Client. The other Company from our list can propose a little bit higher price, but the MOQ is lower and rather acceptable.
Naturally, it would be financially unreasonable to fly to China for a small purchase or for a small batch. As well as it would be unreasonable to take a risk for the purchase in which you are not sure. So how to check up the quality of Chinese goods? Obviously, it is impossible to accomplish this without an intermediary person or Company. STIMEX TRADING performs the quality inspections of Chinese goods as well.
Depending on a deal version or customer requirements the stages of quality inspection services can differ. First, the difference can lay in the manufacturing stage when the quality inspection of Chinese goods is carrying out. Our specialists can conduct the inspection on the stage of manufacturing itself to prevent the manufacturing of non-appropriate goods. Such kind of inspection is usual for the individual design orders: manufacturing of cloths, bags, furniture, home décor, lighting devices, etc. In this case, the inspection is conducting based on a precisely prepared technical specification where each requirement is described in details.
The next inspection version is checking out of the produced goods on the territory of a plant. Our specialists conduct the revision of goods before ex-warehouse delivery. This type of inspection can help our Client to safe the local expenses, as the Chinese transportation also has its own cost, and the Chinese vendor does not undertake these expenditures. In this case, we practice so-called on-site inspection. Such kind of inspection is the most expensive as it requires high time and travel expenditures of our specialists.
To all this, the Chinese goods inspection can differs by its level: it can be full, partial or selective. The chosen type of inspection will influence the inspection cost, which depends on the working time of a specialist. For example, a specialist can check out either certain percentage of all batch of goods, or three boxes out of ten randomly.
What can be inspecting? In fact, it could be any parameter or characteristic, which is important for our Client: material, color, seams and stitching, strength, hardness, flavor. Each parameter of further inspection is preliminary discussed and approved by a Client.
However, not all parameters can be estimated by visual or touch inspection. If it is impossible to perform the visual revision, and it is important to check out a product contents, its elasticity, hardness and other similar characteristics, you can order the specialized expertise. Such expertize is the most difficult. It can be performed by means of physicochemical tests, which can be ordered in the specialized laboratories. The intermediary can help with such an order, as well as with translation, filling up the test requirement specification and with laboratory search. STIMEX TRADING specialists’ experience will help you to obtain really high-quality products and to solve many problems, which you can come across while dealing with import from China.
The cooperation with an intermediary person or company does not finish after the quality inspection, as you should organize the delivery. This stage is far from being an easy task.
Our Company proposes quick and reasonable transportation of any goods from different countries, including China. We can deliver your goods by all suitable means and fixed tariffs. You can choose faithful delivery working with STIMEX TRADING.
If you need quick turnkey delivery, we are ready to provide you the best service by the most reasonable prices. We can help you to start your business with China from the ground up, perform the transportation and custom registration.
Why our delivery service is more profitable then self-sustained delivery?
If you refer to a logistic company asking for your cargo transportation cost, you will receive the estimation of the transportation cost based on the cargo parameters, specifically, its weight, volume, delivery type, invoice value, and product type. Then you will obtain the basis tariff. Specifically the cargo characteristics are the key factors and criteria for freight payment.
Whichever kind of transport you choose for your delivery – truck, plane or ship – the payment will be estimated taking into account overall cargo dimensions and product type.
You should also consider that the freight price for the same type of products can differs depending on different circumstances. Tariff changes are contingent on changes of the world freight rate, which does not depend on a season, weather conditions or international relations. In such cases, as a rule, the key factor is the freight demand. Exactly the freight demand affects the transportation tariff decline. The rule is rather simple – the higher the loading capacity, the lower the freight rate as expenses are distributed on all consignors. So if the international trade becomes more active, all economical transactions become more profitable for their members. Naturally, this fact affects the Chinese goods delivery, as well as the delivery of goods from any other country.
The last parameter, which influences the total delivery expenses, is insurance. The absence of insurance decreases your expenses, but increases your risks substantively. Insurance interest rate is estimated on the basis of invoice product price and added to the sum of freight cost. As a rule, interest rate depends on the possible circumstances covered by insurance.
Obviously, this is not the ultimate list of factors, which can affect the freight cost, but these are the key factors that influence logistic market’s nature.
So if you are not able to load full container with the goods of one manufacturer, or if your manufacturers organize the shipment from different ports, STIMEX TRADING will propose you the best tariffs and will decide all consolidation questions.
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