Many European companies have received e-mails directly from manufacturers and agents in the Far East and have been tempted by the prices. Very often this leads to disaster, the goods arrive in Europe only to find they are of variable quality, not CE certified and cannot be used.
For example, China is a massive Country and there are far more poorly equipped, inadequate manufacturers than world-class producers. China is a vast network of sales agents and millions of small businesses and these will readily subcontract capacity to each other to meet an order. This is how one batch can contain many different looking and different sized product.
To gain the benefits of sourcing from China and the Far East in general, you need expertise and local people on the ground who can act with your best interests in mind to vet suppliers, organise schedules, undertake quality control during the manufacture and check the goods before they start the long journey to Europe.
FOB?, CIF?, Letters of Credit?, commodity codes? duty levels?, consolidated shipping?, freight forwarders?, storage charges?, CE certification?.......Do you fully understand these terms and their legal requirements?
Select International have over 15 years of importing experience and an efficient infrastructure already in place to provide the necessary resources to save your Company many £'000's and either dramatically improve your bottom line or restore your competitive edge in your market.
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