Demurrage: FAQ’s and How to Avoid it Imagine for a moment your freight has arrived at the port. Five days have passed, and your cargo still has not left the terminal. What could have happened? Poor communication and coordination, disputes, and lack of contingencies...
Sourcing in China: An Importer’s Guide Boasting the 2nd largest economy and leading the world in exports, China has become the preferred source of supply for many US importers. So why do they flock to Asia? Other than the manufacturing costs being relatively...
What is a Buyer’s Consolidation? Buyer’s Consolidations: Improving Landed Cost on LCL If you import and have multiple suppliers near a single origin port, your freight forwarder may have an opportunity to improve supply-chain efficiency by creating a...
Mastering Duty Payment Options: ACH and PMS Mastering Duty Payment Options: ACH & PMS Customs duties are a part of daily life as an importer, but their impact on company operations can be significant. This impact is becoming more severe with recent tariff...
5 Steps to Effective Communication with Chinese Suppliers Global business can be tricky, especially when you are not familiar with your business partner’s culture. A normally friendly gesture used in American business can offend someone from another country while...
An Importer’s Guide to Chinese New Year It’s mid-February, nearing your shipment deadline, and your supplier in Shanghai hasn’t responded since your last email a week ago. While an entire country is celebrating, you’re in full panic-mode. Maybe you forgot or maybe you...
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