Importing

Although some people use the terms “procurement” and “sourcing” interchangeably, they actually refer to different aspects of the same part of your business. Procurement and sourcing are two distinct approaches to buying…

Last week, one of our customers asked us to contact a supplier they found on a well known Chinese ecommerce site. They had found a product they liked and wanted us to…

Several years ago, U.S. Customs instituted the Importer Security Filing requirement, where all importers have to file a set of data about their shipment that includes the shipper name and loading details…

The December Newsletter is now out at: https://www.mgtrading.com/Newsletter-December-2011-China-Business.htm.  Here’s the main article: Going Door to Door In the past we’ve provided our quotes CIF (cost, insurance and freight) to the major customs…