Shipping inside China
Here’s an excerpt from an email exchange with a client regarding shipping in China that may be of interest… I thought you might be able to answer a question regarding the presence of DHL, UPS or FedEx in the Chinese market? Every once in while we’re being asked to ship within China using one of […]
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White Collar Pirates Patroling the Pacific
This is another episode of the adventures of sourcing overseas. This time, it’s all about logistics – ocean freight, to be exact. There is already enough pitfalls and dangers to watch out for with the physical sourcing to foreign factories, now add nuisance from the logistics companies. Don’t forget, overseas sourcing is 50% sourcing and […]
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Export Delays in China in May, 2013. Anybody?
For the decade plus years I’ve been exporting out of China, mind you, I also have my own Chinese company managing the export (with the export license), I’ve been experiencing a consistent chain of delays on almost all shipments for the early month of May, 2013. This is annoying… Not to mention furious customers who […]
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Corruption at the Customs
As part of my work in overseas sourcing, I’ve had many calls to ship stuff to international destinations. My recent round of shipment that got stuck at some third-world country is especially worth mentioning. This doesn’t happen for shipments originating from most western countries (i.e. the U.S.), but stuff like this happens quite often when […]
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