https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/ Practical guides on importing from China: customs and duties, DDP freight, factory verification, inspections, Amazon FBA prep, landed cost. en Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/sourcing-agent-vs-buying-direct-alibaba https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/sourcing-agent-vs-buying-direct-alibaba Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sourcing What a China sourcing agent costs (commission 5–10%), what it saves on price, freight, prep and defects, and a worked comparison on a $38,000 order where the saving covered the commission 2.3 times. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/landed-cost-formula-importing-from-china https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/landed-cost-formula-importing-from-china Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pricing The eight lines of landed cost (goods, origin handling, freight, insurance, duties and tariffs, brokerage, delivery, prep), a worked example from $4.20 EXW to $6.08 landed, and the lines importers forget. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/how-to-verify-a-chinese-supplier https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/how-to-verify-a-chinese-supplier Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sourcing Business licence and Unified Social Credit Code lookup, factory vs trading company, export licence, certifications, video calls, sample evaluation and on-site audits: a verification sequence from free checks to a paid audit. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/consolidation-several-suppliers-one-shipment https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/consolidation-several-suppliers-one-shipment Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Freight How a consolidation warehouse in Guangzhou or Yiwu merges cartons from several factories into one customs entry, what it costs, what it saves on freight and clearance, and when it is not worth it. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/sea-lcl-vs-air-freight-from-china-break-even https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/sea-lcl-vs-air-freight-from-china-break-even Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Freight How to decide between sea LCL and air freight for a shipment from China: volumetric weight, the density rule, a worked example on 3.2 m³ of cargo, and when the faster mode is actually the cheaper one. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/how-to-ship-from-china-to-amazon-fba https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/how-to-ship-from-china-to-amazon-fba Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT Amazon FBA Step by step from factory to fulfilment center: shipment plan, FNSKU and carton labels, carton limits, DDP customs, importer of record, delivery appointments and the mistakes that get shipments refused. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/us-de-minimis-ended-new-import-math https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/us-de-minimis-ended-new-import-math Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT Customs What formal customs entry costs per shipment, when bulk beats parcels, and the break-even order size for importing from China to the US in 2026, with worked numbers. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/ddp-vs-dap-vs-exw-what-you-actually-pay https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/ddp-vs-dap-vs-exw-what-you-actually-pay Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Freight Three quotes for the same pallet can differ by 40% because they stop at different points. How Incoterms EXW, FOB, DAP and DDP split costs, and how to compare quotes line by line. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/red-flags-in-a-chinese-factory-quote https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/red-flags-in-a-chinese-factory-quote Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT Sourcing Too-round numbers, missing tooling lines, "CE available", a trading company posing as a factory: what each warning sign in a China supplier quote means for your risk and how to check it. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/aql-2-5-explained https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/aql-2-5-explained Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMT Quality The ISO 2859-1 sampling standard behind every pre-shipment inspection report: what AQL 2.5 means, how many units get checked, how many defects pass, and when to pay for a 100% inspection instead. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/fba-restock-math-china-prep-vs-us-prep https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/fba-restock-math-china-prep-vs-us-prep Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT Amazon FBA FNSKU labeling at $0.35 per unit in Guangzhou vs $1.00–1.50 in a US prep center: where Amazon FBA prep belongs in your unit economics, with a worked example on a 2,000-unit restock. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/thirty-seventy-payment-terms-china https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/thirty-seventy-payment-terms-china Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:00:00 GMT Payments Why 100% prepayment is a negotiation failure, what 30% deposit / 70% after inspection does to your cash flow, and the contract clauses that make the terms stick. https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/eu-150-euro-threshold-timeline-2026-2028 https://sinoloopchina.com/blog/eu-150-euro-threshold-timeline-2026-2028 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT EU imports What changed for low-value parcels into the EU in July 2026, what changes by 2028 when the €150 duty exemption is removed, and how EU DTC brands are restructuring imports from China now.