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Logistics without the fluff

We break down routes, documents and numbers the way they actually work.

Customs
7 min read

«Cargo» shipping vs official import: what really sits behind the cheap per-kilo rate

A «3 dollars per kilo all-in» rate looks great right up to the first inspection or the first attempt to book the goods. We break down where the gap comes from.

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Guides
6 min read

How to buy on 1688 from Uzbekistan: a step-by-step scheme without a Chinese card

1688 is a wholesale marketplace for China's domestic market: sellers take no foreign cards and ship nowhere abroad. Here is how importers work around it.

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Guides
6 min read

What goes into a freight quote from China: the estimate, line by line

Two quotes for the same cargo can differ twofold — and both be «honest». One of them is simply unfinished. Here are the lines a quote must always contain.

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Customs
5 min read

Import documents for Uzbekistan: the checklist that prevents 90 % of border delays

Most customs delays are about paperwork, not transport. Here is everything that must be ready before the cargo leaves the supplier's factory in China.

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Corridors
5 min read

Transit times from China to Uzbekistan: road, rail, air and ocean in one table

Honest door-to-door ranges for road, rail, air and ocean: where the week-long spread comes from, what actually shortens it and what merely sounds good.

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Guides
4 min read

How to send a parcel from China to Uzbekistan from 1 kg: what is allowed, what is not, and how long it takes

A supplier sample, a spare part, a Taobao order — small shipments follow their own rules. A short guide to weight, limits, prohibitions and paperwork.

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Corridors
7 min read

Rail from China to Central Asia: how the route actually works

The block train step by step: from loading in Xi'an to unloading in Tashkent — consolidation, the border, the 1435/1520 gauge change and honest timings.

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Market
6 min read

The Middle Corridor: why the Caspian route became a must-have option

The Trans-Caspian route is longer and more complex than the northern one, but it removes dependence on a single transit state. Upsides, timings, bottlenecks.

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Customs
5 min read

Five HS classification mistakes that cost importers money

A wrong HS code is not just a fine: it means a value adjustment, days in the temporary storage warehouse and a preferential rate you can no longer claim.

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Modes
6 min read

Ocean, rail or air: how to actually calculate the mode choice

Rate per kilo is a poor criterion. What matters is the cost of frozen capital, the risk of a stock-out and the full landed cost per unit on the shelf.

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Guides
5 min read

Groupage from China: how consolidation works and when it pays

If you buy two cubic metres from each of five factories, a warehouse in China saves more than money: one document set removes half the trouble at customs.

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Guides
6 min read

Incoterms 2020 for importers: why FOB is not always the best choice

Incoterms define not only who pays, but who controls the route and the timing. We unpack the four terms that appear most often in contracts with China.

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