Logistics without the fluff
We break down routes, documents and numbers the way they actually work.
We break down routes, documents and numbers the way they actually work.
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.
Learn moreTwo 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.
Learn moreMost customs delays are about paperwork, not transport. Here is everything that must be ready before the cargo leaves the supplier's factory in China.
Learn moreHonest 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.
Learn moreA supplier sample, a spare part, a Taobao order — small shipments follow their own rules. A short guide to weight, limits, prohibitions and paperwork.
Learn moreThe 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.
Learn moreThe Trans-Caspian route is longer and more complex than the northern one, but it removes dependence on a single transit state. Upsides, timings, bottlenecks.
Learn moreA 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.
Learn moreRate 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.
Learn moreIf 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.
Learn moreIncoterms 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.
Learn moreDescribe the lane and the nature of the goods. We will propose 2–3 schemes with a full breakdown and a door-to-door transit time.
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