There are so many English blogs about buying from China, or quality control in China. So, what makes ours different from others?

Unlike most English blogs written by foreigners, from buyer’s point of view, most of our English blogs are written by local Chinese, from supplier’s point of view...

You were emailing with your overseas suppliers about the new orders. The supplier was replying with their bank information. You were arranging the payment via wire transfer…

It is said there are hundreds of inspection service providers in China nowadays. Some of them, as big as SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas, are multi-national giants with more than 100 years history. Some of them, as small as self-employed inspectors, that have only 2 or 3 staff all together.

How to find your ideal quality control partner in China?

When you are planning to arrange quality control of the products you import from Asia, you probably wonder: Is it necessary to check 100% of the products to know overall quality of the batch？And how can you determine whether products Passed or Failed the inspection?

The AQL table is widely used to assess quality of the batch without checking the full quantity of products. It is the main tool of the inspectors to use during product inspection, as well as the main metric for importers to decide whether to accept a certain batch of products.

When the careful task of sourcing for a product is finally over, you will then be ready for the next step of your journey: requesting product samples.

Requesting samples also assists you ensure a supplier’s expertise. You can also get a better idea of how they might work with in aspects as to how they collaborate, how quickly they are processing and shipping out orders, and how well they are packaging their products and plenty of other things.

Without any doubt Vietnam has become a major success story in terms of goods export over the last 10 years, from $57.1 billion to $264.1 worth of exports in 2019. That’s almost a 5 times increase and it may only be the beginning!

Everyone wants to cut costs and maximize profits, especially recently, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. To some, hiring an inspection company may not seem like a necessary expense at the moment. However, neglecting QC can lead to preventable defects or variations in your production quality, which can then snowball into much more serious issues, including customer complaints, returns, and possibly even safety concerns.

Did you ever imagine that your business partner who you have contacted for a long time can turn out to be an email hacker that wants to steal your payment?

We would like to share a story about exposing a hacker, which happened recently to one of our clients (overseas buyer), his Chinese supplier and us, V-Trust. This story has a happy ending, since we helped the customer to reveal the hacker before the customer transferred a large-sum payment to him, and thus would like to keep you alert when settling payments for your overseas purchases.

Be alert of the moulds if your products are produced in coastal cities of China!

From April to October is the monsoon, especially July!

Not only wooden products, but also cardboard, paper box, genuine suede, imitation suede microfiber, PU/Starch/Wax coating with organic material backing and synthetic or textile items are all easily get mold.

GARMENTS & TEXTILES | As the demand for inspections in the garment & textile industry has increased dramatically within new sourcing destinations such as India, Vietnam, Malaysia, our inspectors on the ground have had the opportunity to generate quality statistics from the most common garment defects that have been found while inspecting at garments' suppliers in these countries.