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?

Everyone can appreciate the value of a good shoe. In order to retain and keep your customers happy, it’s important to maintain good quality standards for your products. The most efficient way to do that is to recognize the most common defects and proactively address them to avoid disruptions in your supply chain. To that end, we’ll share with you the top 10 defects that V-Trust inspectors always look out for in shoes during a pre-shipment or during-production inspection.

In terms of Quality Assurance & Quality Control, buyers usually focus all the resources available only on the supplier where their products are being produced at. Although it’s a practicable way to centralize it all at one location to lower costs and simplify the process, it’s very important to remember that many of the major quality problems occurred in the past are deeply embedded in faulty components from third party suppliers which it often results in faulty products, customer safety occurrences and recalls.

V-Trust Bangladesh team have resumed operations starting from this month. Since May 31, 2020, Bangladesh has further eased its coronavirus lockdown restrictions and allowed businesses to reopen after a month-long epidemic prevention lockdown, and the national Eid ul-Fitr holiday celebration.

The world is now fighting against the virus and some scammers are trying to take advantage of it. From fakes masks to counterfeit certifications and even bogus factories.

Government agencies are now desperately looking for all kind of medical protective equipment from mask to gloves, goggles, faceshield and coverall or rubber boots. They have now become a crucial component in the worldwide battle against coronavirus. Unfortunately some scammers are also trying to take advantage of the situation.

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.