So Is Your Competition. What matters most: When your products land in inventory, will you hold your market share? Will your margins survive?At CPG Sourcing, we specialize in turning challenges into opportunities. With decades of expertise and a world-class China team, we’ll help you navigate the tariff landscape, strengthen your...
Current tariffs and selling restrictions with China have been an ongoing and popular topic in the press and an especially important issue for businesses sourcing from China. One of the benefits of this kind of activity is that importers are focused on reducing COGS (Cost of goods sold). A recent...
As importers are finding ways around the tariffs, warehouses are now filling up to capacity, posing a new problem for importers, according to this article from The Supply Chain Brain, Tariff Fears Caused US Import Surge. Now Warehouses Are Full. One of the largest warehouse complexes near the Long Beach...
The impending tariffs and the trade war with China have been an ongoing and popular topic in the press, and an especially important issue in our business. One of the benefits of this kind of activity is that importers are focused on reducing COGS (Cost of goods sold). A recent...
Four weeks ago, I shared with youMichael De Clercq’s blog about his predictions on a positiveoutcome of the additional tariffswith China. As you know, President Trump originally set a deadline of March 1st. We are now at that deadline and,a few days ago, we all learned that hepostponed this deadline...
USA businesses that buy Chinese goods are adventurers. They go to the other side of the world to secure supplies of low-cost products for their customers. They brave all sorts of challenges ranging from quality (whether it meets their expectations), price (whether they really got the best price), cost of...
In the current climate of new tariffs, many importers are unsettled and worried. This is partly due to the disruptive effect of changing rules and also due to unclear information. I mean, tariffs are confusing. Many importers are wondering whether they will still be competitive with their current supply chain. ...
Welcome to CPG's 2024 Q4 Newsletter! Our newsletters summarize recent events and cover China supply chain trends. In this installment, we discuss the impact of the threatened 60% tariffs on China, sourcing alternatives to China, how to make the most of your factory visit, sea freight trends, rebar trends,...
