Importing Goods from China: A guide When importing products from China ask yourself 3 simple questions: Why?: Many begin importing goods from China because costs are low and profit margins are high. China has in fact become a reliable source—both in terms of quality and quantity—for many products and industries....
“Social distancing” is making an impact on all businesses across the country. This change in behavior is another major disruption caused by Covid-19. How else is the virus affecting YOUR business? More to the point: are smaller importers affected the same way as larger corporations are? Last week, we reviewed...
In the game of business, there are two categories of players: the buyers and the sellers. When negotiating contract terms, the buyers have the upper hand and the sellers cooperate for obvious reasons – they want to close the sale. Most of the time, buyers are well prepared and know...
Here are CPG, we enjoy writing blogs that add value to our readers. We have previously written about other China sourcing blogs that we enjoy as well, that also provide valuable sourcing information to our readers and customer base. In writing blogs, it is our goal to provide importers with...
“Things are going very well with China” tweeted Trump after imposing new tariffs on China imports. The stock market crashed on the news. Easy fix: Trump backed off the tariffs on Tuesday and the stocks rebounded. But then they crashed again, worse than before. I wrote the previous blog in...
We have all heard that Trump has now ordered new tariffs of 10% on about $300 billion of goods for September. And yes, this means whatever it is you are importing will be affected. Gone are the leisurely days of operating in a predictable environment. Remember when you could quietly...
So, here we are at the end of the series and back to the original questions: Will this trade war come to an end? Will we have tariffs on an additional $325 Bn? How long will this last? The difficulty about predicting the outcome of this kind of event is...
So, Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Osaka on Saturday, for 90 minutes. We are told they are good friends, there is hope. Many are waiting – with bated breath. Well I don’t believe it. The bit about them being good friends. How can you be good friends when...