Export Terms Freight and Compliance
Landed cost and customs paperwork decide whether a good price at the factory gate is still a good price on your shelf.
What This Covers
Rich Industry holds independent import and export rights and ships on FOB Shanghai, FOB Ningbo or CIF terms to your port. Small quantities go by express courier, volume goes by sea, and the compliance references most European and North American buyers ask for are available with the quotation.
How It Runs
Terms agreed
FOB Shanghai, FOB Ningbo or CIF your port, confirmed in the quotation rather than assumed.
Mode chosen
Express for small quantities so goods arrive quickly; sea freight for volume so cost per piece stays low.
Packing specified
Bulk bagged, polybagged or blister carded with your header card and barcode.
Documentation
Compliance references and shipping documents prepared with the shipment.
Dispatch
Booked from Shanghai or Ningbo depending on the terms agreed.
What This Stage Is Guarding Against
Freight cost swallowing the margin
Express on a full order is rarely justified. Splitting a first batch by courier and the balance by sea is usually the right compromise.
Compliance questions arriving after the order
CE, RoHS, SGS and REACH references should be settled at quotation, not at customs.
Restricted substances in children's items
Material is declared lead, cadmium and nickel free to European and USA standards, which is what most buyers in those markets need to see.
Packing that does not suit the shelf
Bulk bags cost less to ship but cannot go straight onto a peg rack. Decide the retail format before production, not after.
Timings You Can Plan Against
Detail Behind This Page
How Custom Soft PVC Fridge Magnets Are Made
A soft PVC magnet is not printed. It is moulded, colour by colour, in an aluminium tool, and almost every quality problem you can see in a finished magnet was decided before production started.
Soft PVC Versus Rubber and Silicone
Three materials cover almost everything in moulded promotional products. Choosing the wrong one usually shows up as a part that looks right and feels wrong.
Preparing Artwork Files for Custom Moulded Products
Most delays in a first order are artwork delays, and almost all of them are avoidable if you know what the factory actually needs.
The Rest of the Route
Artwork to Tooling
Everything that goes wrong in a moulded product goes wrong at the drawing stage, which is why this is the part we slow down and the rest we do fast.
OEM and Private Label Programmes
Most of what leaves this factory carries somebody else's name on it, which is the normal arrangement here rather than a special service.
Sampling and Trial Orders
No buyer should place a container order against a photograph, and no supplier should ask them to.
Export and Compliance Questions
What trade terms do you offer?
FOB Shanghai, FOB Ningbo or CIF your port. Confirm which you need with your enquiry so the quotation is directly comparable with other offers.
Which certifications do you hold?
CE, RoHS, SGS and REACH references are available. Products are declared lead, cadmium and nickel free, meeting European and USA standards. Confirm the exact test scope your market requires at quotation.
Should we ship by sea or by air?
Express for small quantities and urgent first batches, sea for volume. Many buyers split a season: courier the opening order, ship the balance by sea.
Do you have export rights of your own?
Yes. Rich Industry has independent import and export rights, so shipments do not depend on a third-party trading company.
Start With Export and Compliance
Send what you have, even if it is only a photograph and a quantity. We will tell you what is achievable before anything is tooled.