Buying engineering plastics from China: order specifications, minimum quantities, lead times, Incoterms, packing, container loading and customs documentation.
What to verify before a first order with a Chinese engineering plastics supplier: resin origin, extrusion, tolerances and certificates. A checklist.
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Grade code, form, thickness tolerance, finish and certification: five fields that decide if your plastic order arrives usable. A buyer's checklist.
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A container is a slow oven with a humidity problem. Here is how we pack so the material arrives straight rather than bowed.
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Freight is charged by the container, not by the tonne. How you fill the last cubic metre is often worth more than the material discount you negotiated.
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Three terms cover almost all of our export business, and the right one depends on how much of the logistics chain you want to own.
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Two days for stock shapes, two to three weeks for a machined batch, six weeks if the grade is not on the shelf. Knowing the boundary is the useful part.
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Cut samples of any stocked grade can ship by courier within one working day. Here is what to ask for so the sample is actually useful.
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The wrong classification or a missing declaration holds a container at the port. Here is the paperwork we prepare as standard.
Read articleTell us the material, the size and how many pieces. If you are not sure about the material, describe the application and we will recommend one.
