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[quote=EVACHANINTERPRETER,598414]II.Choose a right buying office or purchasing agent who is near to the manufacturing base ( industry cluster) of your industry. In China, almost every city has their pillar industry and each product has one or several manufacturing bases. Say, if you're buying Fireworks, you can simply go to Liuyang city, which is called 'Home of Fireworks' or 'Capital of Fireworks', where there are more than 400,000 people directly or indirectly engaging in this business in China. 'Liuyang-made' fireworks account for 70% of China market and 50% of global market at present. Another two famous manufacturing bases for this product is Liling, Hunan and Wanzai, Jiangxi, these three manufacturing bases are near to each other. This is the same situation to most of the products in China. Your agent’s proximity to a certain industrial cluster can certainly help out when things go wrong during production. It may also cut traveling and transportation costs. III.Ask them for their Business License and Export License in China, check them out with local officials or third-party verification service company first before formal cooperation. IV. Ask them for the measures on how to avoid ‘kickbacks’ from the suppliers. When you are working with a small buying office, especially for individual purchasing agent, they may choose the supplier based on the kickback amount and will not protect the client’s interests in China. This is a problem of management issue. It is very hard to eradicate ‘kickback’ but if some well-known ‘buying office’ may have lot of experience in avoiding it. V. Ask them enough professional questions regarding the coming orders in China. Many sourcing agents are also lacking expertise about product safety regulations in overseas markets. Working with a buying office or procurement agent lacking such knowledge is a serious liability. Keep in mind that in the end, you are going to be held financially responsible if your products turn out to be non-compliant with the relevant standards. Importing from China can be a completely different story depending on the product. Certain products are very complicated (i.e. machinery ) while others a fairly easy to get right (i.e. indoor furniture). Hiring the a purchasing and procurement agent with the right product knowledge is critical and can make the difference between a successful business transaction and complete disaster. If they are able to satisfy you from above five aspects and if they are familiar with the manufacturing bases in China, then you can feel assured to work with them in China. Anna Chen Sourcing & Consulting service has served more than 2000 clients from over 80 countries and areas on the globe so far. If you need business assitant ,sourcing assitant , feel free contact me at 3375063591@qq.com Eva Chan[/quote]
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