The trade wiki provides you with perennial articles about the basics of doing business abroad. This essential sourcing guide covers all issues; from product specification to supplier research and customs, all important technical, legal, economical and political aspects are covered. Furthermore, we have a series of articles for the our most popular product categories. We cover many production locations throughout the articles, but China is in the center of attention due to its popularity as manufacturing location. We sometimes refer to it as China trade wiki. This is the best place for you to look up any trade related topic. Make sure that you also take a look at our manufacturing blog for more specific articles and at our industry reports for the product category that you’re interested in.
Enforcing China Intellectual Property Rights can notoriously be difficult. However, the IPR protection has improved, and the amount of enforcement actions taking place are larger than expected. Staying out of China because of counterfeits & knockoffs worries is no solution since it has important downsides.
China is still only the second biggest importer in the world. Recent China Import Overview Statistics suggest that catching up to the US will take some time since China Major Imports are only increasing slowly. The underlying reason is the well-known export orientation and protectionism for Imports to China.
Product Samples are crucial to double check the actual ability of manufacturers to produce a certain item. The necessary effort for a Product Sample Request depends on how customized the product is. It has to be paid attention to the phenomenon of Golden Samples, that do not reflect the actual ability of manufacturers.
Fair Trade in China is not common, neither from a production nor from consumption perspective. The awareness for social issues is still relatively low. However, Organic Trade China has potential because of health concerns & the food scandals, which makes it increasingly popular. Organic Trading Company can help.
China has become the largest exporter in the world and Exports From China remain successful. However, the unprecedented export growth seems to be over–at least for simple products. China Export Overview shows the country is climbing up the value chain. Get info on China’s exports with top and major exports statistics.
Since the 1970s, China is undergoing a more or less continuous Liberalization Process and Economic Reform. Reductions in tariffs & barriers to trade allowed China to enter the WTO in the 1990s. Although the pace of the Chinese Economic Reform slowed down, the overall tendency indicates further Economic Liberalization.
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