Trade Guides
Long-form guides for industrial chemical sourcing from China. Written for the buyer about to ship their first container, and just as relevant for the buyer shipping their hundredth. Each guide is the chain end-to-end from a twenty-year practitioner POV.
- Dangerous Goods 16 min read
IMDG Dangerous Goods from China: A Working Guide
Every DG class explained, the documentation chain a Chinese factory must produce, the carrier-rejection failure modes we have caught in twenty years, and what DG cargo actually costs versus general cargo.
Read the guide → - Importing 18 min read
Importing Industrial Chemicals from China to the US: A Working Guide
Complete chain from factory selection to last-mile delivery. Twenty years of running this from Shanghai Pudong, written for a US importer about to ship their first container.
Read the guide → - Compliance 15 min read
TSCA Compliance for First-Time Chemical Importers
What every US chemical importer must do to clear TSCA at entry. The Inventory lookup, the Section 5 PMN process, Section 8 reporting, CDR cycles, the 2016 Lautenberg amendments, and the practical step-by-step for a first container.
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