Augustus 2026

Hoe KI doeaneklaring vir China-verskepings verander Enigiemand wat vrag in en uit China oor die afgelope dekade vervoer het, ken die proses: 'n kommersiële faktuur wat nie heeltemal ooreenstem met die paklys nie, 'n HS-kode wat vir handmatige hersiening gemerk word, 'n houer wat by Yangshan of Ningbo staan ​​[…]

The Rise of “Nearshoring”: Is China-to-West Shipping Losing Ground?     For three decades, the phrase “made in China, shipped to the West” functioned almost like a law of physics in global trade. Factories clustered around the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, container ships queued outside Los Angeles and Rotterdam, and importers

Forced Labor Regulations Are Coming: What China Exporters Should Know     If you export from China to the United States, forced labor compliance is no longer a legal footnote — it is now one of the biggest risks to whether your goods clear customs at all. Over the past eighteen months, U.S. Customs and

Why the US and EU Both Killed De Minimis in the Same Year     For nearly two decades, a single Latin phrase quietly shaped the economics of global e-commerce. “De minimis” — too small to matter — let low-value parcels cross borders duty-free, with barely a glance from customs officers. In the United States,

The End of Cheap: How China-to-West Shipping Changed Forever in 2026     The China-to-West supply chain worked on a basic, nearly invisible subsidy for 20 years. Small goods moved for next to nothing. Tariffs were an afterthought for anyone shipping under $800. Ocean freight costs spent most of the 2010s hanging near historic lows.

Why EORI Numbers Are Now Non-Negotiable for EU-Bound Sellers     A package departs a Shenzhen warehouse on time, sails for weeks, then sits at an EU port because one line of data was missing from the customs form. More and more, that missing line is the Economic Operators Registration and Identification number, popularly known

Multi-Warehouse Strategy: Splitting Stock Between China and Overseas     For most of the past decade, cross-border sellers have structured their worldwide sales channels around a single place of origin. The products were manufactured in China, stored in a Shenzhen or Yiwu warehouse and sent directly to buyers on the other side of the globe.

How to Choose a Freight Forwarder for Your First China Shipment     Shipping your first order out of China can be a bit like being handed the controls of an aeroplane you’ve never flown. Containers, incoterms, bills of lading, customs bonds and a dozen acronyms are all flying at you at once, and somewhere

Amazon FBA Prep from China: What Changed After De Minimis Ended     Introduction For more than a decade, the $800 de minimis exemption has been the silent motor of low-cost cross-border e-commerce. A supplier in Shenzhen or Yiwu may ship a parcel directly to a U.S. doorstep, or directly into an Amazon FBA incoming

How Currency Fluctuations Are Quietly Changing Your Shipping Costs     The exchange rate, a number most shippers never think about, is quietly rewriting their bills somewhere between a supplier’s workshop in Shenzhen and a warehouse in Ohio. Everywhere in logistics, people are watching bunker costs, port congestion and tariff headlines. But the currency market