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Source
Factory, sample, and purchase order. Freight is not the first conversation.
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Factory, sample, and purchase order. Freight is not the first conversation.
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Inspection on the ground, or photo and video QC, before the booking is final.
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Sea, air, or rail from the factory or the Xiamen warehouse.
Three calendars for a finished lot. Samples and small parcels still move as express.
Containers and LCL when the calendar can wait and the cube is large. The usual replenishment lane.
Launch dates and stockouts that will not wait for a vessel. Shorter transit, higher cost.
China–Europe overland when you want a calendar between sea and air. Quoted when the cargo and the corridor fit. No timetable is published here.
The lane is booked with the sourcing brief, not handed to a second company you have to educate.
Freight starts once inspection is done, or once the lot is inbound at our Xiamen warehouse.
Customs questions and tracking stay on this desk, including stock that also sits in Dubai / Al Ain.
Use freight forwarding when the job is to move a shipment: a lot, a container, or a parcel to Amazon, your warehouse, or a customer.
Use 3PL when the job is to receive, store, then pick and pack later, including single units, in Xiamen or Dubai / Al Ain. Many orders do both: stage, then release a lane when you are ready to sell.
Sea, air, and express detail: freight lanes and customs. Warehouses: own 3PL in Xiamen and Dubai. Before the box leaves: inspection at USD 110 per inspector day.
Send the cargo, the destination, and whether it should move now or sit in Xiamen or Dubai first. A relationship manager replies within 24 hours.