Trade & Supply Chain
Trade & Supply Chain
China Import Sourcing Resources: Where to Verify HS Codes, Tariff Rates and Origin Rules on Official Portals
Information date: 9 October 2026 — Duty on an import into China depends on three separate verifications: the HS code that classifies the goods, the applicable rate (most-favoured-nation, conventional, or free-trade-agree
Import
Case: An Imported Food Shipment Held at the Port — Label, Registration and Document Gaps the Consignee Fixed
Information date: 8 October 2026 — A consignment of imported pre-packaged food is stopped at the port when customs finds the Chinese label missing or non-compliant with the labelling standard, the overseas manufacturer u
Supplier
Case: A Chinese Supplier Changes Its Legal Entity Mid-Contract — What the Buyer Re-verified
Information date: 30 September 2026 — Case pattern: a Chinese supplier notifies the buyer mid-contract that its legal entity, company name, seal or bank account has changed. The National Enterprise Credit Information Pub
Trade & Supply Chain
China-US Trade Council and the $30bn Reciprocal Tariff Framework: What to Verify
Information date: 28 September 2026 — China's Ministry of Commerce announced the outcome of the eighth round of China-US trade consultations, held 20-228 September 2026 in New York and Washington. The two sides agreed wo
Sourcing
News: State Council Notice on the Fourth National Agricultural Census and Sourcing Data
Information date: 24 September 2026 — The State Council issued a notice on conducting the fourth national agricultural census, as reported by People's Daily. National agricultural censuses in China collect data on farmin
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Supplier
COSCO Shipping Signals a Greener Operating Model: What a Buyer Re-verifies
Information date: 14 September 2026 — China Daily reported on 10 September that COSCO Shipping is charting a greener path for sustainable development, with experts quoted saying that integrating sustainability and social
Customs
China Customs Guide: Read a Declaration as a Chain, Not a Form
Information date: 12 September 2026 — China Customs publishes procedures, tariff information and trade controls, and every import or export shipment is declared with a classification, value, origin and quantity, but a co
Sourcing
China Sourcing Resources: Verify Supplier, Goods and Export Evidence Separately
Information date: 11 September 2026 — China Customs publishes official information on customs procedures and trade controls, but a supplier's registration or prior export record does not prove that the specific goods, ba
Logistics
China Logistics Comparison: DDP, DAP and Local Stock Change the Control Point
Information date: 10 September 2026 — China Customs publishes procedures for goods crossing the border, while a trade term allocates selected delivery, cost and risk obligations between contracting parties. It does not r
QC
China Supplier QC Resource Map: Specification, Sampling and Release Need Separate Owners
Information date: 9 September 2026 — China’s market-regulation system supervises product quality and standards, while the buyer remains responsible for defining its contract specification, sampling approach, acceptance e
Factory Audit
China Factory Audit Review: Verify Capacity, Quality Control and Subcontracting as One System
Information date: 7 September 2026 — ISO 9001 describes a quality-management approach built around processes, responsibilities, documented information, performance evaluation and improvement; a certificate alone does not