I am planning to produce a product in China and take them back to Sweden and sell.
I am not sure yet if I will start from scratch and produce, or if I will buy complete products in China yet.

I have already set up a Swedish trading company, I was wondering what kind of advantages I can benefit from if I also set up a Chinese trading company?

I heard some rumours there will be tax advantage, but am not sure how it works...
may someone help me?

A trading company has an export licence and any Chinese product with VAT which was added, a portion of that is refunded after export. It's quite possible to make money just on the VAT refund because ALL Chinese companies NEVER EVER subtract VAT refunds from their export price.

Example: My old trading company would export synthetic leather base and export it to Italy at the same exact price the Italian importer would pay if he bought directly from the synthetic leather base manufacturer. As we export it we get the 14% VAT refund instead of the manufacturer keeping it for themselves.

Q: How do you know a Chinese business is cheating you?

A: They are talking to you.

BTW what's the product?

Something like this perhaps?

The best is still to import from China and then sell it overseas. The margin will be high enough if you could make a right choice over millions of goods made in China.

I've set up a trading house with my partner here and am able to provide you with qualified suppliers spreading through the mainland. Please drop me a note at reeds.trading@gmail.com if interested.

Shopgirl, the process to open up a real "trading company" (import/export) in China is probably not going to provide you worthwhile benefits when you compare it to the process involved setting it up and the amount of registered capital you have to put up.

Usually the manufacturer will have a trading company themselves or an established relationship with one or... you can use any number of agents who will facilitate the entire transaction for you for a nominal fee. The latter may be a good choice for you to begin with until you are established and have your sales volumes increased to a level that makes it worthwhile to switch to something else.

All of this is dependent upon how much you're planning to make/buy of course.

A good agent can save you a lot of money because so many things change abruptly and often without much notice so it is difficult to keep on top of all the changes in rebates, taxes, etc.

Make sure to check if there are on quotas or other restrictions in the country you will be importing your goods into as this could effect your bottom line.
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Reeds wrote:The best is still to import from China and then sell it overseas. The margin will be high enough if you could make a right choice over millions of goods made in China.

I've set up a trading house with my partner here and am able to provide you with qualified suppliers spreading through the mainland. Please drop me a note at reeds.trading@gmail.com if interested.

Sincerely, this is really just friendly advice regarding your signature Reeds:

Reeds Trading, a professional and reliable partner to help U source qualified suppliers on various goods in mainland China. Make Ur choice and start Ur success from Reeds Trading! For more details, pls drop us a note at: reeds.trading@gmail.com

First, may I suggest you pay the $10 and get a business email because it will look professional and separate you from all of the mainland Chinese who skip this important step?

And even more importantly, if it is your desire to have people trust their business to you, then might you consider not using "U" and "Ur" and "pls" - it's great if you are sourcing umm I don't know...skate boards....but comes across uber-amateur and makes you appear to be under 18 years of age.

No need to go through any thieving Chinese trading company. The manufacturer will have an export license, so you can go directly, plus by avoiding any Chinese trading company you eliminate a major source of cheating and lies. Dealing with those manufacturer crooks is bad enough already. I have this picture frame in my office, titled 'The honest Chinese supplier'. After 16 years it is still empty.

Again, it all depends... it's good that Andreas has dealt only with manufacturers that ALWAYS have export licenses. I am just sharing with you that I myself and others have dealt with several who don't, hence the need and existence of these agents. I am not saying anyone is wrong, just consider that not everyone has extensive experience in trading/manufacturing and can end up getting really screwed because they tried doing everything on their own. For example, not keeping up with rebates etc just for starters.

sienna wrote:I am planning to produce a product in China and take them back to Sweden and sell.

Seems what Sienna finally begun thinking .. good news.

Problem is not in export any goods from China, but with import it to Sweden. All European countries have very strict system to qualify health care products, so all your goods need trough tests and get certification. Usually, it's a problem for many products. Just keep in mind.

Maybe you may try with (costumer) jewelry or something like what.. pearls.. etc.. ? That should be easer.

^Oh, I didn't read (still can't) where she said she was going to produce health care products...

^ Yes, tihZ_hO confused me with the pic.

idiot wrote:^ Yes, tihZ_hO confused me with the pic.

I do that









he he he

So, who knows a good, reliable, english speaking trading-handling agent in Shanghai?
And no, I won't keep you personally responsable

Just use the standard edition of google apps, it's free. Then google is your mail server for your domain.

huaidan wrote:Just use the standard edition of google apps, it's free. Then google is your mail server for your domain.

Can you dumb it down for an old guy like me ? Txs

sorry I found it ..tks anyway for the tip

Another way to get email box - buy domain name for $5 - they include 10 (or more) free email boxes.
Something like: sales@bull$hit.com , etc...

BTW: