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We built a China sourcing setup for companies that want more control
A procurement company promotes its sourcing, QC, and logistics services for businesses importing from China.
Hi everyone,
I run a Europe-China procurement company based in Hungary. Our clients contract with our European company, while our own company in China handles the local side and acts as the legal representative under Chinese law.
We have staff on the ground for supplier background checks, contracts, quality control, warehousing, consolidation, and logistics.
We work with products, components, private-label goods, and industrial equipment.
We speak English, Chinese, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, and Ukrainian.
Happy to answer practical questions about sourcing or importing from China.
I'm in China. Maybe we can telecommute
I think what you really need next is a reliable logistics setup. Sea freight from China to Europe just takes ages and the lead times are too unstable—I've learned that the hard way after hitting quite a few snags myself. It took a lot of trial and error with different forwarders until I finally found a solid one. Best of luck with everything, my friend!
Thanks for the insight, we actually ship by air most often, but volume stays highest on sea of course. We use sea, rail, air, even trucks when Russia allows passing. We had many lessons too, but we have a reliable and well working system/partners by now. Wish you all the best too 🙏
With crude oil prices acting up, we've seen a spike in both ocean and air freight rates lately. Would you mind sharing the shipping and air rates you're currently getting from your forwarder? I’d like to run a quick comparison against ours.
With the Red Sea crisis forcing Europe-bound ships to detour around the Cape of Good Hope, transit times have stretched way out, and the route is much more prone to rough seas. That’s why I’ve switched to a strategy of smaller, frequent shipments via trucking and rail. I only rely on ocean shipping for goods that aren't on a tight schedule, just to keep costs down.
Very smart, we also work this way. Do you import for yourself or procure for others?