Most China-sourcing content online is either written for a general global exporter, or it's a thin blog post wrapped around a WhatsApp button. These guides are neither — they're the actual depth an Indian importer needs, updated as the rules change.
The full path from "I want to import something" to a cleared shipment in your warehouse — IEC, sourcing, freight, duty, and the mistakes that sink first orders.
Read the guide 16 min readPhases, dates, visas, booth strategy, negotiation scripts, and the Yiwu Fair extension — everything before you book a flight to Guangzhou.
Read the guide 18 min readEvery line item between a factory quote and your actual cost per unit in India — duty, IGST, freight, insurance, and where importers get the sum wrong.
Read the guide 15 min readThe exact checks that separate a real factory from a reseller with good photos, and how to structure payment so a bad batch doesn't end your import career.
Read the guide 14 min readA product-by-product way to figure out which Indian regulator cares about your shipment, before customs figures it out for you.
Read the guide 10 min readWhat an Importer Exporter Code is, how to get one, and the other registrations (GST, ICEGATE, AD code) to sort before your first shipment lands.
Read the guide 12 min readWire transfer, letter of credit, platform escrow: what each protects you from, what each costs, and how to split payments so a bad batch is recoverable.
Read the guide 11 min readFull container or shared one? How CBM, cargo value and timeline decide it, and the extra handling and delay risks hiding inside the cheaper LCL quote.
Read the guideA schematic view of the hubs covered across these guides and VIAQEX's advisory work — not a literal map, but the real shape of how sourcing and freight flow between the two countries.
Every guide here connects to the VIAQEX service that executes it. When you're ready to move from research to a real order, we're already set up to run it.
