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Whether you import electronics, textiles, furniture, machinery, or other types of goods, inspection is a critical step that saves time, reduces costs, and protects your brand’s reputation.
In this guide, we explain how the inspection process works, why it matters, and how you can make the most of this service to ensure consistent product quality from China.
A Certificate of Origin is used in international trade worldwide, because customs authorities rely on it to apply the correct duty rates and any preferential tariffs. In this article we focus on the Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and China as a specific example, but the same principle exists in other countries that have trade agreements with China.
The Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and China, which came into force on 01.07.2024, represents a significant event in economic cooperation between these two countries. This agreement eliminates or reduces tariffs on a large number of products, opening new opportunities for Serbian exporters in the Chinese market, as well as for Chinese investments in Serbia.The agreement covers a wide range of sectors, including industrial products, agriculture and services, with the aim of increasing bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
Read more about the agreement and tariff reductions on the page Customs duties on imports from China to Serbia
In this text, we want to draw your attention to the document you need to apply the agreement to goods you import from China or export to China.
Motivated by a recent phone conversation in which we were asked to recommend a reliable seller on Aliexpress, we decided to write this text.
We actually don’t use Aliexpress simply because it’s not accessible from China – Chinese buyers actually have no way to access this platform. Another caller asked if they should buy an excavator from Alibaba, which was selling for €200.We can’t help you if you think this way! Ask yourself – is that even possible?
But that’s not the reason for writing this text.
We are writing because, in a relatively short period, we received three emails (from Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia), in which people complain about being scammed in one way or another.
What all three letters have in common is that the buyers made purchases independently, without involving us.
Here are those letters.
Flights between Belgrade and Guangzhou will be operated twice a week - on Mondays and Fridays, with Airbus A330-200 aircraft from the Air Serbia long-haul fleet, the Serbian national airline announced.
As stated, Air Serbia will fly to Guangzhou twice a week and Chinese companies twice a week, that is, there will be a total of four flights a week, and the establishment of a direct line to Shanghai is expected soon.
This is conditioned by China's famous development plans, so it is not surprising that there is a large number of manufacturers of various types of electric vehicles, as well as an increase in electric cars on China's roads.
However, for the introduction of new technology, it is necessary to build the supporting infrastructure and services for battery charging.
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