Getting building materials from the factory to your site: Incoterms, FCL vs LCL, export documents, export packaging and how to calculate landed cost.
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Which Incoterm to use for construction materials from China: what EXW, FCA, FOB, CFR, CIF, DAP and DDP each allocate, where cost and risk diverge, and how to normalise quotations for comparison.
The export documents needed when importing building materials from China: the core set, destination-specific extras, the three documents that must agree exactly, bill of lading types, and certificate of origin.
How to specify export packaging for building materials shipped from China: packing levels, the ten-point specification checklist, ISPM 15 wood treatment, carton markings and category-by-category notes.
How to calculate the landed cost of building materials imported from China: all twenty cost lines from factory gate to site, the ones buyers forget, and when importing stops being cheaper.
Choose FCL (full container load) when your goods fill most of a container or need protection from handling,
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