I also know a little bit about foreign trade. I don’t know if the following answer can help you. If you are the type who don’t understand anything at all but want to do foreign trade, it is recommended to understand the market first and not trade. Act rashly.
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1. Inquiries and counter-offers If foreign businessmen are interested in purchasing the company's clothing, they will make inquiries to the business department. Including product name, specifications and models, quantity, price, packaging, origin, shipping period, payment terms, settlement method, claims, arbitration, etc. If the clothing produced by the company meets the requirements of the foreign businessman, the foreign businessman will make an offer to indicate the content of the purchase, and the company can also make a counteroffer to the offer, which is equivalent to what we usually call bargaining. If both parties have no objections, the foreign businessman and the company will reach an agreement based on the final quotation, and the buyer's company will formally place an order and negotiate with the seller's company on some related matters. After both parties negotiate and agree, the negotiated agreement will be written into the "Purchase Contract", which marks the beginning of the purchase and sale business. The "Purchase Contract" has legal effect only after it is sealed and preserved by both parties.
2. Place a production order. After receiving the customer's formal clothing purchase order confirmation, place an order with the factory and arrange the production plan. 3. Production stage: Issue a production notice and proceed with mass production. The company's internal merchandisers track products according to foreign investors' requirements and report production progress to foreign investors in a timely manner. After production is completed, product quality and quantity inspection is carried out.
IV. Commodity Inspection Before export, the products must be inspected by the Commodity Inspection Bureau where the company is located to obtain an export certificate. The commodity inspection team requires a lot of bills and various documents, and it takes a long time.
Five: Customs declaration: Declaring exports to the customs and obtaining permission from the customs department to ship the products out requires various forms and vouchers. This procedure is also very troublesome, and some inspections are now very strict.
6. Arrange shipments. Contact the freight forwarding company or arrange your own transportation company to transport the products abroad using suitable transportation methods. Filling out the order is also a trivial matter.
After the company's clothing is successfully shipped abroad, the goods will be inspected and accepted.
As for the payment method, whether to pay first or deliver first depends on how it was negotiated in your purchase contract.