Articles and guides published by Exportain, the B2B export marketplace connecting international buyers with Bangladeshi suppliers.
A practical walk-through of an import order from Bangladesh, from the first specification to the documents your customs broker needs, with the checks that prevent expensive surprises.
Which documents travel with a shipment from Bangladesh, who issues each one, and why every document has to agree with the others, especially under a letter of credit.
FOB, CIF, EXW and DAP decide who books freight, who clears customs and where the risk passes. Here is how each one works on an order from Bangladesh, and how to compare quotes that use different terms.
Why suppliers set minimum order quantities, how to read an MOQ per order, style or color, and the questions that can open the door to a smaller first order.
The unit price on a quotation is only the start. This guide lists every cost between a Bangladeshi supplier's price and your warehouse, shows where to look up duty, and works through an example.
Exportain's trust badges record which documents and photos its staff have reviewed for a Bangladeshi supplier. Here is what each check covers, what a badge does not tell you, and the checks you should still run yourself.
A step-by-step method for finding the HS code of a product you plan to import, with the textile traps to watch for and where to get a legally binding answer.
A field-by-field guide to writing a request for quotation that suppliers can price accurately, including how public and private RFQs work on Exportain.
FOB is an Incoterms® 2020 rule for sea shipments. The seller's job ends when the goods are on board the vessel at the named port; freight, insurance and import costs are the buyer's.
Under CIF the seller pays freight and minimum insurance to the destination port, yet the risk moves to the buyer at loading in the port of shipment. Here is what that means on an order from Bangladesh.
EXW puts the least on the seller and the most on the buyer. On an order from Bangladesh, that includes export clearance, which a buyer based abroad has to arrange through someone on the ground.
The smallest quantity a supplier will accept, how it is counted, and how it connects to quantity price tiers on Exportain listings.
