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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.
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.
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.
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 World Customs Organization's product classification code, where it appears in an order from Bangladesh, and why your duty depends on it.
A letter of credit moves the payment promise from the buyer to a bank, on one condition: the seller's documents must comply with the credit. Here is how that plays out on an order from Bangladesh.
Before a Bangladeshi company can ship your order, its bank needs to see that it is a registered exporter. That registration is the ERC.
A pre-shipment inspection is your last practical chance to find problems while the goods are still at the factory. Here is what inspectors check and what to agree with the supplier first.
