By Sebastien Breteau

Quality Control is a crucial part in the process of importing from China. Pressure on production costs, distance, time and cultural differences make it unavoidable.

Implementing Quality Control allows the importer to:
• Minimize the risks (and associated costs) linked to quality, loading, warehousing or non-compliance issues: “My products have been rejected by customs because the labelling done by my Chinese supplier does not comply with European standards.”

• Make sure contractual obligations are met (specification, packing, printing, delivery): “My client rejected my delivery because the colour code of his logo has been wrongly printed on the production lot.”
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China is a magnet for businesses. But Chris Cooijmans, General Manager of Mol Logistics, discovered at first hand that opposites do not necessarily attract. Cooijmans travelled on a trade mission to China with a Camber of Commerce delegation. In his fact-finding tour of the export market, he learned that there is no guarantee of meeting the right partners.

Cooijmans wants Mol Logistics, part of the MOL Group, to become the gateway to Europe for the Chinese market. But success is still some way off. “The Chinese entrepreneurs that I met were mainly interested in finding investors. For the time being, they prefer to keep control over the business themselves.” Read the rest of “Logistical Highway to China” or post a comment