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Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug
We are regular shippers of LCL loads out of China to USA, and we're getting wrecked on pricing. What are best practices in getting better prices? We mostly ship toys/action figures/some apparel, some has a duty, some doesn't, we're also not always sure what the duty is/how to find.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Are factory terms are usually Ex-works in China.

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Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug
We just got a Mandarin speaker on staff last week, so we're good there, he's a factory sourcing guy, he knows his stuff but always dealt with a company that had established freight logistics in place.

We have no long term agreements, yes we have called them on bullshit and that's why we're chasing a solution.

Any recommendations on the 3pls/NVOCCs?

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