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Shipping Furniture Internationally from China

The quality of furniture in China has been steadily increasing over the last few decades. Today, it is possible to buy furniture from China and ship internationally to countries like USA, Canada and Australia and still enjoy cheaper deals overall than if you were to buy from your own country.


This is why countless businesses and suppliers all around the world source their furniture products from China. Often, prices are a small fraction of what they would cost in their home countries and therefore there are huge profit margins to be made when buying furniture from China and selling them in your country or even to customers around the world.


With over 50,000 manufacturers making furniture in China, it is the largest location in the world for furniture manufacturing. The hub for furniture manufacturing in China is a city called Foshan in the southern province of Guangdong, which just borders Hong Kong.


China's furniture market mainly consists of the following areas:


Children’s Furniture

Bathroom Furniture

Bedroom Furniture

Living Rooms Furniture

Dining Room Furniture

Hotel Furniture

Office Furniture

Patio Furniture

Contract Furniture

Commercial Furniture


In China and especially Foshan, we can easily find manufactures covering these options and they are able to create furniture using the following materials:


Metal

Wicker

Plastic

Wood

Fabric

Leather

Marble


Most furniture manufacturers and factories in China are also very flexible and will be willing to custom-make your furniture for you according to you preferred color and design (OEM), especially if you will be buying in bulk.


Furniture fairs around China

In total there are 6 major international furniture fairs in China that you should take a look at. They are the following:


A great place to start looking and sourcing for furniture from China is on Alibaba (www.alibaba.com), as many of the reputable furniture manufacturers are listed there. It also offers you a very wide range of selection and allows you to communicate directly with manufacturers so they can directly facilitate your specific needs and requirements.


Once you have decided which furniture you would like to purchase, what many factories and manufacturers on Alibaba will require from you is to have a shipping agent in China for them to send your goods to so that they can handle the international shipping. This is even more important if you are buying different furniture from multiple factories in China and looking to consolidate and ship them together internationally.


CNXtrans can act as your shipping agent when buying furniture from China and shipping internationally. Give the CNXtrans China warehouse address to your manufacturers for them to send your furniture to and CNXtrans will handle the international shipping for you.


What is the best way to ship furniture internationally from China?


Furniture is usually large, bulky and costly to ship by air. Therefore the best way to ship furniture from China would be by sea freight. For shipping to USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, UAE and South Africa, CNXtrans can ship your furniture from China to you by special sea freight channels on a door to door basis meaning the shipment will come inclusive of customs clearance service and delivery all the way to your address in your destination country. This saves you the hassle of having to hire a customs broker in your destination country.


For shipping to other countries, CNXtrans can still ship by sea freight for you to any major port in your destination country. You can then get a customs broker to assist you with the customs clearance and deliver to your address.




Shipping Furniture Internationally from China
Shipping Furniture Internationally from China

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