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LIT InternationalChina Sourcing Agent

Process

From product brief to delivered container.

A fixed, transparent process — the same for a first trial order or a repeat 40ft container. Typical first orders take 6–10 weeks end to end.

Shipping containers being lifted onto trucks at a port
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    Laptop showing cost charts and analytics

    Send your product brief

    Day 0

    Share photos, links, specs or a sample, with target quantity, price and destination. The more detail, the more accurate the quote.

    → Brief confirmed by your account manager

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    Workers at stations on a busy factory floor

    Sourcing & quotation

    Within 48 hours

    We search our network, 1688, Yiwu market and industrial clusters, check each supplier, and negotiate. You get 2–3 options side by side.

    → Sourcing sheet with price, MOQ, lead time, landed cost

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    Luxury eau de parfum bottle with white carnations

    Samples

    5–10 days

    We order and collect samples from shortlisted factories, check them, and ship them to you together in one courier parcel.

    → Samples in hand, final specs agreed

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    Seamstresses sewing garments in a clothing factory

    Order & production

    2–5 weeks

    We place the order on a written contract, pay the deposit to the verified company account and track production with weekly updates.

    → Production updates with photos

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    Inspectors checking products on a production line

    Quality inspection

    1 day + 24 hr report

    AQL pre-shipment inspection against your spec sheet. If it fails, the factory reworks before shipping — and before you pay the balance.

    → Inspection report with photos & video

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    Forklift moving cartons for a shipment in a warehouse

    Consolidation & shipping

    3–7 days to load

    Goods from all suppliers come to our warehouse, are checked and loaded together. We book sea, air or rail freight and prepare export documents.

    → Bill of lading, invoice, packing list, CoO

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    Cargo truck delivering goods on the highway

    Customs & delivery

    15–25 days sea · 3–7 days air

    Your broker or ours clears customs at destination, and the goods are delivered to your warehouse.

    → Goods delivered

Container ship loaded with shipping containers sailing at sea

Tell us what you want to import.

Send a product brief and get 2–3 vetted factory options with pricing, MOQ, lead time and a landed-cost estimate — usually within 48 hours. No obligation.

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