Yearly Archives: 2013

South East Asia Country Review With Thailand having recently introduced a minimum wage and Goodada soon to offer inspection services from these countries. I thought that it was time to take a look into the average wages for each of the countries in South East Asia and also give a little update on the situation […]

Top 6 Tips for manufacturers on how to sell internationally One of the most common observations that I see is that quite a lot of manufacturers across the world are actually afraid to sell to international customers. A well know piece of advice is “Buyer Beware”. It is not “Seller Beware”. So this should inform […]

The European Commission advised importers in June 2002 of the importance of the documentary evidence of origin in the context of securing preferential duty for sugar imported from the Western Balkans. The conditions for a proper functioning of preferential arrangements for sugar of tariff headings CN 1701 and CN 1702 imported from the Western Balkans […]

EU ordered to lift sanction on Iran state Shipping line IRISL A sanction imposed by the EU against IRISL which is the Iranian State Shipping line has been deemed incorrect and must be lifted according to the EU Court. The EU General Court has found that EU Council was incorrect in placing sanctions against individuals, […]

EU Trade – 7 Facts about EU Global Trade. September 2013 by Aidan Conaty I recently was gathering data for a presentation to prepare for the launch of Goodada’s European Inspection service when I became amazed at how big a player Europe is in international trade. While China and the other BRIC countries are rightly […]

Update 10 September 2013 The ‘Golden Week’ is approaching fast and following the shipping carriers largely failed attempts to push through a general rates increase in September they are now looking towards the shut down and expected surge in demand as an opportunity to get an increase in rates through this approach Hapag-Lloyd has taken […]

Top 7 tips: On how to properly source goods Internationally September 2013 By Aidan Conaty In today’s world you are putting your business at risk if you are not sourcing internationally. As barriers to international trade are being removed it has now become easier than ever to source product using websites such as Alibaba, Tradekey or […]

In a report released by the All China Lawyer Association in August 27th 2013 it states that the legal profession in China is developing with a ratio of 1.6 lawyers for every 10,000 people. The report goes onto say that in 2012 there was 19,361 law firms with 232,384 lawyers in China with this figure […]

This is a shocking story from the Shanghai Daily in April 2013. This story proves that as an international buyer you must always have the products inspected and tested before completing the purchase. The story is about pigs which had died from disease in neighboring provinces around Shanghai being sold into Shanghai Restaurants and Markets […]

Tests for furniture – Clients who use Goodada’s inspection services for Furniture products often inquire as to what types of laboratory tests are available for furniture. While the vast majority of orders will not require specific tests as the buyer will have used Goodada’s Factory Audits to inspect and verify that the Manufacturer already hold the […]