Category Archives: Inspection

              It is January and you have just returned to work after holidays when suddenly you realize that that the Chinese New Year holidays are coming. This often comes to light when suddenly Freight Companies cannot book space on ships departing China or the Seller in China avoids accepting […]

  The high level team dealing with a potential US-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has cleared the way for formal negotiations to begin. Indeed the European Union’s incoming trade chief is vowing to pursue an ambitious free trade agreement with the United States. The shared ambition would be to progressively move to a more integrated […]

  Vietnam has traditionally been a country that has produced outdoor Furniture; however, it is rapidly moving to become a producer country of Indoor furniture.   This article is a review of the Furniture Industry in Vietnam and explains why you should consider Vietnam as a country to source Indoor Furniture Vietnam Furniture Industry Review […]

Export Markets – Over the years, I have had the privilege of chatting with many business owners about how their business is going.  One of the most common comments that I receive is “the economy is very poor at the moment and my business is down as a result”.  When I receive this comment I […]

Today the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has officially blocked the plans of an alliance between some of the major shipping lines.  citing the potentially negative impact such a partnership would have on other carriers The Shipping lines Maersk, MSC & CMA had been planning an Alliance to begin in the later part of 2014. The […]

By Aidan Conaty Date 14th April 2014     As founder and CEO of Goodada, I have the privilege of traveling to many countries in the world to meet with Goodada’s Clients and Partners. The main purpose of these meetings is to discuss how to promote that country, its products and services through Goodada’s international […]

Delighted to announce that Goodada will be exhibiting at the 33rd CIFF Furniture Trade Fair in Guangzhou China. Goodada will be promoting the Quality Control Inspection services in the following Countries: China Vietnam Malaysia Indonesia Thailand Turkey Poland Bulgaria Germany Goodada will also be promoting the Logistics services of its UK Freight Partner John Good […]

January 2014 by Aidan Conaty   People often ask me “Is there a good time to buy my products from China?” Actually the question that they should be asking me is “When is the bad time to purchase products from China?” The Chinese New Year holidays often plays havoc with a companies supply chain and […]

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 […]

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 […]