Original sourcing guides and China supply-chain notes for buyers importing into the United States: factory vetting, landed cost, QC, freight, payment terms, IP and US import compliance.https://mypic123.com/en-USRainbow Bridge PIC (Pacific Intelligence Connecting)120https://mypic123.com/en/news/tariff-notice-what-changes/https://mypic123.com/en/news/tariff-notice-what-changes/Trade-remedy actions apply to specific tariff classifications from specific origins. Whether a notice affects you depends on your HTS line, not on your product category.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:20:00 GMTChina supply-chain newstariffcompliancehttps://mypic123.com/en/news/cpsc-childrens-product-testing/https://mypic123.com/en/news/cpsc-childrens-product-testing/For imported children's products, the certificate is issued by the importer on the basis of testing by a CPSC-accepted laboratory — a supplier's certificate for a similar model does not transfer.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:05:00 GMTChina supply-chain newscompliancepolicyhttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/brand-ip-protection/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/brand-ip-protection/The practical order of operations for protecting a brand and a design while manufacturing overseas: register first, contract deliberately, control tooling and files, and know which enforcement channels exist.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidesprotect ip when sourcing from chinatrademark registration for importersnnn agreement chinahttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/landed-cost-tariffs-hs-codes/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/landed-cost-tariffs-hs-codes/How to build a landed-cost model that survives contact with reality: what classification actually determines, which duties stack, and where importers most often get the arithmetic wrong.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guideslanded cost calculationhs code classificationimport duty from chinahttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/canton-fair-sourcing-trip/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/canton-fair-sourcing-trip/How to plan a China sourcing trip that produces suppliers instead of business cards: phase selection, pre-trip preparation, a working booth routine, factory visits, and the follow-up that decides whether the trip paid for itself.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidescanton fair guidechina sourcing triptrade fair supplier meetingshttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/moq-sampling-lead-times/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/moq-sampling-lead-times/Where minimum order quantities actually come from, how to run a sampling sequence that ends in an approved reference sample, and how to build a lead time you can plan around.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidesminimum order quantity chinamoq negotiationfactory sampling processhttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/pre-shipment-qc-protocol/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/pre-shipment-qc-protocol/A repeatable pre-shipment inspection protocol: what to define before production, how AQL sampling works, what the inspector must check, and what happens when the lot fails.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidespre-shipment inspectionaql sampling chinaquality control checklist chinahttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/payment-terms-and-scams/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/payment-terms-and-scams/How deposits, balances and instruments actually allocate risk between buyer and factory — and the small set of fraud patterns that account for most losses in China sourcing.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidespayment terms china supplierssupplier fraud preventionletter of credit vs t/thttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/shipping-from-china/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/shipping-from-china/How the three modes actually bill, which Incoterm puts control where, what the document set has to contain, and how to choose a mode from the shape of your cargo rather than the headline rate.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidesshipping from china to usaocean freight vs air freightlcl vs fclhttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/us-import-compliance-basics/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/us-import-compliance-basics/A map of the US agencies that can stop your import: who regulates what, which product categories trigger which requirements, and the official sources to check before you buy.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidesus import compliancecpsia childrens productscalifornia prop 65https://mypic123.com/en/guides/vet-chinese-factory/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/vet-chinese-factory/A working checklist for separating real manufacturers from trading companies, verifying that a supplier legally exists, and pressure-testing capability before you place a first order.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guideshow to vet a chinese factoryverify chinese supplierchina factory audit checklisthttps://mypic123.com/en/guides/us-warehousing-3pl/https://mypic123.com/en/guides/us-warehousing-3pl/What a US third-party logistics provider actually does, how the fee structure is built, how to choose a location, and the operational details that decide whether your inventory is sellable or stuck.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTSourcing guidesus 3pl for importersfba prep serviceus warehouse for chinese sellershttps://mypic123.com/en/news/ocean-freight-peak-season-planning/https://mypic123.com/en/news/ocean-freight-peak-season-planning/Ahead of Western retail peaks, capacity tightens before rates move. Importers who book late pay twice — in rate and in rolled cargo.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:40:00 GMTChina supply-chain newsfreightlogisticshttps://mypic123.com/en/news/marketplace-prep-rejections/https://mypic123.com/en/news/marketplace-prep-rejections/Most prep rejections trace back to a labelling or packaging requirement that was never written into the purchase order — which makes them cheap to fix in China and expensive to fix in the US.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:15:00 GMTChina supply-chain newsmarketplacelogisticshttps://mypic123.com/en/news/first-to-file-trademark-china/https://mypic123.com/en/news/first-to-file-trademark-china/A US trademark gives no rights in China. Because China operates a first-to-file system, an unregistered brand manufactured there can be registered by someone else — and then used to stop the export.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:00:00 GMTChina supply-chain newsippolicy