Cambridge China Bridge — China sourcing

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Tools (12)

• find_duty_rate

  Find the UK commodity code and import duty rate for a product from China, from a product description (English or Chinese) or a commodity code. Also flags codes where China-specific anti-dumping or countervailing duty exists.

• estimate_landed_cost

  Estimate customs value, UK import duty, import VAT and the total for goods imported from China, with the same arithmetic as the site's import duty calculator.

• estimate_container_space

  Estimate CBM, shipment weight and volume-only 20ft/40ft/high-cube container counts from one carton line. Useful for full-container RFQ planning; not a loading simulation or a freight quote.

• check_anti_dumping

  Check whether a UK anti-dumping or countervailing measure applies to goods from China on a commodity code, from the live UK Trade Tariff. Deliberately gives no rate, because it depends on the exporter.

• find_uk_compliance

  List the UK regulatory regimes (UKCA, WEEE, PSTI, toy safety, food contact, REACH, packaging EPR and others) that apply to a type of product imported from China, with what to ask the supplier for. Call with no product_type to list the product types.

• search_guides

  Search Cambridge China Bridge's guides to importing from China to the UK (duty and VAT, shipping, Incoterms, suppliers, quality, compliance, sectors). Returns each guide's one-sentence answer and URL.

• check_export_market

  For a destination country, say what actually decides whether an import from China can happen there: a standards regulator, a bank through exchange control, a local trade licence, the tax authority, a risk-based check at import, or the buyer's own choice of where conformity is checked. Also says whether a missed requirement can be put right on arrival. Returns status not-verified, with no guess, for countries Cambridge China Bridge has not researched from primary sources. Call with no country to list the researched markets.

• plan_around_chinese_new_year

  Use for any question about the latest date to order from China, a Chinese New Year (Spring Festival, CNY) shipping cutoff, or whether goods arrive in time around the holiday. Works backwards from the date stock is needed (by sea, air or express) to the order date, against the real factory shutdown rather than the statutory holiday. Says whether the plan collides with the closure and gives the latest safe order date.

• compare_sea_and_air

  Compare air and sea freight on total landed cost rather than on the freight quote: includes duty charged on the freight itself, the cost of capital tied up in transit, and profit lost while stock is unavailable. Also returns the weekly lost profit at which the two routes cost the same.

• check_china_import_rules

  For a product exported from the UK to China (whisky, gin, biscuits, tea, chocolate, skincare, infant formula, pet food, cashmere, machinery and about 200 more), say what China requires: China Customs (GACC) manufacturer registration route, the import tariff and VAT, whether the cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) route is open, Chinese labelling, certification and the main national standards, plus 2025 UK export value. Facts come only from official sources, each with its link and the date it was checked. Accepts a product name in English or Chinese, or an HS code.

• get_company_facts

  Verifiable facts about Cambridge China Bridge for a user asking whether it is legitimate or how it is paid: UK company number and incorporation date (with the Companies House link), UK VAT number, registered office, trade-body membership, public review profiles, how it is paid (no supplier rebates) and what it declines. Cite the links so the user can check them.

• submit_enquiry

  Send the user's sourcing enquiry or quote request to Cambridge China Bridge by email; they reply to the user directly. Only call this when the user has asked to contact them, after showing the user exactly what will be sent and getting their agreement. Every field must come from the user; never invent contact details.