How to Import Wooden Garden Products from China: a Step-by-Step Guide for Buyers
Qualifying a supplier, writing a spec that survives a container, moisture and treatment standards, the paperwork set, and the five failure modes we see most often.
Freight, duty, certificates, classification and the paperwork order. Everything on this page is written by the people who prepare the shipping file, not by a marketing team.
What FOB, CIF, DDP and DAP actually cost you, plus transit times per lane and how we plan a load.
The certificate list that travels with a container: TSCA, EN 335, ISPM-15, FSC, test reports.
18 product lines mapped to HS/HTS codes, with the classification traps that cost money.
Section 301 and 232 exposure, Lacey Act PPBM declarations, AD/CVD categories to avoid, Prop 65.
EUDR due diligence from 30 Dec 2026, CPR/CE for structural timber, REACH, LUCID and CITEO.
Species choices, modified timber, WPC honesty, and what we can put on a label.
One hero, one accessory, one price-point item. Broad ranges are how first orders go wrong.
your briefSpecies, thickness, moisture, finish, hardware, glazing, carton. One page, both sides signed.
1–2 daysBuilt on the production line, photographed on every face, couriered in 3–5 days.
5–7 daysWe send CBM, weight, per-container count and duty exposure so your broker can price it.
24 h30% T/T releases production; we book the vessel and the treatment charge together.
day 1AQL 2.5 report or your SGS/BV team, then the load plan and photos.
3 daysWritten for procurement people who need to explain a decision internally.
Qualifying a supplier, writing a spec that survives a container, moisture and treatment standards, the paperwork set, and the five failure modes we see most often.
Demand signals, the filling specification that stops a hotel arriving as dust, heat-treatment records, MOQ, price bands and the four buyer channels that reorder.
Dates, in-scope HS codes, the five fields a DDS requires, geolocation reality, the risk assessment, penalties, and a supplier data pack you can demand.
What a frame price is made of, profile tooling, MOQ and mixed sizes, corner joint options, moisture and mitre gaps, glazing decisions, TSCA scope and freight cube.
Service life, FOB impact, freight, claims, the food-safety conversation, and which material suits which retail price band.
We quote solid pine, poplar, paulownia, rubberwood, acacia, bamboo and WPC hybrids. Mixed containers welcome. Third-party inspection accepted.