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Category Archives: Import & Export Guides
Practical guides on importing and sourcing from China to Bangladesh – covering freight, customs, suppliers, quality control and trade costs from the DE International team.
Real savings in China-to-Bangladesh import come from consolidation, correct specs, right-sized freight, and clean paperwork — not from squeezing a supplier’s unit price. A practical breakdown of where the real cost leaks are.
The Import Registration Certificate is a separate, mandatory requirement from your Trade License and BIN. Here is what CCI’E actually asks for, how the process works, and why letting it lapse can strand a shipment at port.
If you’re preparing a business plan or a loan application for a mini cold storage investment in Bangladesh, you need more than a blog explainer — you need real numbers to work from. This project report brings together the investment range, capacity examples, running cost, and business considerations for a mini cold storage unit sourced […]
Every Bangladeshi business importing from China eventually asks the same question: deal with the factory directly, or work through a sourcing agent? Both work. Neither is automatically better — the right answer depends on your experience, order size, and how much time you can spend managing the process yourself. Here’s an honest comparison. What Each […]
Every Bangladeshi entrepreneur who wants to import from China eventually hits the same fork in the road: get a Trade License and IRC and import in your own name, or use a door-to-door import service and skip the paperwork entirely. Most advice online tells you one or the other exists — almost none of it […]
What poultry and meat processing operations need from cold storage to maintain quality and meet basic food safety expectations.
The core equipment categories an agro-processing business typically needs to maintain a reliable cold chain, from intake to dispatch.
How businesses sourcing or distributing across multiple districts in Bangladesh can plan a cold chain network incrementally.
How refrigerated trucks fit into a cold chain for farm produce, and what to weigh when deciding whether to invest in one.








