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What to import

Three buying families and what to check in each

We do not sell a catalogue. We buy what your business needs, so what matters is not the list but what you ask before paying.

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Machinery

Production equipment for the plant: packaging lines, plastic injection, CNC, bakery, food processing, woodworking, textile and printing.

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The electrical trap: China runs at 50 Hz and Mexico at 60 Hz. A motor built for 50 Hz spins faster in Mexico and the equipment overheats or drifts out of tune. Specify it at the factory, do not fix it later.

Pallet of white cartons being stretch-wrapped in the packing area
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Finished goods

Goods ready to sell: tools and hardware, small appliances, furniture, seasonal items, promotional goods, consumer electronics, footwear and textiles.

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The risk here is the retail packaging, not the product. Label, language, barcode and master carton get defined before production, because reprinting in Mexico costs more than doing it right at origin.

Rolls of fabric, kraft paper and steel strip standing in a materials warehouse
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Raw materials and supplies

What feeds your own line: plastic film and sheet, fabric by the roll, yarn, fittings, fasteners, components, packaging and packing material.

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Here the material data sheet and the tolerance decide, not the photo. A trial lot before volume costs little and stops you buying twenty tonnes of something your machine cannot run.

What to ask the factory before accepting the price

The same list, applied to each family. If the factory cannot answer this in writing, there is no quotation yet.

ItemMachineryFinished goodsMaterials
Governing specificationVoltage and frequency: 220 V or 440 V, 60 HzApproved and signed sampleMaterial data sheet and tolerance
Typical minimum order1 unit500 to 3,000 units per model1 to 5 tonnes or 1 pallet
Production from the deposit30 to 60 days20 to 45 days15 to 30 days
How it gets checkedNo load and loaded trial run at the factory, on videoLot sampling against the sealed sampleBatch certificate and physical test of the roll
What is almost always missingSpanish manual, critical spare parts and trainingLabel, barcode and master carton definedBatch certificate and roll traceability
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Start with a list

If you are not sure it is worth importing, ask us first

Some products come out cheaper bought in Mexico once you add freight, duty and the time it takes you. When that is the case we say so, and we do not charge for the check.