Will you tell me whether my product is compliant?

No. We answer a narrower question: does your supplier hold the documents an importer in your market is normally asked for. Whether your product complies is a determination for a notified body, a customs broker or trade counsel, and we will name one rather than guess.

What documents do I need to import from China?

It depends entirely on the destination market and the product category, which is why this is scoped one product line and one market at a time. Typically it spans a declaration of conformity, test reports, labelling artwork, a technical file held somewhere accessible, and the supplier-side documents your customs professional will ask for.

Why is the check dated?

Because the underlying rules move, and a document checklist without a date is a liability rather than an asset. Every deliverable carries the date the sources were checked and links to the primary source so you can re-check it yourself later.

Compliance Documentation Readiness Check — does your supplier actually hold the paperwork?

In short: for one product line and one destination market, we set out the document set importers are normally asked to produce — with dated links to the primary sources — and then establish which of those your supplier actually holds today, which are missing, and what they say about the gap. From US$290.

We answer “does your supplier have the paper”. We do not answer “is your product compliant”. The second question has a licensed answer and we are not licensed to give it.

The two halves

The list, dated and sourced

What importers of this category into this market are commonly asked for, each line linked to the official source and stamped with the date we checked it.

The stocktake, in Mandarin

What your supplier actually holds, established by asking them directly in their own language and seeing the documents rather than accepting a summary.

A status against every line

Held and sighted · held but not produced · does not exist · disputed. Four states, no ambiguity, and the supplier’s own words against each.

A referral where it is needed

Where a line genuinely turns on a legal or classification judgement, we mark it and name a licensed professional rather than filling the gap with confidence.

Where the gaps usually are

Document	What buyers assume	What is often true
Declaration of conformity	The supplier issues it	In several markets the importer signs it, and the importer has never seen one
Test reports	Cover the product	Cover a related model, an earlier revision, or a different rating
Technical file	Exists somewhere	Exists in the factory, in Chinese, and has never been assembled as a file
Labelling and marking artwork	Handled at packing	Wrong importer details, missing warnings, or the previous customer’s branding
Traceability records	Available on request	Available only as far as the tier-one supplier, and no further
Certificates	Genuine and applicable	See certificate verification — scope mismatch is the usual finding

Why the date on the page matters

Trade rules in 2026 change faster than any consultancy can quietly keep a page current, and a checklist that looks authoritative but was written eighteen months ago is worse than no checklist at all. Every deliverable states the date the sources were checked and links to the primary source for each line, so that you can re-check any item yourself and so that a stale document cannot be mistaken for a current one. Re-issues, when the rules move, are discounted.

The deliverable. A checklist with a status and a supplier comment against every line, primary-source links throughout, a “checked on” date, and a short front page listing only the missing items and the disputed ones. Where something needs a licensed determination it is marked as such, with a named referral. We do not tell you whether you may ship.

What we do not do

We are a business consultancy — not a law firm, accounting firm, trademark agency, recruitment agency or immigration adviser. We do not provide legal or tax advice, bookkeeping, tax filing, trademark filing, recruitment, or any visa, residence permit, work permit, immigration or emigration assistance, in China or in any other country. This is a stocktake of documents held, not a determination of compliance. We set out what importers in your market are commonly asked to produce, with dated primary sources, and establish what your supplier currently holds. Whether that satisfies your legal obligations is a question for a customs broker, a notified body or trade counsel — and where the answer is genuinely unclear we say so and name someone who can settle it.

We do not draft, amend or advise on contracts, and we do not give opinions on whether a clause is valid, enforceable or wise. Where an engagement involves a contract we report matters of fact — what the document says, how its two language versions differ, and whether the counterparty and the bank account are what they claim to be. What to do about any of it is a question for your lawyer.

Where your matter needs a licensed professional, we will say so and can introduce one — you contract with them directly, and we disclose any referral fee in writing.

Compliance Documentation Readiness Check

The two halves

The list, dated and sourced

The stocktake, in Mandarin

A status against every line

A referral where it is needed

Where the gaps usually are

Why the date on the page matters

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