The Value of Fireworks Export Companies

As an exporter who has been engaged in fireworks export for nearly 20 years, I would like to share some of my thoughts, that is, what role do fireworks foreign trade companies play in fireworks export trade, or what is the value of fireworks foreign trade companies that can exist in the long term.

1. Understand the demands of customers.

The overall demands of customers are similar, such as product quality, price and delivery time, and they all hope to be good, fast and affordable. But there are still some differences for each customer: First, it is reflected in different access standards, such as most products exported to the United States need to pass AFSL testing, and products exported to Europe need to obtain CE licenses and testing; secondly, it is reflected in different product category requirements, such as some customers need professional fireworks products, and some customers need ordinary consumer products; some customers are extremely sensitive to prices because they are engaged in wholesale, and some customers have extremely high quality requirements... As a foreign trade company, the first thing to do is to understand the specific demands of customers, and then help customers match the corresponding resources.

2. Help customers allocate resources.

The first is reflected in the choice of factories, mainly considering the compliance of products, quality and price with customer needs, and also considering the factory's production capacity and delivery period. It is not an easy task to select qualified factories from more than 500 export factories, but this is the advantage of local foreign trade companies. They can use various resources and practices to screen factories and find matching factories.

3. Manage the production process.

Placing orders to the factory is just the beginning.

Whether the packaging can arrive at the factory in time is the key to the factory's real start of production. Due to strict safety production supervision from the government, all products must be placed in boxes in the finished product warehouse after they are produced, so the factory will not take the risk of arranging the actual production of the product before receiving the packaging. They must ensure that the products are immediately packaged and boxed after being assembled.

Quality process inspection.

Since it is a handmade product and is easily affected by factors such as weather and drugs, the quality of fireworks products is relatively unstable. Therefore, semi-finished products must be sampled during the production process, and products with quality defects or not meeting customer needs must be improved or redone.

Production progress.

The production progress of fireworks is often affected by some uncertain factors, such as a sharp increase in demand for certain products, mistakes in factory management, and temporary suspension of production due to policies. This requires foreign trade companies to reserve sufficient resources and take flexible measures to deal with them. This is also a moment that tests a company's comprehensive level and capabilities.

Finished product inspection.

Mainly look at the quality of the outer box and the compliance with other packaging requirements. The quality of the finished product should also be sampled, and photos and videos should be taken for archiving.

4.Commodity inspection and shipment.

Due to the strict supervision of dangerous goods by customs and the scarcity of fireworks routes, timeliness is very high. Foreign trade companies are required to have strong capabilities in the overall arrangement of commodity inspection, compliance with commodity inspection, and handling of emergencies. Excellent foreign trade companies can often face difficulties and win challenges because of their rich practical experience and professional operators.

All the above aspects are where foreign trade companies play a role, and as a production factory that only produces 1-2 types of products, it cannot compare with foreign trade companies in terms of talent allocation or professional level.