Quality Inspection in China

Yes, alongside the standard AQL inspection. We arrange third-party laboratory testing (materials, safety, performance, RoHS/REACH and similar) and factory audits — quality-system audits and social-compliance audits to BSCI, Sedex/SMETA or ISO frameworks. These are separate from the on-site AQL check and are booked when your buyer, retailer or import market requires them.

Most clients book a pre-shipment inspection on finished, packed goods, just before the balance payment. For larger or complex orders, an earlier during-production check catches problems while there's still time to fix them.

AQL (Acceptable Quality Limit) is the international sampling standard: it sets how many units to check and how many defects allow the batch to pass. We typically use the common AQL 2.5 for major defects, and adjust the level to your product and risk tolerance.

Usually a sample, by AQL rules — fast and statistically sound for standard goods. For high-value or zero-tolerance products we offer 100% (piece-by-piece) inspection instead.

The same day in most cases, often within a few hours of the inspector leaving the factory — so you can decide on the balance payment without delay.

Your specification plus an approved sample and a checklist agreed in advance. That makes the result objective: the goods either meet the agreed standard or they don't.

You decide with evidence in hand: hold the balance, require rework and re-inspection, or reject the batch. Because it's caught before payment and shipping, the factory has every reason to fix it.

Yes. We inspect at any factory in China, whether you sourced the supplier through us or independently.

A goods inspection checks the batch you have paid for, against your specification, before it ships. A factory inspection checks whether the plant can make your product at all — lines, equipment, capacity and certifications — and belongs earlier, before you commit. They are different jobs at different moments, and a first order of any size usually needs both.

Yes, and on a first order it is worth it. An inspection confirms the batch was right when it was checked; loading supervision confirms that batch is what actually went into the container. Counting and watching the load is where substitution and short-shipping are caught, and it is a short job compared with the value it protects.

Pricing isn't fixed — it depends on the complexity, scope, and resources the job needs. Tell us what you're planning and we'll give you a clear quote up front, with no hidden costs.