Sourcing, importing and compliance, written in plain English for the people who buy materials, not for lawyers.
The four supply routes open to Irish kitchen and fitted furniture manufacturers: local distributors, UK trade suppliers, European factories and buying direct from the factory in China. Lead times, minimums and trade offs compared.
The real options for Irish kitchen manufacturers buying MFC board and panels: local distributors, UK and EU mills, buying groups, and going direct to the factory. What each route costs you and when each one wins.
What Irish kitchen and furniture manufacturers pay at the border when importing board from China: HS codes, customs duty, the 86.8 percent anti dumping duty on hardwood plywood, and import VAT explained.