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In most cases, Chinese suppliers accept USD payment, some also EURO payment. The most common payment method is wire transfer(T/T). You can log in to your online bank or go to the offline bank to finish the payment.
In addition, if you want to pay via credit card, you only can pay via the following two ways: Paypal, Alibaba trade assurance. However, it will charge you a 3%-4% service fee.
Besides, most Chinese suppliers will not accept Paypal payment for orders with large value.
Lead time
Most Chinese suppliers will not prepare inventory, as you know, the bags are customized in logo, print and sizes. So, they will manufacture brand new products after receiving your order. Generally, it will take 20-30 days to produce bulk bags.
6. Inspect Quality. Arrange shipping from China to your country
Quality inspection:
You can let your China office do the inspection or  also can hire 3rd party inspection companies by yourself on Google. The fees usually are $200-$300/person/day. But they will issue an inspection report to you without tackling the problem.
Shipping methods:
There are 4 main shipping methods: international express, air shipping, sea shipping, and railway shipping. As a new importer with small business, international express or sea shipping are suitable choices.
The shipping time from China to America is usually 7 days by international express. For package weight exceeding 20kgs, the shipping fee is about $6-$7 for 1kg. But the fees usually are calculated based on the bigger parameter between the actual weight or dimensional weight of the goods. For the pp woven bags, even a trial order will has 5000-10000pcs, so total weight is about hundreds of kgs. So, this express methods is not commonly used.
The shipping time from China to America is usually 30 days by sea. The whole cost is about $200-$300 for 1m³ including the sea shipping fees and the cost in the whole import and export. But it usually has a minimum shipping volume of about 2m³.
For some other countries close to China, railway is also plays an important roll.
7. Handle custom clearance, deliver products to the doorstep
The last important step is customs clearance. You should know what documents or certificates are needed in the process.
In the process of the export customs clearance in China, the following documents are necessary for all kinds of products:
1.Sales contract
2.Commercial invoice
3.Packing list
4.Bill of lading
5.Certificate of origin
Different countries will need different certificates of origin, but you needn’t worry about it too much. Usually, the supplier will help you tackle it.
Apart from the certificates, you need to pay for customs duties. But the standard is different according to countries. You can calculate the duty roughly by the following method: value*duty rate.
About duty rate: you can check it on USITC. But the most convenient way is to consult freight forwarder or your custom broker.
By the way, If you are importing as an individual, then you need to find an agent for customs clearance.

The customs process, costs, and requirements vary depending on the value of your shipment, as sh