Guides

Import guides written per market: conformity regime, port and transit time, landed cost structure and the mistakes importers make.

Fuel Quality and Engine Selection in Emerging Markets

Fuel Quality and Engine Selection in Emerging Markets

3 min read

Diesel sulphur content, petrol octane and fuel contamination as specification inputs rather than local details, and the engine configurations that survive where fuel is inconsistent.

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Emission Standards: What Each Market Actually Accepts

Emission Standards: What Each Market Actually Accepts

3 min read

How the China VI, Euro and equivalent stages map onto each other, why a higher stage is not automatically better for the destination, and the fuel sulphur limit that decides the answer.

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VIN and Engine Numbers: The Documents That Must Match

VIN and Engine Numbers: The Documents That Must Match

3 min read

Every document in a vehicle shipment references the chassis number, and a single transposed digit stops registration in the destination country. What has to match, and where the errors come from.

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Payment Structures for Vehicle Orders

Payment Structures for Vehicle Orders

4 min read

Why the 30/70 split used for general goods breaks down when one container is worth six figures, the order sizes at which a letter of credit stops being optional, and the payment patterns that should end a negotiation.

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