Import readiness planner

Start the China buying plan with import readiness.

Use this before deposit, final payment, freight booking, or customs handoff when supplier, carton, document, Incoterms, or destination-charge assumptions are still scattered. Then move into landed cost, supplier/QC risk, and service scope with the same order context.

Planning path

1. Import readiness

2. Landed cost estimate

3. Supplier and QC risk

4. Service scope

The quote request keeps this import context so the buyer does not have to restart from a blank form.

Buyer and import stage

Start with who owns the decision and which import gate is exposed.

Import stage

Incoterms

Cargo route

Destination market

Readiness gaps

Recommended import lane

High risk

Import document release plan

Hold document release until invoice, packing list, importer, broker, and destination-charge scope match.

Use this lane when the shipment can become expensive at customs or receiving because paperwork, importer data, or destination responsibilities are not aligned.

Quote handoff

Aeonix receives the import plan, selected gaps, and next decision.

Buyer: Wholesale importer

Required evidence

Commercial invoice, packing list, BL/AWB instructions, consignee, and importer data.

Destination charges, broker scope, tax/duty assumptions, and final delivery plan.

Supplier exception notes if QC, carton, or document changes happened before export.

Missing inputs

Importer of record and customs broker contact.

HS code support, destination-market requirements, and tax assumptions.

Arrival deadlines, free-time rules, delivery address, and receiving constraints.

To quote this import work

Supplier link, order value, SKU list, destination country, and arrival deadline.

Invoice, packing list, carton data, BL/AWB draft, and broker questions.

Known charge disputes, document issues, or customs concerns.

Import release checks

This planner does not replace a customs broker, lab test, or tax adviser.

Before final payment, align supplier documents, carton data, QC release, and forwarder handoff.

The RFQ should include unresolved import gaps so Aeonix can separate sourcing work from broker work.

Start RFQ with document release plan Calculate landed cost

Import-ready, not freight-only

Freight choices only work when the sourcing file is ready.

Most import guides stop at definitions. Aeonix should turn definitions into an operating handoff: who pays which charge, what proof is missing, and which file the sourcing team needs before the next decision.

Cargo route

LCL sea freight

Incoterms

FOB

Likely support

Consolidation and shipping handoff, Supplier review, Quality control

Selected checks

Collect packing-list estimates before freight or landed-cost comparison.

Review documents before cargo leaves China, not after it reaches the port.

Compare total landed cost instead of the headline freight line.

Create a handoff table for supplier, forwarder, broker, and buyer.

Buyer type: Wholesale importer
Import stage: Freight booking
Incoterms: FOB
Cargo route: LCL sea freight
Target market: United States
Readiness gaps: Carton data missing, Destination charges unknown, Document gap, Forwarder handoff unclear
Recommended lane: Import document release plan
Risk level: High
Decision rule: Hold document release until invoice, packing list, importer, broker, and destination-charge scope match.
Required evidence: Commercial invoice, packing list, BL/AWB instructions, consignee, and importer data. | Destination charges, broker scope, tax/duty assumptions, and final delivery plan. | Supplier exception notes if QC, carton, or document changes happened before export.
Missing inputs: Importer of record and customs broker contact. | HS code support, destination-market requirements, and tax assumptions. | Arrival deadlines, free-time rules, delivery address, and receiving constraints.