BRADFORD firm, overseas trade specialist Chamber International, has helped a Yorkshire business export sophisticated laboratory equipment from Poland to China.

Logistics specialists at Chamber International identified a Chinese company able to act as importer when it was found that Datech Scientific Ltd’s customer could not to do so under Chinese trade procedures.

The equipment, widely used in analythical and industrial laboratories was being exported by the Sheffield laboratory equipment supply and service company to the Tianjin branch of a British-based global contract laboratory company.

Datech director, Linda Matthews, said: “Our UK customer already used the Vulcan fusion machines, and wanted to arrange the supply of an instrument to their Chinese branch in Tianjin, near Beijing, as a matter of some urgency.

“We are agents for the equipment manufacturer, PD Instruments, Krakow, Poland and offered to export the equipment to Tianjin on our customer’s behalf. However, I found the logistics of such an export rather daunting and time consuming, so contacted Chamber International, who we have already used in the past for more complex assignments.

“Chamber International managed the exporting and associated risk, taking the headache away from me and ensured a trouble-free delivery which both we and our customer were very happy with.”

Chamber International logistics specialist, Robin Finnis, said: “We collected from Krakow and sent the fusion machine by airfreight after arranging for a local Chinese company to act as our agent and pay import duties and taxes for Datech Scientific’s customer and deliver to them.

“Having to adopt this approach is not unusual for China and I’m pleased that it ensured the safety and speedy delivery of this crucial technology for Linda Matthews and her team at Datech Scientific.”

Chamber International, Bradford, helps hundreds of new and experienced exporters with a wide range of specialist services to make exporting easier and more cost effective.

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Issued for Chamber International by Mike Clarke Communications. Press contact: Mike Clarke, tel 07985-252251. Email: info@mikeclarkecommunications.co.uk.