Why do you need to find an export agent? These 5 major advantages must be known to small and medium - sized enterprises

I. Can Finding an Agency for Export Really Reduce Enterprise Costs?

According to the latest customs data in 2025, enterprises using professional agency export save an average of 23% of their operating costs. The specific advantages are reflected in:

• Hidden Cost Control: Agent companies reduce the single - ticket customs declaration and logistics costs through economies of scale
• Human Resource Optimization: There is no need to build an in - houseforeign tradeteam, saving personnel salaries and training expenses
• Accelerated Capital Turnover: The agent advances the tax refund funds, shortening the enterprises capital return cycle by 15 - 30 days

II. What are the Main Differences between Self - Export and Agency Export?

From the practical operation level, there are three core differences between the two:

• Qualification requirements
  • Self - export requires handlingimport and exportrights, foreign exchange accounts, electronic ports and other full - set of qualifications
  • For agency export, only basic business licenses are required.
• Liability division
  • Self - export enterprises need to bear all trade risks on their own.
  • The agency company, as a legal entity, handles the whole - process affairs such as customs clearance and foreign exchange.

III. How Do Agent Companies Handle Complex International Trade Compliance?

The core value of a professional agency lies in itsCompliance management system:

• Real - time update of trade control policies in over 200 countries/regions around the world
• Establish a commodity code database (the 2025 version of HS CODE has a coverage rate of 98.7%)
• Allocate a professional customs affairs team to handle special cases such as anti - dumping and certificate of origin.

IV. How to Judge the Professional Reliability of Agent Companies?

AEO - certified enterprises are preferred (new certification standards in 2025)

• Qualification Verification
  • Check the AEO certification qualification of the customs (which can be checked on the official website of the General Administration of Customs of China)
  • Confirm the filing status with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange
• Risk guarantee
  • Require the provision of a performance bond (it is recommended to be no less than 5% of the value of the goods)
  • Confirm the coverage of export credit insurance

V. What Common Misunderstandings in the Agency Export Model Need to be Guarded Against?

Based on more than 300 dispute cases we have handled, we would like to remind you specifically:

• Fund Safety: A tri - party agreement must be signed to clarify the payment settlement path.
• Control of goods ownership: Require the agency to provide a full - process logistics visual tracking system.
• Compliance bottom line: Reject any suggestions for non-compliant operations such as dual-header customs declarations