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Notes on buying office chairs from China

Written for importers and buyers, not for search engines. Loading maths, specification decisions, and the parts of this trade that nobody puts on a quotation sheet.

New articles are published every week or two. If there is a topic you want covered, ask — most of these started as a customer question.

Loading & logistics · 8 min read How many office chairs fit in a 40HQ container? The calculation, the carton dimensions that drive it, and why two chairs with the same FOB price can differ by USD 2 per unit in container cost. Read the article → Article 900×560 · container loading→

Specification · 6 min read Class 2 vs Class 3 gas lifts: what the extra cost actually buys Burst strength, wall thickness, and the point at which a cheap cylinder becomes an expensive claim in a hot climate. Read→

Specification · 7 min read Mesh or fabric seat for a hot climate? Airflow is only half the story. The other half is foam density and what happens to a moulded seat at 40°C with 85% humidity. Read→

Sourcing · 5 min read What MOQ really means when you order from an export agent Why the factory minimum and the agent minimum are different numbers, and how a 50-piece trial order is actually structured. Read→

Products · 4 min read Cantilever chairs: why they fail less than gas-lift chairs No cylinder, no height adjustment, no failure mode. The case for meeting and training seating with no moving vertical parts. Read→

Sourcing · 6 min read OEM or ODM? The difference that changes your tooling cost Where the tooling cost actually appears, which parts of a chair can change without a new mould, and how to read a quotation that hides it. Read→

Quality · 5 min read How we inspect a chair before it ships The four checkpoints, what each one catches, and why the packing check is the one that saves the most money. Read→

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