text: importing from china? hi all importing from china to uk, whats the main capital to import from i want to bring over kitchen//tiles/lighting/bathrrom suite etc.just everything for my house refurbishment im planned to go shanghai willl i find wat i need there or should i go else where in china, might look into it as a business if it worked out any help would be much appricated (what a really rough cost of container wat weight they take and uk tax really rough estimate) thanx once again a good place to start would be the shanghai area since you are going there. there are loads of factories around the area: wenzhou, zhejiang, suzhou (there is a huge furniture place there - more than 10 huge malls on one street and you can take more than a couple of days just to view it) etc.   as for container pricing, it really depends on how much you need....there is a bulk discount if you do it in bulk. all the factories will know how to do it when you talk to them. now...here is one important tip...everything a chinese manufacturer says is up for negotiations...everything. make sure you get all your tax numbers and export documents sorted out - especially for the uk side.   the import/export business is rather physically demanding here as you need someone around in china to make sure that everything goes smoothly. i am personally not in your line (more textiles) but i think that all exports work the same way.   hope this helps