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Buying, selling, shipping, visas, the Canton Fair and the paperwork on both sides. Written by people doing it, not people selling a course.

Canton Fair 8 China Visa 17 Shipping and Clearing 37 Buying and Sourcing 126 Where China Makes What 11 Money 17 Travelling and Living 25 The Nigerian Side 15 Selling to China 15 Selling it in Nigeria 12 News and Updates 5
A hand holding a phone showing a WeChat Pay or Alipay screen, with a proforma invoice printed underneath on the desk Guide Buying and Sourcing 11 min How to pay a Chinese supplier from Nigeria: four routes The four ways to pay a Chinese supplier from Nigeria in 2026: bank transfer on a Form M, a licensed payment company, an agent's Alipay, and the one to never use. Cartons being weighed and measured on a warehouse floor in China, labels with buyer codes visible, a worker with a tape measure Guide Buying and Sourcing 9 min 1 found this useful How to ship goods from 1688 to Nigeria, step by step How to ship goods from 1688 to Nigeria when 1688 does not deliver abroad: the agent's warehouse, consolidation, air or sea to Lagos, and the five costs on the way. A phone screen showing a 1688 product page translated into English in Chrome, held over a desk with a notebook Guide Buying and Sourcing 12 min 1688 English Version: How to Use 1688 from Nigeria There is no official 1688 English version. How Nigerians read 1688 in English, why the account and the shipping are the real problems, and what an agent solves. A tape measure stretched along a stacked cardboard carton in a warehouse, showing the dimensions Guide Shipping and Clearing 4 min How much is one CBM from China to Nigeria? What is in the price How much one CBM from China to Nigeria costs depends on what is inside the quote. How a cubic metre is measured, the minimum, and what arrives as a second bill. A container ship at sea from the deck of another vessel, or the Lagos port anchorage from the shore with ships waiting on the horizon Guide Shipping and Clearing 9 min How many days does shipping from China to Nigeria take? How many days shipping from China to Nigeria really takes in 2026: 35 to 45 days by sea, 5 to 8 by air, and then the clearing time at the port nobody counts. Container cranes over stacked boxes at Apapa or Lekki port, shot from the road, with a shipping line's name readable on a container Guide Shipping and Clearing 9 min Shipping companies from China to Nigeria: how to choose one No single shipping company from China to Nigeria does the whole job. The six kinds of company that touch your goods, how to check each, and where to complain. Bolts of colourful fabric stacked floor to ceiling in a northern Nigerian textile shop, narrow aisle between them Guide Selling it in Nigeria 9 min Kantin Kwari and the Kano textile trade in 2026 Kantin Kwari in Kano: 13,000 shops, who buys there, dated 2026 fabric prices, the smuggling route that undercuts you, and the import ban being debated. Rows of handmade shoes displayed outside a workshop in a Nigerian market, with a craftsman's bench visible behind Guide Selling it in Nigeria 9 min Ariaria International Market: what Aba makes, what Aba resells Ariaria International Market in Aba: the shoe and garment clusters, the imports that compete with them, the 2025 remodelling, shop prices and the power problem. A laptop screen showing a visa application form being filled, with a passport open beside it on the desk Guide China Visa 5 min The China visa form: filling COVA without the usual mistakes The China visa form is filled online before you attend. Which website is the real one, the fields that cause refusals, and how to edit an application. A set of export papers fanned out on a desk with a stamp and a pen, one carrying an official seal Guide Selling to China 10 min Export documents from Nigeria: the full set, and who issues each The export documents a Nigerian shipment needs: exporter's certificate, Form NXP, certificate of origin, inspection, quarantine and the bill of lading. A wide view of a dense Nigerian market with corrugated roofs stretching into the distance, shot from a first floor window News Selling it in Nigeria 7 min Onitsha Main Market in 2026, after the demolition Onitsha Main Market after the March 2026 demolition: what was pulled down, the Monday trading rule, the drug market closures, and what a wholesaler needs to know. A trader's stall in a large Nigerian market with cartons stacked to the ceiling and a narrow walkway between shops Guide Selling it in Nigeria 6 min How to sell imported goods in Nigeria after they land Four ways to sell imported goods in Nigeria once the container clears: your own shop, market wholesale, appointed distributors, or online. What each one costs you.
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