Fabric sourcing services from the market floor

1. Fabric sourcing & stall matching

Send a specification — family, composition, weight, width, colour, print, finishing and quantity. We take it into the market, compare it against running stock and against custom production, and return a shortlist with the real position: what exists, what has to be dyed, what the MOQ is and what it costs.

Typical outputs of a sourcing brief:

• Article shortlist with composition, GSM, width and stock status per item
• Indicative price at your quantity, with the MOQ that price depends on
• Lead time split into sample stage and bulk stage
• Alternative proposals when the original specification cannot be met at the target price

2. Inspection & quality control

Bulk goods are inspected before they leave, on a four-point system covering shade, GSM, width, weaving or knitting defects and roll length. A defect report with photographs accompanies the shipment, and where your programme requires it we arrange third-party inspection or lab testing.

3. Consolidation & export shipping

Most buyers source from several stalls at once. We collect the rolls, verify the quantities, pack for sea freight, and book the shipment. Quotations are available on FOB Guangzhou, CIF and DDP terms, so the landed cost can be compared directly with your existing suppliers.

4. Sample courier service

Samples are the cheapest part of a programme and the easiest to get wrong. We dispatch swatches, hangers, lab dips and strike-offs by courier, keep a record of what was sent, and keep a retained sample of every approved standard until the order is delivered.

Sourcing outside the eight families

Trims, zippers, buttons, interlining, packaging and garment accessories are traded in the same district. If your order needs finishing items alongside fabric, include them in the enquiry and we will consolidate them into the same shipment.