If You Think About The World,
Commodities Are Essential For Anything
That Is Used To Create The Hardware Of Our Daily Life.
We aim to contribute by supplying the commodities needed to develop, sustain and improve the growing needs of our country.
We source commodities from our supplier base and sell them to local customers and to customers in neighborhood countries as transit trade.
This means we are transporting commodities by railway, truck and/or sea, storing them, and delivering them to the time, quality and specification that our customers need.
We aim to maintain long-term commercial relationships with our customers, who value our scale, reputation and market knowledge.
The Commodities We Trade Include
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Such as grains, pulses, nuts, oil seeds, animal feeds, etc.
PETROCHEMICALS
Such as Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), PVC, etc.
OTHER COMMODITIES
Working on to enlarge the commodity range by niche iron and steel products, timber, paper, fertilizer, etc.
Avrasya Trading wants to help the Turkish brands enter Chinese markets through cross border trade.
Cross-Border Sales Is The New Frontier In E-commerce
Cross-border E-commerce entails selling goods or services from one country directly to consumers in another country via the internet. Because the Internet has no boundaries, people believe that e-commerce should have no boundaries either.
Today, CBEC provides a channel for international brands and offers different business solutions for especially Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) entering worldwide markets thus leading their sales growth.
A Different Digital Landscape
China is the biggest e-commerce market in the world. There are hundreds of thousands of consumers, and its number grows every day. Chinese spend a lot of their time on e-commerce platforms. Since they have a quite number of their own platforms, they would rarely buy on a foreign one. They like to buy on Chinese ones because they trust them. They can benefit from the opinion of other shoppers in Chinese. The delivery is also extremely rapid once the products are within China.
Some Figures In 2020
China is the world’s largest e-commerce market (1,7 trillion by 2020)
802 m+ internet users in China; Compared to Europe (743 m) USA (327 m)
72% China internet users are less than 39 years
Mobile 68%
260 cities over 1 million people
Chinese Middle Class 500 m+
Cross-Border E-Commerce Contributes To China’s Foreign Trade In 2020, With 31.1% Annual Growth
China is the only major economy in the world that witnessed an expanded trade in goods in 2020, to which the explosive growth of new forms and models of trade including cross-border e-commerce has provided support, statistics from customs show.
Imports and exports of China’s cross-border e-commerce totaled 1.69 trillion yuan ($261.5 billion) in 2020, up 31.1 percent year-on-year, while the annual growth rate of foreign trade was far behind at 1.9 percent, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
E-commerce exports were 1.12 trillion yuan ($173.3 billion), up 40.1 percent on a yearly basis while imports stood at 570 billion yuan ($88.2 billion), up 16.5 percent.
According to statistics, Yiwu Customs in East China’s Zhejiang Province supervised in 2020 25.94 million cross-border e-commerce bonded import lists, an increase of 197.6 percent year-on-year. Goods from 170 cross-border platforms go through custom clearance in Yiwu, according to a GAC news release.
(Source : Global Times website)
Demand for Foreign Products
Rising demand for foreign imported products, new platforms and a push from the government propel the trend. Cross-border e-commerce with China is becoming a very fashionable topic in different Industries and certainly represents a strong and new opportunity to develop a business flow with China.
As incomes increase in China, consumers are increasing their purchases of imported goods. They can buy directly from foreign retailers and suppliers by clicking a mouse or dragging a screen.
Chinese consumers are particularly interested in Western products in the areas of maternal and childcare, healthcare, clothing, cosmetics, luxury goods, etc.
Highlights of CBEC in China
In China, There Exists Many Online Platforms Operating In Cross-Border E-Commerce But The Key Players Are As Followed:
- Alibaba: Owns several different platforms such as TaoBao and Tmall: 28% market share
- Net Ease Kaola: 20.5% market share (recently purchase by Alibaba)
- JD: 13.5% market share
- Vipshop Global: 9.8% market share
- Pinduoduo: Relatively new player but making waves
In China, You Can Sell Almost Anything Through Cross-Border E-Commerce. Some Sectors Are Particularly Booming:
- Cosmetic & care products
- Baby products
- Food & beverage
- Fashion (including luxury goods)
- Jewelry
Since 2016, A “Positive” Product List Has Been Approved.
Those Goods Are Also Exempt From The Additional Time At Custom Clearance And Don’t Require An Import License Or Other Certificates.
“Positive” Products From This List Are As Followed:
- Furniture
- Spices / healthy dry food
- Cosmetics related products (brushes/cotton pad)
- Clothing
- Selection of dairy products (milk/cheese)
- Vitamins
- Baby food
- Wine/beer
- Fitness related products
Highlights from Alibaba Group Annual Report-2020
As Avrasya Trading we are working on integrated, end-to-end business solutions that enable Turkish brands succeed in China; especially SME scale Turkish manufacturers and exporters.
These include Cross Border E-Commerce solutions as well as B2B opportunities and offline distribution; custom-built for vast & diverse China market which will allow Turkish exporter companies to be included in the system simply and quickly.
Services including market analysis, product evaluations, supply chain management, order-warehousing-shipping and internal distribution network will be provided through our strategic partnerships in China.
SOURCING FROM TURKEY
We are always dedicated to promoting the export of the Turkish products worldwide. We believe that Turkey offers top quality products at competitive prices and with certain trade benefits.
We work on to create export demand from customers in our target markets China, Russia and Central Asian countries through cross border e-commerce platforms and by our trading partners. We use our SME network to find the right vendors; thus, we assist importers and by sourcing the right products for their requirements we connect them with suppliers, manufacturers, exporters, trading partners, and wholesalers.
Our company is providing more than high-quality products, we are providing safe opportunities for business with Turkey.
Discover the Potential : Turkey’s Treasure to China, Russia and Central Asian Countries
Turkey has a free trade agreement with the European Union and many other countries all over the world. While being a budget-friendly country, Turkish manufacturers produce high-quality products with low production costs.
The cost of the labor force is quite feasible nevertheless, the potential of the labor force is huge. Turkish suppliers manufacture high quality and quite affordable products.
Other advantages of sourcing in Turkey also includes improved manufacturing capacity which helps for limited time frames, modern infrastructure, the best quality of goods, effectively improved customer services, tax advantages and logistic benefits.
Avrasya Trading welcomes you to be your trade partner in Turkey.
Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Our team speaking English, Chinese, Russian, Kazakh, Uzbek & Turkmen languages; is at your service to help you with the entire sourcing process from Turkey to your country; for high quality goods of reliable manufacturers and exporters of Turkey.
Turkey is widely acknowledged as a cultural and economic bridge between Europe, Asia and the Middle East
and continues to be a major gateway for companies interested in trading.
Turkey’s location at the intersection of Europe and Asia provides unparalleled global access.
In recent years, our country has made a positive mark on the world map in many ways. Turkish Airlines flies to more destinations than any other airline in the world. Our country boasts many international seaports and transportation and railway services connecting manufacturing hubs on all continents.
Turkey ranks as the world’s 20th largest economy and is the European Union’s 6th biggest trade partner, representing 3.6% of the EU’s total trade in goods with the world in 2020. The European Union is by far Turkey’s largest import and export partner, as well as its main source of investments. In 2020, 41.3% of the country’s exports went to the European Union.
Turkey – China’s gateway to Europe and beyond
Increasing Trade: In 2020, bilateral trade between Turkey and China has reached $23.6 billion, and between Turkey and Russia to $20,6 billion; marking China & Russia as Turkey’s largest trading partners with Germany.
Also trade volume between Turkey and Central Asian Countries in 2020 has summed up to $12,3 billion.
Because Turkish companies already have strong business relations with Central Asia, North Africa, the Middle East and Russia, we see that as a distinct advantage to strengthen our trade.
As Avrasya Trading we want to contribute being a strategic bridge for Chinese goods to reach these markets.