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Time to investigate exporting to China?

In the ‘dark days’ of the nineteen eighties in Ireland and even much earlier than that in the famine of the 1840′s, Irish people were enterprising in so far as that they looked at where the opportunities might be, and headed in that direction.  At the time it was nearby England, and the faraway shores of the USA that attracted our ‘entrepreneurs’, and through absolute necessity of the alternative being starvation and death, they applied themselves to whatever work was available and went from strength to strength.

Today we have ‘dark days’ again, but with a difference, whereas unemployment while rising in the nineteen eighties in Ireland, at the same time, the US econimy was booming as was Australia and to a lesser extend England, this time around the other major economies of the western world are also suffering similar economic contraction, so there are not the same opportunities for finding alternative employment.  In business however, even though in general, consumption is falling, there are opportunities in the East.

In 2009, China’s economy is expected to grow by six to seven percent, and although this is reduced from previous years where it grew in double digits,  for a market the size of China, this is still signigicant growth in a significant market.  Many sellers will have the belief that selling into China is difficult, with the distance factor, the languange, the time difference, the culture difference, all making the task ever more cumbersome, and thinking ‘why would we want to be bring more challenges onto ourselves on top of the challenges we already have in trying to keep the business running in an environment of reduced demand and cost cutting.

One possible method of reducing the levels of difficulty and the abovementioned challenges of  breaking into this market is to engage the services of an Irish Company company that has a base in China and experience in dealing with and working with Chinese businesses.

One company that can assist you in your efforts to sell your products in China is Ogham Sourcing Ltd, based in Cork, Ireland and with permanent Office in Shenzhen.  Ogham has been based in China since 2004, and previous to that its Management Team have all had significant and consistent dealings with Chinese businesses over the previous ten years. One of the Irish managers is permanently based in China, he manages the China operation.  Ogham’s primary business over the past five years has been in the area of sourcing and importing to Ireland and the UK, however with the experience of the management team and the staff in the China office we are wel equipped to offer advise and assistance to businesses who want to investigate and instigate selling and trade in China.