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Buy home appliances direct from China

Range hoods, hobs, ovens, fridges, washing machines and dishwashers, built for your power supply and delivered to your door with the import duty in the price.

Ask about an order Import duty for your country

What we can get for you

Home appliances we buy from factories in China

  • Range hoods and hobs
  • Built-in ovens
  • Fridges and fridge-freezers
  • Washing machines and dishwashers

Something else for the house? Send a photo or a link and we tell you whether a factory can make it.

Import duty by destination

What home appliances from China pay at the border

Duty is set by the country you import into and the code of the item, so the same order pays different duty in different countries. Your quote includes it. Here is what we have checked, with the source and the date.

United Kingdom

UK Trade Tariff, origin China

Customs duty by commodity code, from the UK Trade Tariff. Your customs broker confirms the code for your exact item.

  • Fridge-freezers, up to 340 litres 0%

    Code 8418 10 80 99. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Fridge-freezers, over 340 litres 0%

    Code 8418 10 20 99. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Washing machines, front-loading, up to 6 kg 2%

    Code 8450 11 11 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Washing machines, 6 to 10 kg 2%

    Code 8450 11 90 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Dishwashers, household 0%

    Code 8422 11 00 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Built-in ovens 2%

    Code 8516 60 80 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Hobs and cooking plates 2%

    Code 8516 60 50 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

  • Cooker hoods, up to 120 cm 2%

    Code 8414 60 00 00. No anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty listed for goods from China.

Import VAT on these codes: 20%, from the same tariff entries.

UK tariff checked

Canada, France and the rest of the EU, Japan, South Korea and Australia

We quote duty for your country per order. Import duty by country lists what we have checked so far.

Safety and labeling

The rules your home appliances must meet, by country

Each country sets its own safety tests and labels. We ask the factory for the reports and labels your country needs before you pay the deposit. Each rule links to the official text.

US United States

  • Safety listing from an OSHA-recognized testing lab (NRTL)

    OSHA keeps the list of labs recognized to certify electrical products. UL, Intertek (ETL mark) and CSA Group are on it.

    We check: The listing file number for the exact model, looked up in the lab's own directory.

    Checked

  • EnergyGuide label, FTC Energy Labeling Rule (16 CFR part 305)

    Refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers and clothes washers sold in the US carry the yellow EnergyGuide label with the model's yearly energy use.

    We check: That the model has a US EnergyGuide label, not only the label of the factory's home market.

    Checked

UK United Kingdom

EU European Union

  • Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, CE marking

    Electrical equipment rated 50 to 1,000 V AC must meet the Directive's safety objectives and carry the CE marking.

    We check: The EU declaration of conformity naming the model, and the test report behind it.

    Checked

  • Energy labelling Regulation (EU) 2017/1369

    Products with an EU energy label, such as fridges, dishwashers, washing machines and light sources, must be entered in the EPREL product database and supplied with the label.

    We check: The model's EPREL entry and the label that goes with it.

    Checked

CA Canada

  • Electrical product approval, Electrical Safety Authority (Ontario)

    In Ontario, an electrical product must be approved by an accredited certification or evaluation agency before it is used, sold, displayed or advertised. We check the rule for your province on each order.

    We check: A certification mark from an accredited agency on the model, with its certificate.

    Checked

  • Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (SOR/2016-311), EnerGuide label

    Clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers and other listed appliances must meet Canada's efficiency standards, and the main household ones carry the EnerGuide label.

    We check: That the model is listed for Canada and has its EnerGuide label.

    Checked

AU Australia

  • Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS), RCM mark

    In-scope household electrical equipment sold in Australia is registered by an Australian responsible supplier on the EESS database and carries the Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM).

    We check: Who the Australian responsible supplier is, and the model's EESS registration.

    Checked

  • Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (GEMS)

    Appliances covered by a GEMS determination, such as fridges, clothes washers and dishwashers, must be registered and meet the minimum energy standard before they are supplied.

    We check: The model's GEMS registration.

    Checked

How it works

From your list to home appliances at your door

  1. 1

    Tell us what you want

    Photos or links, sizes, quantities, and your country and postcode or ZIP.

  2. 2

    Get one price at your door

    Factory price, freight, the import duty of your country, customs fees and delivery in one number.

  3. 3

    Factory check and samples

    We check the license, walk the floor on video and send swatches or a sample.

  4. 4

    Production and inspection

    We inspect before it ships. You pay the balance after you see the report.

  5. 5

    Shipping, customs, your door

    We book the ship, clear customs in your country and truck it to your house.

The full process, with what can go wrong at each step: how buying direct from China works.