Is foreign trade agency the last chance for ordinary people to turn things around?

Mr. Zhang was still worried about his mortgage last year, but this year, with just a computer and a few overseas calls, he sold Yiwu small commodities to South America; after Ms. Li resigned from her job at a foreign trade company, she actually achieved a monthly income of over 50,000 yuan through agency business. The seemingly high - threshold foreign trade agency industry is becoming a new track for ordinary people to counter - attack. But how exactly can one start from scratch to get a share of this "international trade cake"?

Currently, there are three obvious trends in global trade:

• The annual growth rate of cross - border e - commerce exceeds 20%, but small and medium - sized sellers are troubled by the short - board of the supply chain
• The procurement demand in emerging markets has surged, but there is a lack of reliable procurement channels
• There is an overcapacity in the domestic manufacturing industry, and there is an urgent need for new export channels

1. Product selection radar: Screen products with agency space from platforms such as "Made - in - China.com", with a focus on

• Small - sized and high - value - to - volume 3C accessories
• Highly customized household items
• Products in high demand in emerging markets (such as Ramadan lighting in the Middle East)

2. Risk control firewall: The essential risk - avoidance techniques include

• Requiring customers to prepay a 30% deposit
• Adopting CIF terms to avoid transportation risks
• Insuring credit insurance through China Credit Insurance

Ms. Li's case is worth learning from: She specializes in the African building materials market, and through

• Establishing an exclusive product exhibition hall on Alibaba
• Providing localized packaging design solutions
• Forming a virtual supply chain alliance with three factories

Mr. Wang once suffered heavy losses due to ignoring these details:

• Failure to verify the factory's export qualifications led to the goods being detained by customs
• Blindly believing in the "exclusive sales agreement" caused inventory backlogs
• Receiving foreign exchange through a personal account triggered bank risk control

With the deepening of the RCEP agreement, new opportunities have emerged in the Southeast Asian market:

• Vietnam's annual demand for hardware tools has increased by 37%
• The import tariff on baby products in Thailand has been reduced to 0
• The live - streaming e - commerce model is being replicated to TikTok Shop

Foreign trade agency essentially exchanges professional services for resource gaps. When you arewhether it is too late to enter the market now, some people have already opened up an incremental market with new methods. Share in the comment section: In which field do you think the next blue ocean of foreign trade will appear?