American Style EIR Vinyl Plank Flooring from China

As a flooring importer are you exploring for new suppliers that can provide you with more American style EIR vinyl flooring products? If so, then Hengdi floor China will be the right choice for you.

As a pioneer innovator in resilient flooring products, Hengdi Floor is dedicated in developing new products from designs to functions as well as structurers and material. We offer a wide range of pattern designs that is most suitable for North America markets.

What kind of American style pattern designs does Hengdi have?

Here at Hengdi, we offer a wide range of pattern collections, from Oak, Pine, to Hickory wood styles.

• Oak wood pattern designs
• Pine wood pattern designs
• Pine wood pattern designs
• Maple wood pattern designs
• and more!

Oak grain patterns is the most popular design styles in wood patterns. The wide landscape grains and ray in wood are highly popular and prefered by the market. The dynamic styles in oak pattern designs brings the most naturalistic style in interior design. Both treated and untreated wood design are available for selection.

• Rustic pattern designs
• White brush pattern designs
• Mineral pattern designs
• and much more…

Procuring LVT and SPC from China

China export over 60% of the global demand LVT and SPC products. This means 1 out of 2 resilient flooring products will come from China. Even with global supply china distriptions from shipping and tariffs, there are still significant ratio of vinyl flooring imports coming from China. Leading flooring brands such as Mohawk and Shaw still has significant product collections imported from China.

With recent tariff negotiation deals, China still remain the most suitable country to procure vinyl flooring products. While it is yet to determine the final tariff rates against China, Thailand and Vietnam has already announced a 35% and 20% tariffs respectively. In addition, with Vietnam imposing a 40% tariff against materials imported from China, this further put Vietnam made goods at a comparative disadvantages.

As a professional LVT and SPC manufacturer in China, Hengdi Floor China is an excellent supplier for flooring importers in North America.

How to import LVT and SPC from China?

A step by step guide for importing LVT and SPC from China:

1. Finding potential suppliers from Exhibition, Trade Fair, B2B platforms, etc.
2. Validating potential suppliers
3. Reaching out to potential suppliers
4. Confirm product specifications & quotations & samples
5. Make Deposit and Payment to proceed production lead-time
6. Inspect products and review trade transactions
7. Negotiate new payment terms and price deal

1. Find potential suppliers from Exhibition, Trade Fair, B2B platforms, and etc.

If you are new to import, finding an ideal supplier can be quite daunting and challenging. Therefore, it is always recommended to participate different flooring exhibitions and trade fairs to get an ideal of the major manufacturers in LVT and SPC floorings. While different suppliers has different capabilities and capacity, you should expect most of the suppliers find in exhibitions and trade fairs are reputable and has a standard to meet industry standards (though this is not quite true as we have observed that even medium sized manufacturer has a tendency to cheat on buyers).

Another way to find potential LVT and SPC suppliers is through B2B platforms. It is the easiest access for any business that are considering about importing, and you are able to get multiple quotations from various of suppliers at the same time. However, the disadvantage are also associated with having hundreds and thousands of suppliers, as validation effort will be extremely high. If you have a good knowledge about the products and manufacturing process inside out, this can help you to determine quality suppliers from mediocre suppliers. Therefore, while it provides extremely easy channel to access different suppliers, it is generally not recommended for new importers.

2. Validating potential suppliers

After you have listing some of the potential suppliers that you can buy LVT and SPC from, the next step is to validate their credentials. Making sure sure that the supplier you communicate with can effectively deliver what they are offering, and is a reliable supplier can minimize trade risks.

As a rule of thumb, confirming that the potential supplier has all the necessary certifications for the flooring industry, confirming that the business entity are operating with the right workforce that reflect to their annual capacity, production equipment and production facilities. These factors will determine the type of business the supplier is, and will also determine the product quality with production lines and employees.

Much of the details about the potential supplier can be retrieved from their website, company catalog, and company registrations. To determine the size of workforce of a Chinese business entity, QiChaCha offers a company information lookup system. Though the system is only available in Chinese language.

3. Reaching out to potential suppliers

Once potential suppliers are selected, its time to reach out to them either through email or telephone number. Many contact window (sales) also have what’s app and linkedin, so a buyer can easily find them though different channels.

4. Confirming product specifications, quotations, and samples

After establishing a sales contact window, you can communicate with them on various of topics such as:

• LVT / SPC Product Specifications
• Product Quotations based on quantity
• Pattern Design pictures and recommendations
• Production lead-time
• Free samples to inspect the quality

As a buyer or importer, you need to try to provide as clear as possible on the LVT / SPC product specifications. Knowing the specifications, the supplier is more able to provide you the right price and quotation for your flooring products. If you do not have a specification for them, it is also okay to get prices on more common products, such as 2.0mm thickness for dryback LVT or 4.5mm core + 1.5mm underlayer click SPC. The supplier will be able to provide you some specification recommendations based on your market.

Once the product specifications are confirmed, quotations provided by supplier could vary depending on the order quantity. In general, as an exporter, the Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) is one 20GP container, which can hold about 5500sqm dryback LVT or 2200sqm of click SPC. The actual quantity in sqm coverage is dependant on thickness, plank length, and density. If you order at a few containers at a time, say 10 containers in one sku, you should be getting a cheaper price for bulk orders.

As different suppliers has different inventories on current pattern designs and colors, you can ask them to share their current design swatch book digital files. By selecting the ideal patterns and colors, you are able to establish your own collections of LVT and SPC products.

Note: As digital swatch book colors can vary on each monitor and screens, it is recommended to just select pattern designs and if a specific colors are needed ask the supplier to send you either the printed deco film or sample pieces of that color.

By selecting supplier’s existing pattern design and colors, you can get a more rapid production leadtime. With the deco films already in warehouse, the production leadtime can be as short as 20 days. For new deco films, the total production time can extend to 35 days. It is wise to confirm the production leadtime to ensure that you can get your product materials within your project timeline.

Lastly, always get free samples to have the internal sales team to review.

5. Make deposit and payment to proceed production leadtime

After confirming all the procurement details, its time to make deposit especially for first time buyers. Generally for 1st time trading, the supplier will ask for 30% deposit before proceeding with productions. First time trading will generally request for 70% final payment before the goods arrive distination port.

After a few trading history, importers can ask for a more favourable payment terms with the supplier in China. With Sino-insurance backing, the LVT / SPC supplier can generally provide upto 90 days payment term. Currently in the industry, 60 days payment term is more common with regular clients from United States.

6. Inspect products and review trade transactions

Generally you want to be able to inspect the goods before they are shipped. However if there is not a designated person to carry out the inspection before loading, then ask the supplier to provide product testing reports are also essential.

Note: Flooring importers sometimes find out that their imported LVT / SPC has significant defects in them. This is a major trade risks for importers as defective products can not be easily returned or be compensated. It is therefore always recommended to have someone to random inspect the products before shipping. This will help to minimize risks.

7. Negotiate for Payment Terms and price deal

After you have done a few procurement transactions with your LVT / SPC supplier, you can begin to negotiate for a payment term as well as new prices. Regularly reviewing the prices and payment terms can help to improve purchasing costs as well as cashflow that can support more rapid expansion in the market.

Why Procure LVT / SPC Products with Hengdi Floor China?

As one of a leading manufacturer in resilient flooring, Hengdi Floor China has been providing top quality LVT and SPC products for both local customers as well as global clients. We currently have clients in United States, Denmark, Australia, and Spain. With our experienced operation team, our customers are very satisficed with our product quality and manufacturing services.

Hengdi Floor also provide innovative product solutions in LVT and SPC products. One of the most advanced products our R&D has worked on includes PVC free resilient flooring compositions, the next generation resilient flooring product that aims at replacing PVC based LVT and SPC.

Latest LVT / SPC Technology at Hengdi

1. Polypropylene based LVT and SPC
2. 38N Abrasion Resistance Coating
3. Acclimation Free Standards in LVT and SPC
4. Peel & Stick LVT

1. Polypropylene based LVT and SPC

Polypropylene LVT and SPC are made purely from polypropylene based polymers only. As a PVC free flooring, polypropylene LVT and SPC does not contain any polyvinyl chloride within the material. This means it is fully recyclable by mechanical methods, and has lower carbon foot print in them.

Polypropylene based LVT and SPC also have improvement over dimensional stability and heat resistance. This means the flooring planks can with stand seasonal change and higher temperature fluxuations.

2. 38N Abrasion Resistance Coating

Working with leading technology company Wisbanner, Hengdi floor offers LVT and SPC flooring with superior abrasion performance. The 38N abrasion resistance coating technology has a scratch resistance performance that is equivalent to laminate flooring surface.

3. Acclimation Free LVT and SPC

Unlike conventional vinyl flooring products, the acclimation free LVT and SPC flooring does not need a 48 hour acclimation time before installation. Using engineering modified composition, our acclimation free LVT and SPC has a zero curling rate. This helps to save significant time and improve installation efficiency.

4. Peel & Stick LVT Flooring

One of the most DIY friendly flooring products for consumers. The Peel & Stick LVT flooring provide a simple preparation and installation method for decorative floorings. Consumers are able to apply and install the flooring with minimal effort, and the plank itself does not need any special tools to cut into ideal shapes. The peel & stick LVT is extremely popular for e-commerce platforms as well as DIY mega stores.

Contact Hengdi Floor China

Whether you are a flooring retailer or a building material distributors that are thinking about importing vinyl floorings from Asia, Hengdi Floor will be perfect for you. As a professional vinyl flooring manufacturer, we are dedicated in providing high quality flooring products with exceptional services to support our customers’ business.

If you are looking for top quality vinyl flooring manufacturers, then you are at the right place. Simply reach out to our sales team by:

• Email: sales@hengdifloor.com
• What’s App: +8613810451738