Document types buyers ask for, by market
Tell us the product reference, destination market and any document or test method your customer requires. Availability and scope depend on the exact product and order, and your quotation sets them out before you order.
Name the document category, product reference and destination market in your enquiry.
Your quotation can confirm availability, issuer, scope, date, cost and timing for the exact order.
Artwork, labels and barcodes also need to be confirmed for the selected product and market before printing.
Who does what
The party that places goods on a destination market carries the registration, marking and reporting duties there. That is your side of the line, or your customer's. Your own adviser decides which rules apply to the selected product in that market.
Use the categories below to prepare your question. The quotation states which documents can be provided for the exact product, method and market.
The company’s Intertek on-site assessment is a supplier assessment of the company, not a product test report, and it covers no individual product: see the Intertek assessment on the company page.
Document categories buyers may request
These examples help you identify the questions to raise. They are not a list of documents guaranteed for every family, product or shipment.
| Material declaration | Names the materials in the product and in its packing, part by part. |
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| Migration of certain elements report | A migration report on the elements your own specification names. Retail buyers of pet ranges usually write the method into that specification themselves. |
| Origin marking record | A photograph showing where and how the country-of-origin mark is applied. US buyers ask that the mark survive to the person who buys the product. |
| Pallet treatment mark | Where an exact load is proposed on solid-wood pallets, ask whether a treatment-mark photograph is available for that order. No paper document is implied. |
| Carton data sheet | Carton dimensions, pieces per carton and how full the carton is. European buyers ask for these figures for their own packaging reporting. |
Cat scratchers, cat houses and cardboard toys
Corrugated card is a plant product, so this group is about fibre and plant material.
| Board and construction declaration | Names the board and any felt or plant-fibre part in the product. |
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| Plant-material declaration for Australia | States that plant parts are bark-free, dry and free of soil and insects, with any heat-treatment or fumigation record. Australian buyers ask for it because plant material can be held at the border. |
| Species and harvest-country data sheet | The botanical species, the country of harvest and the wood weight per unit. US buyers ask for these figures for the plant-product declaration they file at entry. |
| Fibre origin and legality data | Buyers importing wood and paper goods into the EU increasingly ask for the harvest origin and the legality data behind the fibre. |
Pet bowls and feeders
Bowls attract the most document requests of any family, because they touch food.
| Food-contact migration report | Run to the method your market names, per material and per colour. US buyers ask for it per component, including any lid, seal or coating. |
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| European food-contact testing | European buyers of bowls ask for migration testing as a matter of course, and German buyers usually name their own national method. |
| Ceramic lead and cadmium migration | A migration report for ceramic bowls, with a written declaration naming the producing company and the importer. |
| Heavy metal and phthalate screening | Lead, cadmium and phthalates. Buyers selling into California ask for this one by name. |
| Steel grade statement | For an exact steel-bowl reference, ask whether a grade statement or mill certificate is available for the intended order. |
Cat toys, cat beds and textile parts
Felt shells, beds and catnip inserts each raise their own question.
| Catnip declaration | For a catnip insert: the species, the country of origin and any heat treatment applied to it. |
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| Textile substance screening | A substance screening on textile and felt parts, with azo dye and formaldehyde results where a buyer asks for them. |
Your artwork, your labels
Any address block, care label or barcode your market asks for is part of your artwork. Send the text and Baiwei Pets sends a proof before anything is printed. Canadian buyers usually ask for bilingual English and French retail packaging, and that is an artwork job.
Which documents does your market need?
Ask which documents your market needs
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Notes
Name the document category in your enquiry, with the destination country and exact product reference. The quotation can record which document material is available for the exact product, method and market, who issues it, its scope and date, its cost, timing and delivery method. Packaging format, the printing format and artwork cost, carton dimensions and pieces per carton, the trade term and freight arrangements are quoted separately for the intended order.