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The Devil in the Decimal: Auditing a Chinese CNC Quotation Before Your Purchase Order Goes Out

The Devil in the Decimal: Auditing a Chinese CNC Quotation Before Your Purchase Order Goes Out

A Chinese CNC quotation is not a price list — it is the first draft of a contract, and its most important clauses are usually the ones nobody wrote. This forensic teardown shows UK buyers how to read a typical PDF quote as a risk map, from GB-versus-EN material equivalents and Incoterms to tooling ownership, inspection evidence and the UK duty and VAT consequences that land months later.