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Container vessel at port — Albion Exports sources, verifies and ships consumer goods from China worldwide
Albion Exports
British-owned · Chinese-licensed

Your sourcing partner in China.

We're your team on the ground in China — verifying factories, negotiating pricing, running quality control and managing production, so you buy safely and efficiently.

  • 15+ years on the ground in China
  • A registered, licensed China company
  • Every factory checked in person
  • Factory-direct pricing, no hidden markup
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Insights

How to check a Chinese supplier is real: a 5-minute background check

A convincing website and an Alibaba badge don’t prove a factory is real. A free, 5-minute background check for UK & EU buyers: the business licence, the official registry, shipping records, and the red flags most buyers miss.

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Insights

How to source products from China without getting burned: a UK & EU buyer’s guide

China’s price and scale are real, but only if you can trust the factory. A UK & EU buyer’s guide to spotting middlemen, verifying suppliers on China’s official registry, and starting small.

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LinkedIn

Inside China's robotics revolution

A full day on the floor of a Chinese robotics manufacturer — from lab prototypes to production lines. The kind of supplier Western buyers rarely get in front of.

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Instagram

3 days sourcing ISPO Shanghai

Sports, outdoor and pet gear — three days on the show floor, meeting factories face to face and finding products worth bringing back to our buyers.

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YouTube

China's Porsche killer?

Our most-watched film. A full review of the Xiaomi SU7 — the car that has European manufacturers rattled, driven and priced on the ground in China.

Watch on YouTube→
YouTube

NIO ES6: Europe gets the older car

The same SUV costs roughly 70% more in Europe — and the European version runs the previous generation of hardware. We drove the Chinese one to show the gap.

Watch on YouTube→
YouTube

Welcome to Yiwu, the city that supplies the world

Inside the largest wholesale market on earth. Where a huge share of the products on Western shelves actually begins.

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Instagram

Testing AI glasses on the ground in China

Live translation, navigation and a camera in a pair of glasses. We road-tested them around Hefei to see which claims survive contact with real use.

Watch on Instagram→
Instagram

Canton Fair, Guangzhou

The world's largest trade fair, walked hall by hall. Meeting manufacturers face to face and bringing back the products worth putting in front of our buyers.

Watch on Instagram→
Insights

How to check a Chinese supplier is real: a 5-minute background check

A convincing website and an Alibaba badge don’t prove a factory is real. A free, 5-minute background check for UK & EU buyers: the business licence, the official registry, shipping records, and the red flags most buyers miss.

Read more→
Insights

How to source products from China without getting burned: a UK & EU buyer’s guide

China’s price and scale are real, but only if you can trust the factory. A UK & EU buyer’s guide to spotting middlemen, verifying suppliers on China’s official registry, and starting small.

Read more→
LinkedIn

Inside China's robotics revolution

A full day on the floor of a Chinese robotics manufacturer — from lab prototypes to production lines. The kind of supplier Western buyers rarely get in front of.

Read on LinkedIn→
Instagram

3 days sourcing ISPO Shanghai

Sports, outdoor and pet gear — three days on the show floor, meeting factories face to face and finding products worth bringing back to our buyers.

Watch on Instagram→
YouTube

China's Porsche killer?

Our most-watched film. A full review of the Xiaomi SU7 — the car that has European manufacturers rattled, driven and priced on the ground in China.

Watch on YouTube→
YouTube

NIO ES6: Europe gets the older car

The same SUV costs roughly 70% more in Europe — and the European version runs the previous generation of hardware. We drove the Chinese one to show the gap.

Watch on YouTube→
YouTube

Welcome to Yiwu, the city that supplies the world

Inside the largest wholesale market on earth. Where a huge share of the products on Western shelves actually begins.

Watch on YouTube→
Instagram

Testing AI glasses on the ground in China

Live translation, navigation and a camera in a pair of glasses. We road-tested them around Hefei to see which claims survive contact with real use.

Watch on Instagram→
Instagram

Canton Fair, Guangzhou

The world's largest trade fair, walked hall by hall. Meeting manufacturers face to face and bringing back the products worth putting in front of our buyers.

Watch on Instagram→

Why buyers work with us

British-owned, Chinese-licensed

A foreign-owned company registered in China with full import and export rights. British accountability, local execution.

Founders on the ground

Factory visits, negotiations and quality checks run in person in China — not outsourced, not relayed.

Verified before you commit

Factory audit, sample review and pre-shipment inspection on every order. Your sourcing risk, managed.

Your team in China

In effect, your China office. We negotiate, manage suppliers and follow production on the ground — one accountable partner, so you don't run China from afar.

Live sourcing

What we're sourcing right now.

Active supplier searches running this month. If you buy in these categories — or want to join a search already underway — get in touch.

Vetting suppliers

Retail display screens

32–55" commercial LCD, wall & freestanding, Android media player built in

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Shortlisting factories

Pet supplies

Premium dry treats, toys & accessories — UK/EU compliant labelling

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Open for briefs

Sports & outdoor

Gym accessories & resistance equipment, white-label ready

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Categories rotate as deals progress. Your brief can open a new search.

See us sourcing

Real people, on real factory floors.

We're not a logo and a contact form. We live and work in China — meeting the makers, opening the samples, walking the lines your products come off. In person, every time. Anyone can claim it. We'll show you.

Albion’s founder meeting a manufacturer at a China trade show
Checking a product hands-on at a China trade show
The Albion team visiting a Chinese manufacturer
How we work

Four steps, one accountable partner.

  1. 01

    Start here — tell us the product

  2. 02

    Source & negotiate

    A shortlist of vetted factories, side-by-side quotes — and we negotiate the price for you.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Factory visits, sample review and pre-shipment inspection.

  4. 04

    Manage & ship

    Production tracking, quality control, export documentation and freight to your door.

Reach

Sourced in China. Shipped worldwide.

Our buyers are based across the UK, Europe and further afield. We handle export from China and freight to your destination — wherever you trade.

Richard Cormack (罗瑞奇) — Founder · Legal representative
Richard Cormack (罗瑞奇)
Founder · Legal representative
Get in touch

Request a quote.

Tell us what you're sourcing and when you need it. We respond within 24 hours.