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    "name": "FBA Freight",
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    "description": "Amazon FBA freight forwarding from China with calculators, quote intake, and agent-readable shipping guidance."
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  "slug": "china-prep-center-amazon-fba",
  "title": "China Prep Center for Amazon FBA",
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  "question": "When should an Amazon seller use a China prep center?",
  "answer": "Use a China prep center when products need labeling, polybagging, inspection, bundling, carton marking, palletization, or routing control before freight leaves China.",
  "description": "How China prep centers help Amazon sellers label, inspect, bundle, polybag, palletize, and route inventory before shipping to FBA.",
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    "fba prep center china",
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  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "What a China prep center does",
      "body": "A China prep center sits between the factory and Amazon. It can receive goods, inspect counts, apply FNSKU labels, polybag or bundle units, mark cartons, and coordinate freight handoff."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Why prep before export",
      "body": "Fixing prep issues in China is usually cheaper and faster than discovering them at a US prep center, port warehouse, or Amazon receiving dock."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What to send before quoting",
      "body": "Send SKU count, unit packaging requirements, carton dimensions, product photos, Amazon label files, destination plan, and any fragile, battery, or liquid flags."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Amazon FBA requirements can change by marketplace and product category.",
    "Inspection and prep scope must be confirmed before goods arrive at the prep center."
  ],
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-13",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-21"
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