BigChina is a Kraków-based import service provider that has supported Polish companies buying from China since its portal launched in December 2006, with the operating company, BigChina Sp. z o.o., registered on 31 May 2007. The company runs a representative office in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, staffed by Chinese employees, and its own inspectors work across China, which is the structural difference to the many Poland-based brokers that resell a partner's service. The offer covers the full import chain rather than a single step: counterparty and supplier verification, import handling, factory audits, goods inspection before shipment, product and industry reports, landed-cost calculation, sea, rail and air transport with customs clearance, consolidation of shipments from several suppliers, trademark registration in China, legal support through partners, import training and consulting, organised business trips to China and attendance at trade fairs on the client's behalf. A mentoring format and CBAM reporting were added for importers that have to document embedded emissions. Company data is published in full: ul. Zamknięta 10 lok. 1.5, 30-554 Kraków, phone +48 12 394 65 04, mobile +48 508 736 046, info@bigchina.pl, plus separate addresses for the import department, marketing, finance and the China desk. The Polish registry numbers are on the site as well: NIP 9452081208, REGON 120479774, KRS 0000282678. Fees are not published; quotes are issued after a free consultation. Product coverage is general rather than sector-specific, which fits a service built for Polish SMEs across categories.
Poland (Kraków)
Website: https://bigchina.pl/
Founded: 2007
Pricing: Contact for Pricing
BigChina is one of the few China-import providers in Poland that publishes both a physical address and its registry numbers, which makes it easy to check before the first payment. The company sits in Kraków at ul. Zamknięta 10, is registered under NIP 9452081208 and KRS 0000282678, and states that its representative office in Ningbo is staffed by Chinese employees while its own inspectors cover factories across China. For a Polish importer that combination matters more than the marketing: verification and inspection happen at origin, by people who can read the factory, not by a partner reselling a service. The service list is broader than sourcing. Counterparty verification, import handling, factory audits, goods inspection, product and industry reports and landed-cost calculation form the pre-order block; sea, rail and air freight with customs clearance, consolidation of shipments from several suppliers, trademark registration in China and legal support through partners form the execution block. On top there are formats that most competitors do not offer: training for the buyer's own team, organised business trips to China, trade-fair attendance on the client's behalf, a mentoring model and CBAM reporting for importers that must document embedded emissions. The history is documented too. The portal went live on 1 December 2006, the operating company was formed on 31 May 2007, and the site still carries the note that the firm received support under the Polish PFR anti-crisis programme, which places it firmly in the SME segment. What is missing is the commercial layer: no fee model, no minimum order, no named team and no case studies with volumes. A quote therefore has to be requested, and the first questions should be about the fee basis, the audit standard used and who signs the inspection report.
BigChina does not publish prices and works with a free initial consultation followed by an individual quote. Ask whether the fee is a percentage of the order value, a fixed project fee or a margin inside the freight rate, whether inspection days are billed separately, and which costs are included in the landed-cost calculation (duty, VAT, freight, handling, customs agent). Because consolidation is offered, also ask how the per-shipment share is allocated when goods from several suppliers are combined.
The company is registered and based in Kraków, Poland, at ul. Zamknięta 10 lok. 1.5, 30-554 Kraków, with phone +48 12 394 65 04 and email info@bigchina.pl. It also states that it operates a representative office in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.
The BigChina portal went live on 1 December 2006 and the operating company, BigChina Sp. z o.o., was formed on 31 May 2007. Both dates are published on the company's own site.
Counterparty and supplier verification, import handling, factory audits, goods inspection, product and industry reports, landed-cost calculation, sea, rail and air freight with customs clearance, consolidation, trademark registration in China, legal support, training and consulting, business trips to China, trade-fair attendance, mentoring and CBAM reporting.
No fee model is published. The company offers a free initial consultation and then quotes per project. Buyers should clarify in the quote whether the fee is a percentage of order value, a fixed project fee or a margin in the freight rate, and whether inspection days are billed separately.
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