A packer handing a labelled carton to a courier driver beside an open van, more cartons with document pouches on a trolley and racks of bagged boxing gloves behind.

Export process

Importing custom fight gear from Pakistan to the UK and Europe.

Sparwright is a boxing glove and fight gear manufacturer in Sialkot, Pakistan. Orders ship by international courier, tracked to your door. Here is how they are packed and documented, who pays for what, and how duty on goods made in Pakistan can be reduced.

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  • Packed and labelled to your instruction
  • Shipped by courier, tracked to your door
  • Export documents prepared
  • May qualify for reduced duty under GSP+ or DCTS

After production

How your order is checked, packed and shipped.

Four steps between the last stitch and your door. Each one leaves a record, so you can check what arrives against what left the workshop.

  1. Checked

    Final check

    Every order is checked against your approved sample: materials and colour, stitching, branding, sizes, the count and the packing.

    On recordInspection record

  2. Packed

    Count and pack

    Counted by size and colourway, then polybagged, boxed and tagged the way you asked.

    On recordCount by size and colourway

  3. Marked

    Mark the cartons

    Each carton is assorted and marked to your instruction, with its number and contents, so it can be checked in on arrival.

    On recordCarton details

  4. Shipped

    Document and ship

    Handed to an international courier with the commercial invoice and packing list, and tracked to your door.

    On recordCommercial invoice, packing list and tracking number

Your shipment record

Kept for every order, and yours to see.

  • Inspection record
  • Count by size and colourway
  • Carton details
  • Commercial invoice, packing list and tracking number

The inspection record, with the count and carton details, can be shared on request.

Packing

Custom packaging, branded labels and carton marking.

Your order arrives the way your customers or members should see it. Name the labels, packaging and carton marking in your brief, and all of it is confirmed before production starts.

Packing specification

Three layers, all yours to specify

  1. A folded black rash guard with the logo, size and care symbols printed inside the collar, a black boxing glove with a care label in its cuff, and sheets of the same printed labels.

    01On every piece

    Your brand and care labels

    Your own brand label on every piece, with the size and the care information the market you sell in expects.

    • Brand label
    • Size
    • Care symbols
    • Care text for your market
  2. A pair of black boxing gloves with a hang tag on white tissue in an open black retail box, its logo-printed lid beside it, and a black T-shirt sealed in a clear polybag.

    02Around each piece

    Retail packaging

    Packed so the order arrives ready to sell on a shelf or hand out to members, with nothing to repack.

    • Polybags
    • Printed boxes
    • Tissue and inserts
    • Hang tags
  3. A sealed brown export carton with a shipping-mark label reading carton 3 of 12 and a packing list in a clear pouch, beside a roll of tape and a marker.

    03Around the order

    Export cartons

    Every carton carries a shipping mark with its number and contents, so it can be checked in and counted on arrival.

    • Shipping mark
    • Carton number
    • Contents and count
    • Assorted to your instruction

In your briefNamed with the order

Before productionConfirmed with you

At the final checkPacking and carton marking checked

Costs and responsibility

Who pays for shipping, import duty and VAT.

What an order costs you is more than the unit price. Here is every part of the landed cost, who arranges or pays it, and when you know it.

  1. Your order

    The products, made to your approved sample.

    Arranged or paid byQuoted by us

    When you know itIn your quote

  2. Shipping

    International courier to your door, priced by the weight and size of the cartons and the destination.

    Arranged or paid byArranged by us

    When you know itIn your quote

  3. Import duty

    Charged by your country's customs. Goods made in Pakistan may qualify for reduced or zero duty — see below.

    Arranged or paid byYou, unless agreed otherwise

    When you know itOn or before delivery

  4. VAT and local taxes

    Charged on import at your country's rate, usually collected by the courier.

    Arranged or paid byYou, unless agreed otherwise

    When you know itOn or before delivery

Landed costWhat the order costs you, delivered to your door.

Your quote names the delivery term (the Incoterm, such as DAP or DDP), which sets where our responsibility ends and yours begins. Any change to who pays duty or VAT is agreed in writing before you commit.

On your side: an EORI number to import into the UK or the EU as a business. Your courier or customs broker will ask for it.

Lead times

How long it takes, from sample to your door.

Your sample arrives in 7–10 days. Bulk production starts when you approve it, and takes 3–6 weeks depending on the product, plus courier transit.

01Sample

7–10

days

Your free sample, made to the approved mockup and sent to you to check.

You approve the sample

02Bulk production

Weeks from sample approval

Fightwear, club apparel, rash guards and BJJ gis

3–5 weeks

Gloves, pads, protective gear, bags and lifting gear

4–6 weeks

03Ship

  • Final check against your sample
  • Counted, packed and marked
  • Courier transit to your door

Tracked to your door by its courier tracking number.

Your exact dispatch date is confirmed in writing with your quote.

Import duty

Import duty on boxing gloves and fight gear made in Pakistan.

Pakistan is a beneficiary of the EU's GSP+ scheme and the UK's Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). Both can reduce or remove import duty on qualifying goods.

Whether your order qualifies depends on the product’s tariff classification and the scheme’s rules of origin, and a statement on origin from the exporter is needed to claim it.

Ask us about it before you order, and confirm the rate with your customs broker.

Before your first order

Your importer checklist

  1. An EORI numberNeeded to import into the UK or the EU as a business. Your courier or customs broker will ask for it.
  2. Your commodity codeThe tariff code that sets your duty rate. Your customs broker can confirm it for your product.
  3. A delivery address and contactWhere the courier delivers, and a name and number it can reach.
  4. Your packing and label instructionsBrand and care labels, retail packaging and carton marking, named in your brief.
  5. The delivery term in your quoteWho pays duty and VAT. Yours unless agreed otherwise in writing.

Questions

Shipping and export: common questions

What UK and European buyers ask before a first order from Pakistan.

Do you ship boxing gloves and fight gear to the UK and Europe?
Yes, they are our main markets. If your order ships somewhere else, tell us the destination in your brief.
How is my order shipped, and how is it priced?
By international courier, delivered to your door with a tracking number. The price is set by the weight and size of the cartons and the destination, and your quote sets it out, with the delivery terms, before you commit to anything.
Who pays import duty and VAT?
The buyer, unless we agree otherwise in writing. On a courier shipment, the courier usually collects duty and VAT from you before or on delivery. Goods made in Pakistan may qualify for reduced or zero duty under the EU's GSP+ scheme or the UK's DCTS; claiming it needs a statement on origin, so ask us about it, and confirm the rate with your customs broker.
What documents come with the shipment?
The commercial invoice and the packing list, which we prepare with the shipment, and the courier's air waybill, which carries the tracking number. Anything else your destination needs is agreed before dispatch.
Do I need an EORI number?
To import goods into the UK or the EU as a business, yes. HMRC issues UK EORI numbers, and EU numbers come from a member state's customs authority. Your courier or customs broker will ask for it.
What are Incoterms, and which one applies to my order?
The Incoterm is the delivery term that says where the seller's responsibility for a shipment ends and the buyer's begins. Under EXW the buyer collects from the seller's premises; under DAP the goods are delivered to the buyer's door and the buyer pays the import duty; under DDP the seller pays the duty too. The one that applies to your order is agreed before you commit.
Can we see how the order was checked before it ships?
Yes. The inspection record from the final check, with the count and carton details, can be shared on request.

Keep planning

Planning your first import?

The guides buyers read next, before they send a brief.

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Tell us where your order ships.

Send the product, your logo, a rough quantity and the destination. The courier cost and delivery terms come back with your quote.

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