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Page last updated: November 2, 2026

Socks for Europe

Europe appears in our published market list as two separate terms — Western Europe and Eastern Europe — and the audits that cover this floor are accepted for EU destinations. What the site does not do is name a European customer, a European warehouse or a market share, and this page keeps that line.

Cartons on pallets in the packing area, marked for export

Packed for export, in Zhuji. The European side of an order is a term, a document set and a transit window. This is the room the cartons leave from, and the rest of the page is what happens to them after it.

Four places a European order is decided

None of them is a European address. Each one is a decision made at this end that decides what your customs broker, your DC or your compliance desk will ask for.

The origin on the paperwork
The origin on the paperwork What to check: the certificate of origin is added where the destination asks for one. This is the building it names, and the street is the one on the audit documents.
The dye lot behind the colours
The dye lot behind the colours What to check: ask for the lot numbers your shipment actually ran on, with your proforma invoice. The cones are photographed here; the record is a paper trail.
The volume that decides the mode
The volume that decides the mode What to check: 10,000 pairs at 100 a carton is 100 cartons and 9.6 m³. Cross the LCL-to-FCL line and the cheapest mode changes.
The sample the range is signed on
The sample the range is signed on What to check: EU and US shoe scales are printed beside the centimetre band in our size charts, as a mapping onto it rather than as the measure the floor works from.

What we publish about Europe, and what we do not

Two of these are things the site says in writing. The other two are the things it deliberately does not say, and a European buyer is entitled to know which is which before a purchase order.

The markets we name

Our published market list reads: North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia. Europe is a named destination, qualified by region rather than by country.

The audit position

SEDEX (SMETA) ZAA600215648 is described on the site as not market-specific: a buyer-requested social-compliance audit, accepted for any destination market including North America and the EU. BSCI 26-0419962 covers the same floor until 14 Aug 2027.

No European warehouse, no EU entity

Goods ship from Zhuji under the term you pick. There is no consignment stock in Europe and no EU company on any document, so the landed position is the one your quotation states.

No European references, and no market share

We do not name European customers and we do not print a share of any European market. A supplier who does both is telling you what they would do with your name and your numbers.

How a European order is quoted and shipped

The published figures do not change by region. What changes is the term the price sits on and the duty treatment printed beside it, because that is the number a European buyer actually compares.

European order route. Duty treatment is confirmed on your quotation, not assumed here.
StageWhat we publishWhat the European destination addsWhere it is published
SizingEU and US scales printed beside the centimetre bandSend the band you sell; the sample is knitted to that gridSock size charts
Trade termEXW, FOB, DDP or DAP, Incoterms® 2020EU-bound and US-bound orders are treated separately on the termWholesale terms
DutyTreatment confirmed on your quotationDDP carries duty and taxes paid; DAP leaves them to clearGlossary
DocumentsInvoice, packing list, certificate of origin where requiredYour broker’s entry requirementsDocument desk
Data protectionEU/EEA residents may lodge a complaint with their national authorityThat route is published, not summarisedPrivacy notice

Europe, in four published terms

  • 2 regionsWestern and Eastern Europe in our market list
  • 2 auditsboth covering EU destinations
  • 4 termsEXW, FOB, DDP, DAP — Incoterms® 2020
  • 25–40 dayssea transit, depending on destination
Start with the destination

Send the country and the term you book on

The country decides the documents your broker wants; the term decides what is inside the price. Send both with the quantity and the styles, and the reply carries a reference range with the trade term it sits on.

  • Within one working dayReply to an enquiry, Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8).
  • 1,000 pairs per styleThe bulk minimum, counted per style rather than on the order total.
  • 3–5 daysSampling, after the brief and the artwork are confirmed.
  • 20–30 daysBulk, after the deposit is received and the sample is approved.

Michelle Zhang, Export sales manager, answers enquiries — sales@sockwholesalers.com, +86-13761030160 (WhatsApp same number).