Sourcing Insights
Market notes and specification guides for importers, distributors and project buyers of bathroom and kitchen cabinetry.
1 November 2026 · AU
Australia Cabinet Imports: AS 4386, WaterMark, Freight
Australia is not a smaller version of the UK or US market. The cabinet standard is named differently, the plumbing rules sit on the tap rather than the carcass, biosecurity looks at the pallet, and the number that decides the landed cost is cubic meters per meter of run. Here is the order an Australian buyer actually asks the questions in.
31 October 2026 · UK
UK Cabinet Imports: Standards, Packaging EPR, Freight Math
Great Britain has its own rulebook now, and it asks different questions from the EU one. Here is the order a UK buyer actually asks them in — the standard, the board, the timber file, the packaging data, and the number that decides whether the price works: cubic meters per meter of run.
30 October 2026 · US
US Cabinet Imports: The Compliance File Before the Price
A US buyer rarely loses a supplier on price. The order is lost earlier — when the formaldehyde declaration, the plant-product declaration or the classification cannot be produced on request. Here is the file, in the order it gets asked for.
29 October 2026 · DE
Selling Cabinets in Germany: The Paperwork Before the Price
German buyers rarely open with a price request. They open with a compliance checklist — and a factory that cannot answer it never gets to the quotation stage. Here is what that checklist contains.