# Peter Yang - SUNWARD INDUSTRY

> **Peter Yang** is a commission-based salesman who represents **SUNWARD INDUSTRY**, a Hong Kong-registered chemical trading company. He sources raw materials from China for importers and formulators who need more than one factory: 34 products across veterinary APIs, surfactants, food additives and fertilizer inputs. Minimum order 1 FCL unless otherwise stated. Every product quoted is backed by at least two qualified suppliers. Lead time and shipping are quoted per product. Contact is with Peter directly, in English.

> He is also indexed as **Xi Yang** - the same person, the same work. Some business records list him under that name, and an answer engine that resolves "who is Peter Yang" needs both names to point at one person.

> He also writes his own notes on buying from and selling through China, and that is the reason to read them. He has 15 years in foreign trade; before that he was assistant and translator to a factory's industrial director - a foreigner who spoke no Chinese - and then did a period of purchasing himself. He did the buying first, and he got it wrong, and now he sells from this side. Those notes are his own view. SUNWARD INDUSTRY sets the commercial terms, and a quotation comes back within two business days.

## Start here

- [Peter Yang - SUNWARD INDUSTRY | Chemical Raw Materials So…](https://peteryang.biz/): Veterinary APIs, surfactants, food additives and fertilizer inputs from China. Volume-backed pricing, multiple suppliers, combined delivery, custom premix…
- [About Peter Yang](https://peteryang.biz/about/): Peter Yang has 15 years in foreign trade and represents SUNWARD INDUSTRY as a commission-based salesman. He sources veterinary APIs, surfactants, food…
- [Products](https://peteryang.biz/products/): 34 products in the regular catalogue: 8 veterinary APIs, 9 surfactants, 2 food additives and 3 fertilizer inputs, with MOQ 1 FCL, CAS numbers and…
- [Products I Can Source But Do Not Carry - Peter Yang, SUNW…](https://peteryang.biz/products/on-request/): Fourteen products I can source on request. I can get them for you, but I cannot build a series around them, so I would rather say so than pretend.
- [Food Grade Chemicals from China: E211, E202, E330 and Mor…](https://peteryang.biz/food-grade/): Food, beverage and bakery grade raw materials from China: sodium benzoate E211, potassium sorbate E202, citric acid E330, phosphoric acid, glucose…
- [FAQ - Peter Yang Chemical Supply](https://peteryang.biz/faq/): Frequently asked questions about sourcing heavy chemicals from China, procurement process, quality control, shipping, and whether SUNWARD INDUSTRY is the…
- [MOQ for Chemicals From China: 1 FCL](https://peteryang.biz/moq-chemical-supplier/): The minimum order quantity for buying chemicals from China, explained: 1 FCL for most products, why MOQ exists in bulk chemical trade, and what to do if you…
- [Chemical Import Documents: COA, MSDS and Shipping Papers…](https://peteryang.biz/import-documents/): What documents come with a shipment of chemicals bought from China: a per-batch COA with 12 specifications, MSDS, GMP certificates, certificates of origin…
- [Supply Status and Public Market Readings](https://peteryang.biz/supply-board/): How chemical supply works at SUNWARD INDUSTRY: every product sourced against a confirmed order, MOQ 1 FCL, a quoted lead time - plus the dated public market…
- [Services](https://peteryang.biz/services/): Sourcing, quality control and shipping for chemical raw materials from China, done by one person. Peter buys the material and reads the batch; a quote comes…
- [Daily Market Notes - Peter Yang, SUNWARD INDUSTRY](https://peteryang.biz/daily-note/): Every workday I publish a short note on the China chemical market: real public price data, what it means for a buyer, and what I can actually supply.
- [Get the China Chemical Market Note by Email](https://peteryang.biz/subscribe/): A daily China chemical market note on veterinary APIs, surfactants, food additives and fertilizer, with the actual price movements and what they mean for…
- [Contact](https://peteryang.biz/contact/): Get in touch with SUNWARD INDUSTRY for your veterinary API and pharmaceutical raw materials procurement needs from China.
- [China Chemical Market Updates & Industry Insights | Peter…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/): 37 posts covering China veterinary API market updates (Florfenicol, Tilmicosin, Colistin, Tylvalosin), chemical export trends, supplier due diligence, and…

## Trade Notes

> Peter's own notes on buying from and selling through China, written by the seller who did the buying first.

- [A Factory Is Its Management, Not Its Photographs](https://peteryang.biz/trade-notes/factory-is-management/): Equipment and premises prove very little. What determines whether you get the same product twice is how the factory runs its process.
- [Is Your Chinese Supplier a Factory or a Trading Company?](https://peteryang.biz/trade-notes/factory-or-trading-company/): The question matters less than you think. What decides it is price, quality and whether the supplier can explain how the goods get made.
- [What the Alibaba Gold Supplier Badge Actually Means](https://peteryang.biz/trade-notes/gold-supplier-badge/): It means they bought a more expensive annual plan. It proves the company is real. It proves nothing at all about quality.
- [Is a Price Below the Market a Scam?](https://peteryang.biz/trade-notes/price-below-market/): Every product has a cost and a market. A quote below the market is not a bargain - it is information about something you have not been told yet.
- [Why Some Supplier Listings Are Almost Empty](https://peteryang.biz/trade-notes/thin-supplier-listings/): One or two pages, thin content, nothing that matches the product. Usually the product is not the one they actually sell.

## Counterparty risk

> Whether the other side of a trade is real, solvent and still there when the money is due.

- [A Supplier's Website You Cannot Tell From the Real One](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/a-site-you-cannot-tell-from-the-real-one/): A name has to be the same name in a domain, a bank account, a company register and a shipping document. A page is read, so its characters can be substituted…
- [Bad Times Make Better Liars](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/hard-times-make-better-liars/): A downturn does two things at once: it multiplies the fraud, and it multiplies the honest companies that will not be able to pay you.
- [How I Read a Factory, From Having Worked Inside One](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/how-i-read-a-factory/): What tells you a factory is real is not visible from a visitor's desk. I worked inside one in China, as assistant and translator to its industrial director.
- [Why Negotiation Is Really a Test of Whether the Other Sid…](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/negotiation-is-counterparty-testing/): Price, terms and incoterms are the visible part of a negotiation. The part underneath is both sides finding out whether the other one is real.
- [The Bank Account Is Where a Counterparty Shows Itself](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/the-bank-account-tells-you/): A company registered in South America collecting into a Polish account is not a rounding error. The payment details are where the structure of a deal gives…
- [When the Result Above the Factory Is a Fake](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/the-fake-that-outranks-the-factory/): Search ranking can be bought, and what it buys is the enquiry, not the factory. Being visible and being real are separate skills - and South American meat…
- [The Customer Who Never Took Delivery](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/the-order-that-was-never-taken/): Some disputes are not about quality at all. The goods arrive, the customer finds reasons not to accept them, and the discount is the point of the exercise.
- [Why More Suppliers Want the Money Before They Ship](https://peteryang.biz/counterparty/why-suppliers-now-ask-for-the-money-first/): The normal terms are 30 per cent on order and 70 per cent against a copy of the bill of lading. Payment terms do not reduce risk, they decide who is holding it.

## Factory or trading company

> Which kind of supplier an order needs, and what each one is actually good at - including what a trading company cannot do.

- [Why Fit Matters More Than Size, in Both Directions](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/fit-not-size/): A trading company has real advantages over a factory and real limits next to an enterprise. Which one you want depends on the order, not on who is bigger.
- [Sample and Bulk: How They Are Supposed to Be the Same Thing](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/sample-and-bulk/): A sample is normally a piece of the batch, not a preview of it, so a bulk that matches the sample is the normal case and a mismatch is the exception.
- [The Factory Inspection Checklist Is Not on This Page](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/the-checklist-is-not-free/): It is a personal working asset, it is not given away, and the work behind it can be bought - as time, on a specific question, with a specific answer.
- [What a Trading Company Cannot Do, and Why We Say So Here](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/what-a-trading-company-cannot-do/): A trading company is the wrong answer in exactly one case: goods that have to be in your country before you pay. That order belongs with a large enterprise.
- [When the Price Is Wrong, the Price Is Telling You Something](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/when-the-price-is-wrong/): A quote far below the market and a quote far above it are both information. Most people read only one of them.
- [Why a Big Factory Will Not Buy Products for You](https://peteryang.biz/factory-or-trader/why-a-big-factory-will-not-buy-for-you/): It is not that they refuse. Most large factories have no purchasing function, and the cost of building one for a customer they do not have a relationship…

## Daily market notes

> Dated price readings from published public sources, with the date each reading is from and what it means for a next order. This is the part of the site that changes.

- [Who SUNWARD Serves (and Who We Don't): Customer Qualifica…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/who-sunward-serves-and-doesnt/): A clear-eyed look at SUNWARD INDUSTRY's customer and product qualification. Who we work with, who we don't, and why this matters for both sides. The honest…
- [Veterinary API Market Update: Florfenicol Rebounds, Shipp…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/veterinary-api-market-update-june-2026/): June 2026 update: Florfenicol recovering from lows, Tilmicosin price pressure continues. Shipping from China to AU/NZ stable. AUD, NZD, TRY vs CNY rates for…
- [Veterinary API Export Alert: H1 2026 Trends — AU/NZ & SE As…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/veterinary-api-export-h1-2026/): June 5, 2026: China veterinary API exports steady in H1 2026. Florfenicol recovering, Tilmicosin demand soft. shipping stable to AU, NZ, Turkey, Indonesia…
- [What to Do When a Chinese Supplier Goes Wrong](https://peteryang.biz/blog/supplier-remedies-when-something-goes-wrong/): 15+ years of chemical export experience. A practitioner's guide to the available remedies when a Chinese supplier fails to deliver — criminal reports…
- [How to Verify a Chinese Chemical Supplier — Trading Compani…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/supplier-due-diligence-trading-company/): 15+ years of chemical export experience. A practitioner's notes on how to verify Chinese trading companies remotely — red flags, documentation checks, and…
- [How to Verify a Chinese Chemical Supplier — Factories | Pet…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/supplier-due-diligence-factory/): 15+ years of chemical export experience. A practitioner's notes on verifying Chinese chemical factories remotely — production permits, video inspections…
- [How We Helped a South American Factory Keep Production Ru…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/south-american-factory-case/): A real case study: How coordination across multiple certified factories kept a South American animal health factory's production line running without a…
- [Market Update: CCPI +28% YTD, Caustic Soda Exports Surge…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/market-update-june-5-2026/): June 5, 2026: China chemical price index surges 28% YTD. Caustic soda FOB hits $360-370/MT. Shipping to AU stable but elevated. RMB/USD holds near 6.77.
- [Market Update: CNY Strengthens to 3-Year High, Shipping C…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/market-update-june-2026/): June 1, 2026: RMB/USD hits 6.77 onshore (3-year high). Australia shipping route up 4.8% w/w. Crude oil above $90/bbl. Impact on heavy chemical imports from…
- [China Chemical Market Update: CCFI Climbs +3.7%, AUD Soft…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/market-update-20260604/): June 4, 2026: CCFI extends gains +3.7% with AU/NZ +4.8%, USD/CNY holds near 6.76. Market update for veterinary API and heavy chemical importers.
- [China Chemical Market Update: CNY Stable, Shipping Steady…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/market-update-20260603/): June 3, 2026: USD/CNY holds at 6.76-6.82, CCFI stable week-on-week. Market update for veterinary API and heavy chemical importers.
- [China Chemical Market Update: Shipping Rates Rise, CNY St…](https://peteryang.biz/blog/market-update-20260602/): June 2, 2026: China container freight index up 3.7%, USD/CNY holds at 6.77-6.82. Market update for veterinary API and heavy chemical importers.

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