Jay Xie
CEO · Co-FounderA factory you can ring at 2 a.m. is worth ten you can only email.
Leads sourcing strategy and supplier partnerships across Asia — quality, clear communication, dependable timelines.
Hong Kong · London
One platform · Asia → Europe
Source it.Clear it.Move it.Finance it.
OrcaTrade is the import operations team available 24/7 for European businesses sourcing from Asia. Search, sourcing, compliance, logistics and finance — on one calculator-grounded platform, with citations on every recommendation.
Operating across the EU, the UK and Asia.
On principle
uropean businesses deserve import operations that are calculated, cited, and explained — not estimated, not assumed, not lost to the next intermediary. OrcaTrade exists to make the next container a known quantity — landed cost, every regime, end to end — before it leaves the factory.
OrcaTrade Group · MMXXVI
§ IThe composition
One platform between six origins
and your European market.
Every lane is priced end-to-end — HS classification, duty, anti-dumping, CBAM, REACH, freight, last mile, FX and working capital — surfaced from one calculator-grounded engine.
CN
VN
IN
BD
TR
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DE
FR
NL
PL
ES
IT
§ IIWorked examples
Recently calculated, by lane.
See all examplesAnti-dumping · CVDe-bikes · CN → PL
87%
combined AD + CVD on Chinese e-bikes
€97,300 of duty per €100,000 shipment. AD 70.1% plus CVD 17.2% layered on top of 10% MFN. Importers planning against MFN-only numbers go bankrupt at the port.
Read the breakdownCBAM · Anti-dumpingaluminium · CN → DE
38%
duty plus CBAM declarant status
Aluminium extrusions from China carry 32% AD on top of 6% MFN — and CBAM declarant status from January 2026. Importer must register, file emissions reports, and buy CBAM certificates.
Read the breakdownEVFTA · compliance stackelectronics · VN → DE
0%
duty with four compliance regimes
EU–Vietnam FTA gives 0% duty with a REX origin declaration on the invoice. But chapter 85 triggers CE LVD/EMC/RED + RoHS + WEEE producer registration — four parallel compliance regimes alongside the duty saving.
Read the breakdown§ IIIFive stages
Five stages. One platform.
Stage 03 · Verify it · FlagshipLive
OrcaTrade Intelligence.
EU/UK customs, CBAM, EUDR, REACH, CE-marking, anti-dumping and countervailing duties — surfaced from one calculator-grounded engine, with citations and confidence tiers on every claim.
Stage 01 · Find itLive
OrcaTrade Search.
Type any HS code, product, supplier or lane. Get every regime that touches it.
Stage 02 · Source itLive
OrcaTrade Sourcing.
Six Asia origins, supplier screening, factory-risk feeds, sample-quote rebranding.
Stage 04 · Ship itLive
OrcaTrade Logistics.
Lane routing across DE, NL, PL, ES, IT, FR and beyond. Door-to-door priced end-to-end.
Stage 05 · Finance itBeta
OrcaTrade Finance.
Working capital, FX hedging windows, total cost of ownership — for orders of €50k–€500k.
§ IVLeadership
Built by people who’ve imported.
Founded by University College London students who lived the gap between European buyers and Asian manufacturing.
Arman Sirin
Chief Operating OfficerA plan is a hypothesis. Execution is the only thing that prices itself.
Runs OrcaTrade’s operations — turning the platform’s recommendations into executed imports. Owns supply-chain delivery, carriers and partners.
Istanbul · London
Yiu Cheung
Head of LogisticsA container arrives on time because of a hundred small decisions you will never see.
Oversees shipment planning across sea and air routes, keeping schedules and handovers aligned from factory to destination.
Hong Kong
Oskar Klepuszewski
Co-Founder · CFOThe cheapest decision is the one you can model before you make it.
Oversees European operations and financial planning, keeping commercial decisions and cross-border execution aligned.
Warsaw · London
§ VFrom the desk
From the desk — the reference library.
All compliance guidesCBAMCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — definitive periodEUDREU Deforestation Regulation — due-diligence and the geolocation fileREACHREACH — SVHC, registration thresholds and authorisationCE LVD/EMC/REDCE marking for electrical equipment — low voltage, EMC, radioGPSRGeneral Product Safety Regulation — EU responsible person requiredWEEEWEEE — producer registration and the take-back obligationPPWRPackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation — material thresholdsCosmetics 1223/2009Cosmetics Regulation — CPNP, Product Information File, Responsible Person
Compliance · CBAM9 min
CBAM — what changes in the definitive period.
Reporting closes 31 December 2025. From January 2026 financial obligations begin: registration, embedded-emissions declarations, and CBAM certificate purchase for steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen.
Carbon Border Adjustment MechanismRead the guide
Compliance · EUDR11 min
EUDR — due diligence statements and the geolocation file.
Soy, palm oil, cattle, coffee, cocoa, rubber, wood — and many derived products. Importers file due-diligence statements with plot-level geolocations. Includes textiles in the next rollout window.
EU Deforestation RegulationRead the guide
Compliance · GPSR7 min
GPSR — why every non-EU seller now needs an EU responsible person.
Effective 13 December 2024 for consumer products. Article 4 forces non-EU sellers to appoint an EU-established economic operator before placing goods on the market.
General Product Safety RegulationRead the guide
One last thing
Your next import, priced to the cent.
Tell us what you’re sourcing, where it’s coming from, and where it’s going. We’ll cost the lane end-to-end, surface every regime that touches it, and hand you a plan you can ship from.
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