the functions of offshore company in the int'l trade

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this offshore company can help you to collect the money from buyer easily if you are a small company or SOHO,also save bank charges.

Advantages

HongKong as one of the international leading trading ports in the world, it provides an advantaged commercial environment to many enterprisers and traders. Therefore, more and more our customers are establishing Hong Kong enterprises on different purposes and also expand business in different ways, which improves not only the image of the company but also the competitive ability. Below are the advantages in establishing a Hongkong company ：
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Advantages (Hong Kong, for example)

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thx very much for the help above. nd i apprecitate it so much.

while, my confusion is how to make a usd price as an int'l trader for the manufacturer in main land who can't faciliate the access to import&export right?. ,g7[)Ly gp^

+~r6{7P(O#V to be more specific, if i purchase some commodities in china mainland, nd the manufacturer doesn't have the right of import&export, in this case, i have to make an usd price for the manufacturer to avoid VAT, how could i do that in details?