Methodology: How the China Robot Price & Lead-Time Index Is Built
How the China Robot Price Index is built: official tariff schedules plus aggregated, anonymized sourcing data, reported…
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Robot Sourcing Index (Page 175)
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Cobot vs Full-Size Humanoid for a Factory Pilot: Cost, Lead Time, Risk
Cobot vs full-size humanoid for a factory pilot: cobots are mature, standardized, shorter-lead and the largest catalog…
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Duty and VAT on Imported Robots: GCC, EU, UK and US Compared (2026)
Duty and VAT on imported robots compared by region: duty is low single-digit, VAT/GST dominates (~19–25% EU, 20% UK, 5%…
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Robot Export Certifications: CE, UKCA, NRTL, FCC, RoHS by Region
Robot export certifications by region: CE for the EU, UKCA for Great Britain, NRTL plus FCC for the US, RoHS for…
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Cost per Payload Kilo: Comparing Robot Arms by $/kg of Rated Payload
Cost per payload kilo normalizes robot arm quotes: unit price divided by rated payload in kg. Compare a 3 kg cobot…
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China Robot Lead Times by Track, Q3 2026: Cobot vs 6-Axis vs AMR vs Humanoid
China robot lead times are a band by track: cobots and SCARA shortest, 6-axis mid, AMRs add battery dangerous-goods…
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Incoterms for Robot Imports: EXW vs FOB vs CIF vs DDP, and Which Protects a First-Time Buyer
Incoterms for importing robots compared: EXW, FOB, CIF, DAP and DDP, who bears freight, duty and VAT, and why FOB or…
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HS Codes for Robots: 8479.50, 8428.70 and Where Cobots, AMRs and Humanoids Classify
HS codes for importing robots: cobots and 6-axis arms near 8479.50, warehouse AMRs under 8427/8428.70. A track-by-track…
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How to Estimate the Landed Cost of a Chinese Industrial Robot (Worked Example)
A worked example of the landed cost of a Chinese industrial robot: FOB + freight + duty + VAT + clearance, with a…
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The China Robot Price Index, Q3 2026: What Cobots, AMRs, Humanoids and 6-Axis Arms Actually Cost to Import
The quarterly China Robot Price Index, Q3 2026: landed-cost premium (FOB + 18–35%), HS codes, duty by region and…
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The China Robot Price & Lead-Time Index — Free Import-Cost Tools
The quarterly China Robot Price & Lead-Time Index plus free, browser-based landed-cost and cobot-spec tools. Bands by…