Frequently asked questions

We inspect products at factories in India for importers abroad: pre-production, during-production and pre-shipment inspections, container loading supervision, factory audits and lab testing coordination.

In Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Clear To Load was founded in 2017.

Every city in India. Staff inspectors cover their home cities, and vetted freelance inspectors cover the rest. Each location falls in one of three travel bands; check yours on the coverage page.

Within 24 hours. We reply with the inspector, the travel band, the notice time, the number of man-days and the total price.

Within 24 hours of the inspection, after a supervisor has reviewed it.

By man-day: one inspector at one factory for one working day, report included. Travel depends on the factory's band. The price is fixed when you book and does not change with the result.

Cleared to load: the lot meets your specification and AQL limits and can ship. Hold: we found issues you need to decide on before shipping. Not cleared: the lot fails and needs rework and reinspection.

Our inspector draws them at random from packed goods, using the sample size set by ISO 2859-1 for your lot size and inspection level. Pieces a factory sets aside are refused.

Most importers of consumer goods use general inspection level II with AQL 0 for critical, 2.5 for major and 4.0 for minor defects. The AQL calculator shows the sample size for your order.

No. We are paid by buyers only and take no fee, commission or gift from any factory we inspect.

Only you, the buyer, unless you choose to share it with the factory.

Furniture, home décor and handicrafts, home textiles, apparel, leather, metal and kitchenware, ceramics, toys, engineering and electrical goods, and more. The industries page lists every category and where our scope is limited.

Yes. We check the container's condition, count the cartons, confirm the goods match the inspected lot, photograph the loading and record the seal number.

We check what can be verified at the factory: labels, markings, construction against the tested design and documents. Lab tests are done by accredited laboratories, which we can coordinate.

Not yet accredited. ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation is in progress.

Importers in Europe and North America, including Fuhr Home (Denmark), 4udesigned BV (Netherlands), Jolipa BV (Belgium) and Rustic Furniture Outlet (Canada).