At the end of last year, a seller of home appliances in Shenzhen sent a batch of electric kettles to South Africa through Takealot.

The shipment arrived at Johannesburg airport and was seized directly by customs.

There is only one reason: ”Entry is prohibited without a valid NRCS LOA certification.”

The goods were neither returned nor put on the shelves, but just left in the warehouse to collect the daily demurrage fee. In the end, the loss was more than 80,000 RMB.

At that time many people did not know: into the South African market, some products must be certified in advance.

And as of September 20, 2026, the bar, became even higher.

Many cross-border sellers have overseas companies, but when asked about ODI filing, the answer is often:

“What is an ODI filing?”
“I have overseas companies, but not for this.”
“You don't have to file again when you're an offshore company, do you?”

These three answers mean you may be running naked in a compliance blind spot.

Today's article helps you figure out once and for all what ODI filing is, who has to do it, what happens if you don't, and how to get compliant fast.

By 2026, Thailand is becoming a central hub for Chinese companies going to Southeast Asia. With the continuous optimization of the Doing Business with Foreigners Act and the upgrading of DBD's online system, the registration of Thai companies by Chinese people has entered a new stage of “efficient compliance”. Whether it's cross-border e-commerce, digital services or import/export trade, a clear understanding of the registration conditions, process, account opening points and BOI policies is the first step to landing in Thailand.

One quiet weekend, an Amazon email puts Lee's boss completely out of bed--

“Your inventory at FBA Italy has been marked as unsaleable due to: your Italian VAT number is showing invalid in the VIES system.”

Inventory worth 300,000 RMB was just locked up in the warehouse.

This is not an isolated case.

Recently, the background has been asked by cross-border sellers crazy - whether it is just want to transition from other industries cross-border novice, or has been in the old market a firm foothold, urgently looking for incremental old sellers, are chasing to ask the same question: now there is which market is good to do, and can be fast results?

No more hiding! Today, we're dumping the crushing treasure of the cross-border market directly on you - South Africa!

Seriously, this is absolutely the current white sellers into the cross-border optimal solution, and even no one. Many people do cross-border always love to pile up the popular market, roll to keep the capital is difficult, but South Africa is not the same, it is now in the early stage of the outbreak of dividends, more opportunities to hide, do not have to spell the price, do not have to roll operations, novices can also easily stand firm.