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Sourcing · Thirupathur

What a 15-day counter-sample actually proves

A counter-sample is not a formality — it is the one checkpoint that catches a spec mismatch before it becomes a container full of the wrong thing.

The Siva Traders desk4 min read

Why we verify from a physical sample, not a spec sheet

A GSM figure or a shade code reads the same on paper whether or not the mill can actually hit it at scale. Send us a physical sample — yarn cone, fabric swatch, or a handful of cocopeat — and we return a verified counter-sample from the producing mill within 15 days, matched against your original piece for hand, weight and shade.

That 15-day window is a standing commitment, not a best-case estimate. It holds whether the order is running through our own production line or through one of the mills we hold a direct relationship with.

One contact instead of five factories

We are the sourcing and export desk between you and the producer. If we manufacture the line ourselves, the counter-sample comes from our own floor. If it does not, we place it with the mill in our network built for that product, inspect it on arrival, and you still deal with one contact instead of chasing five factories directly.

Counter-sample turnaround: 15 days from physical sample received

From sample to shipment

Stage What happens
Day 0 Physical sample received at the desk
Day 15 Verified counter-sample returned for sign-off
On approval That piece becomes the reference standard
Pre-dispatch Shipment inspected against the approved counter-sample

After the sample is approved

Once you sign off on the counter-sample, that exact piece becomes the reference standard the shipment is inspected against before it leaves for Tuticorin, Cochin or Chennai. Nothing in the spec changes between approval and container without the desk raising it with you first.

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Written quotation within 24 business hours. Verified counter-sample within 15 days.

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