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Pre-shipment inspection happens when production is at least 80–100% complete and packed, sitting at the factory ready to go. It's the last point where a problem can be caught and fixed before it becomes the buyer's problem — nothing about it is a repeat of earlier checks; it's everything, checked together, on the actual shipment.
Total packed quantity is confirmed against the purchase order — not just trusted from the factory's own count.
A statistically correct sample is drawn from randomly selected cartons across the full shipment — see AQL & Sampling.
Sampled pieces are measured across sizes against the spec sheet — see Measurement & Specification.
Construction and stitching are checked for critical, major, and minor defects — see the Garment Defect Encyclopedia.
Care labels, fibre content, and country-of-origin marking are confirmed for the destination market's requirements.
Carton count, assortment, and shipping marks are checked against the packing list — see Packing & Carton Quality.
Most of these are avoidable with earlier checkpoints — which is exactly why inspection happens at multiple stages rather than only at the end.
When a shipment isn't ready, the usual outcomes are sorting/reworking the affected pieces, a partial shipment while the rest is corrected, or a full re-inspection once issues are fixed — not necessarily outright cancellation.