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# Intelligence: European Union → China

## Route

- **Origin:** European Union (EUR)

- **Destination:** China (CNY)

## Operational Details

- **Use case:** Businesses in European Union paying China suppliers for Textile Manufacturing

- **Industries:** Textile Manufacturing, Electronics, Consumer Goods

- **Transaction size:** £50k-£250k

- **Monthly volume:** £300k-£3M

- **Route timing context:** 01:00-09:00 GMT (Asia business hours)

- **Control point:** Local EUR collection + local CNY delivery = no correspondent bank fees

## Route Risk

- Do not treat an instructed payment as credited until beneficiary-side status is clear.

- Keep proof, UETR or trace information available where the route supports it.

- Review deductions, bank holds, document requests, and beneficiary mismatch before deciding whether the case is release, trace, investigation, or recall.