About

Based in Houston. Built for US buyers.

Twelve years of factory relationships and import operations — packaged as a domestic wholesaler so you don't have to build the overseas side yourself.

01 /  Our Story

Founded on a simple premise.

US buyers deserve factory-direct pricing without managing overseas procurement themselves.

Avina Direct was founded in Houston, Texas in 2013 — by a team that had watched US distributors and brand owners overpay through layers of trading companies. Each layer added margin, delay, and opacity.

We operate differently. Direct relationships with overseas finished-goods factories and raw-material mills. Transparent pricing. A fixed-fee model that removes the incentive to upsell on order value. We manage the overseas side end-to-end so our US clients never deal with foreign wires, customs paperwork, or 12-hour time-zone gaps.

Over twelve years we've grown into a full-service promotional wholesale and material sourcing operation serving 300+ US clients — regional promotional distributors, packaging converters, marketing agencies, and national retail brands.

2013
Founded
300+
US Clients
80+
Factory & Mill Partners
97%
On-Time
Operating Model
Fixed-fee sourcing. No percentage markup on order value. What you pay is production cost plus a transparent service fee — and you pay it to a US LLC in USD.
02 /  Our Network

Overseas production, US operations.

Eighty production partners across Asia. One US-based account team. Houston warehouse. The overseas complexity is our problem, not yours.

Our manufacturing network spans 80+ vetted production partners across Southeast Asia and East Asia, covering finished promotional products and raw materials. Relationships built through years of on-the-ground audits, factory floor visits, and tested production cycles.

The advantage we bring isn't access to a factory — it's the operating layer between the factory and you. Quality audits, lead time guarantees, compliance documentation, US customs clearance, and Houston warehousing are all handled before your invoice is issued.

The result: factory-floor pricing with the certainty and convenience of buying from a US wholesaler. Pay in USD. Get a domestic invoice. No customs broker. No surprise duties. No 12-hour time-zone gaps when something needs to change mid-production.

US Operations
Houston, TX-based account management. Domestic invoicing in USD. Warehouse for stock and drop-ship.
Overseas Network
80+ vetted factory and mill partners across Asia. Direct relationships, no trading layers.
Compliance, Cleared
HS classification, customs clearance, and import documentation handled at our end. You buy domestically.
Risk Distributed
Multi-country sourcing across Asia reduces tariff exposure and single-country supply concentration.
03 /  Our Team

Houston account team. Overseas eyes on the ground.

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James Whitfield
Founder & CEO
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Sarah Chen
Head of US Operations
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Linh Tran
Overseas Sourcing Director
04 /  Compliance

Certifications & standards.

Our operations and factory partners are audited against internationally recognized standards. Documentation available on request.

ISO 9001:2015
Quality Management certification across sourcing and import operations.
BSCI
Business Social Compliance Initiative across primary factory partners.
OEKO-TEX
Standard 100 documentation for fabric and material shipments.
REACH / Prop 65
Material compliance with US import regulations and California Prop 65.

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