Chinese exporters displaying their products at the largest trade fair in the country have expressed concern that their businesses are being impacted by the weak global economy. Some have even frozen investments and reduced labor costs in response. The subdued mood at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou suggests that China’s unexpected surge in exports in […]
Read MoreCanton Fair: Exporters from China adopt a more assertive approach as they compete for foreign buyers. China’s Canton Fair, also known as the China Import and Export Fair, the country’s largest and oldest trade fair, has resumed in-person exhibitions after three years of being held online due to the pandemic. The fair, which began […]
Read MoreSoftware companies are looking at the latest AI technology as a way to make sense of vast stores of data, improve logistics decisions Logistics experts are trying to find out whether the latest development in artificial intelligence, a chatbot that has triggered a global race to refine the technology for work tasks, can tell them how […]
Read MoreThe slowdown in exports has China’s box depots facing a container pile-up. The latest report from Container xChange suggests that Chinese container depots are working at 90% utilization. “Oversupply makes it harder for the depots to move boxes. And because depots make money by moving these boxes, as opposed to storing them, the current circumstances […]
Read MoreNew numbers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York show that container freight and the flow of goods from A to B are returning to normal across global supply chains. March 2023 figures provided by the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York report the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) falling to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation today issued its annual forecast, anticipating that retail sales will grow between 4% and 6% in 2023. In total, NRF projects that retail sales will reach between $5.13 trillion and $5.23 trillion this year. “In just the last three years, the retail industry has experienced growth that would normally take almost a decade by pre-pandemic standards,” […]
Read MoreThe members of Congress behind the law that combats the import of goods produced by Uyghur forced labor are warning that some importers are taking advantage of a loophole intended to avoid scrutiny of the products that they’re bringing into the U.S. — and that increasingly popular Chinese e-commerce apps might facilitate breaches of the […]
Read MoreRecent airfreight rate data appears to show that the air cargo market may have reached a new normal but the outlook remains cloudy. Writing in his monthly column for the Baltic Exchange Airfreight newsletter, Bruce Chan, director and senior research analyst covering global logistics and future mobility at investment bank Stifel said that airfreight rates […]
Read MoreThe desire of Western countries to relocate parts of their manufacturing out of China is hindered by the lack of port capacity in India and Southeast Asian countries to handle large container ships. The current Asian setup, where most export goods are produced and shipped from China, makes it difficult and expensive to change. The […]
Read MoreAccording to industry experts, due to 76% of the U.S. population residing closer to the East Coast, it is not surprising that more cargo will head there. Consequently, ocean freight will continue to move from ports in the Pacific to ports on the East Coast of the United States. John McCown, founder of Blue Alpha […]
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