Recently, CMA CGM’s official website released an announcement that starting from April 1, the “freight will be based on the actual sailing date as the applicable date” regulation will be implemented on all routes exporting to China (except North America).
As soon as the notice was released, the cross-border industry was in mourning. Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain crisis and other factors, the ship's on-time rate has repeatedly hit new lows. According to CMA CGM's latest freight rate model, sellers are likely to have to bear higher transportation costs. In the past two years, the frenzied demand in the container shipping market has made cross-border logistics for sellers extremely difficult, and the lingering epidemic has become a major obstacle to the smooth delivery of goods. The epidemic situation in Shenzhen is severe, and a logistics company was filed for violating epidemic prevention regulations! As the "universe center" of cross-border e-commerce, Shenzhen has been frequently dragged into group chats by the coronavirus this year. Last week, a positive patient was found in the Yangmei area of Bantian, and an emergency meeting was held for nucleic acid testing of all employees and the relevant areas were blocked. Many cross-border companies located in the control area stopped work and were isolated. As of now, there is still no sign of easing of the epidemic in Shenzhen, and places such as Futian District joined the group chat overnight. It is understood that according to the Shenzhen Health Commission, Shenzhen added 3 new confirmed cases on February 23, of which 4 were close contacts of cases since the "0215" epidemic, and 5 were found in nucleic acid screening in key areas. According to the latest notice, Bantian International Center is currently listed as a prevention area, and the blockade area includes Gaoshi Logistics Park Area B and other places. As the base camp of Shenzhen cross-border sellers, after these areas are included in the key monitoring scope, the cross-border business and logistics turnover of sellers are likely to be affected. However, at this juncture when the epidemic prevention situation is so severe, a cross-border logistics company was recently filed for violating epidemic prevention regulations. Cross-border navigation , the latest news on the source of the Shenzhen Bantian epidemic! Cross-border logistics companies violated regulations! #Amazon##Cross-border headlines#Cross-border e-commerce video account ▲ Video account focuses on cross-border navigation
Recently, the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau discovered during source tracing that an international supply chain company violated epidemic prevention and control management regulations, carried out overseas e-commerce cargo transshipment business and conducted cross-border cargo transportation operations. The Longgang police said that all employees of the company have been quarantined in accordance with prevention and control regulations, control measures have been taken in the area where they are located, and strict disinfection has been completed. At the same time, two relevant persons in charge of the company were investigated for suspected obstruction of infectious disease prevention and control, and the public security organs will punish them according to law. ▲ The picture comes from Shenzhen Longgang Public Security Bureau Port congestion, labor shortages and the impact of the epidemic have caused a series of chain reactions such as slow logistics, out-of-stock and sales decline. Major logistics companies are also having a headache in order to deliver goods smoothly. On the other hand, according to official reports, 18 cross-border truck drivers tested positive for nucleic acid at Shenzhen Port on February 23. From February 4 to date, 147 cross-border drivers have been detected at Shenzhen Port. At present, the continued spread of the new crown epidemic at home and abroad has hit the export e-commerce industry first, and cross-border logistics is facing severe challenges. Once a transmission chain is formed, all operational links may be affected. However, amid the crisis of logistics delays, freight rates seem to have begun to show signs of falling recently. The price of air delivery plummeted and the US dollar exchange rate plummeted! Recently, many sellers have reported that the price of air delivery has plummeted, and major logistics channels have collectively adjusted their prices, dropping to below 30/KG: "It's outrageous. Common European goods all start with 2." "European air delivery promotion, starting from 26/KG." "I've never encountered more than 20 empty pie in all my time." "The price has dropped a lot recently. Air freight to Europe is 9.9, and air freight to the United States is 15-18. This is the price to the airport." ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group A seller on the German site reported that air freight was extremely expensive last year, but he did not expect that at the beginning of 2022, the unit price of air freight would drop below 18, which is comparable to the price of sea freight. It is learned that, judging from the quotation information released by freight forwarders, some logistics channels in Europe have indeed begun to lower their prices. ▲ The picture comes from the seller communication group Faced with the sharp drop in air delivery prices, many sellers believe that it is a good time to take advantage of the situation to ship goods. Otherwise, when the factory fully restores its production capacity, the price will rebound immediately. However, some sellers believe that the low air freight prices in February are mainly affected by shipments. Due to the small shipment volume and the shortage of cargo space, freight forwarding companies can only lose money to secure cargo space. In general, although the air delivery price has declined, sellers still need to continue to observe the supply and demand situation in the market and avoid blindly shipping large quantities, which will cause inventory backlogs. In addition to freight rates, exchange rate fluctuations also concern many people traveling across borders. On the 24th local time, Russian troops landed in Odessa, Ukraine, and officially started the war. After the incident broke out, global stock markets experienced a sharp shock. It is learned that in recent times, with the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the RMB exchange rate has continued to strengthen. According to the latest news, on February 23, the offshore RMB exchange rate against the US dollar continued to rise and approached 6.30, with a high of 6.3036, a new high since April 2018. The onshore RMB exchange rate against the US dollar closed at 6.3178 at 16:30, up 178 points from the previous day. For cross-border sellers, the continued strengthening of the RMB exchange rate against the US dollar will directly affect the sellers' final profits after foreign exchange settlement. Under the circumstances where sellers are already squeezed by high costs from multiple parties, their profits will shrink further. The international situation is turbulent, the fight against the epidemic is still ongoing, and the cross-border road for sellers is still long and difficult. What do you think about this? Feel free to leave a message in the comment area~
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