Shipping costs continue to surge amid rising overseas orders, recent Suez Canal blockage
Shipping costs continue to surge amid rising overseas orders, recent Suez Canal blockage

Shipping costs continue to surge amid rising overseas orders, recent Suez Canal blockage

 

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Chinese exporters are facing rising shipping costs amid a shortage of containers which was worsened by the recent Suez Canal blockage.

"Shipping costs of a 40-foot-container from Tianjin to the United Kingdom soared from $3,000 to $14,000 during the few weeks before Chinese New Year, and the company ended up paying $10,000 per unit for shipping the bikes they purchased," said Li Qing, president of Easy-try Cycles.

"The FOB(free on board) contract we signed did protect us from paying the escalating logistics costs, but we were equally hurt . . .

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