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Despite hopes that the cost of shipping goods from the Far East may start to fall from the beginning of May, we have been informed that it is quite the opposite.

Please see below an email from one of the shipping agents we use to import goods from China & other areas of the Far East:

Hope this email find you well.

Trust you are aware of the booming situation when the Suez Canal blocked. blank sailing, equipment shortage which caused the ocean freight get up again. same as what happened in December of 2020. It’s really tough to survive for the importers when the ocean freight increase is so crazy. 

As a specialist in the logistics ex China and South-East to the UK and Europe. we do hope we can do something to help you through this hard time. Below our rate for early May for your reference:

XIAMEN – FELIXSTOWE – ETD 11-MAY – ETD  3 JUNE – $11800 

Will double check if there still have space left when I have your confirmation. We heard from Carriers that the rate will be increased again after May 14th, so if you have any pending shipment have to ship on May, we suggest you to pre-book space first.

So, as you can see, it appears that the price are not coming down as quick as everyone hoped. Our opinion is that there is a certain element of greed from the shipping companies – if importers are that desperate for their goods, and are willing to pay through the nose for it, why would they drop the prices?

Of course, we will keep you updated with any developments on these costs.