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The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, but the supply chain crisis is getting worse. The United States seems to be running out of everything, from household goods and electronic products to cars, food, and daily necessities, there is a record shortage of many commodities.

The more anxious, the more you buy, the more you buy, the more congestion! Sea congestion remains, how can sellers save the holiday sales season?

The emergence of out-of-stocks has caused consumers to worry about whether the shelves will be empty during the holidays. Worries about inventory shortages have prompted some retailers to panic buying and over-ordering of goods. This development will also bring an already tight supply chain. Come more pressure.

Retailers are fighting a crisis in the global supply chain network caused by factors such as labor shortages and surge in demand for goods. The CEO of supply chain technology company Quincus said that many retailers have begun to order products from multiple manufacturers instead of one supplier in order to minimize the risk of out-of-stock during the holiday season and prevent out-of-sale conditions. .

Retailers and manufacturers are working hard to get products out of factories or containers, or to ships and ports before the holiday shopping season. This has also put additional pressure on logistics providers and caused further delays, which in turn affected the seller's replenishment.

In order to solve the problem of port blockage, the White House officially announced the opening of the "007 mode" a few days ago-handling ships 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to help ease the large backlog. However, the reality is that the introduction of this policy has not brought any improvement.

On Monday, there were 100 ships floating off the coast in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach waiting for docking and unloading, setting a new record. Among the 100 waiting ships, 97 ships are container ships, and the cargo on these ships is likely to miss the holiday shopping season.

According to data from the Southern California Maritime Exchange, ships waiting to berth outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this Tuesday, including container ships, general cargo ships and other vessels loaded with containers, have a total capacity of 512843 TEU, which means that the current ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach The total value of the cargo trapped on the ship is approximately US$22.5 billion! How anxious it is for sellers who are counting on increased sales during the holiday season.

The logistics timeliness is severely hindered, and parcels are widely delayed. Cross-border e-commerce sellers seem very passive! For cross-border sellers, this year has experienced a series of difficulties, such as the wave of titles, the reduction of Amazon's storage capacity, and the price war. Holiday season sales are a good opportunity to reverse the decline. Even if there are many difficulties, they have to face the difficulties. With rising shipping costs, how can sellers save peak season sales?

Regarding this point, the Canton Fair that just ended has actually given the answer. As a "barometer and vane" of China's foreign trade, the Canton Fair has released many messages that are good for overseas warehouses.

At the 130th Canton Fair, third-party overseas warehouse services were introduced for the first time. Shipping and overseas warehouses became one of the hot topics discussed at the meeting.

More and more Chinese companies are aware of the importance of overseas warehouses and are full of confidence in the prospects of overseas warehouses. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce of China, the number of overseas warehouses in China has exceeded 1,900, with a total area of more than 13.5 million square meters. The business scope covers the whole world, and the number of overseas warehouses in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions accounted for nearly 90%.

Overseas warehouses have played an important role in expanding imports and exports under the current epidemic situation and are a bridge for Chinese products to go overseas. They strongly affirmed the role of overseas warehouses and said that overseas warehouses can maintain the quality and credibility of Chinese products going abroad.

In the case of rising shipping costs and port congestion, saving logistics costs and ensuring delivery time are the main needs of current cross-border sellers. Overseas warehouses are an important support for cross-border e-commerce and a good way to cope with tight supply chains. In the absence of maritime space, bulk shipment of goods in overseas warehouses can reduce transportation costs and speed up logistics