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Amazon sellers in 2021 will be heartbeat! In addition to the introduction of various weird and strange rules on Amazon, Amazon sellers have to bear the pain of soaring logistics! According to the latest news, air freight prices have skyrocketed again! The current price has exceeded 80 yuan/kg. Air freight prices will continue to rise next week, fearing that it will break one hundred again!

Why did air freight start to skyrocket again?

There are three main reasons for the increase in air freight prices. The first is that China has recently reduced the number of international flights. The notice issued by the Civil Aviation Administration is mainly for passenger planes, but passenger planes also undertake a large part of the cargo transportation. Therefore, the reduction in the number of flights will lead to a shortage of capacity and cause an increase in air freight prices.

According to a notice issued by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, from October 31 this year to March 26 next year, China's civil aviation will begin to implement the winter and spring flight plan of 2021/2022. According to the plan, international passenger flights will be reduced from 644 flights per week in summer to 408 flights, a decrease of 21.1% compared with the same period in 2020.

Air China, China Eastern and other airlines have also cancelled many Sino-US flights between now and the first quarter of next year. Prices in China and the United States will inevitably be greatly affected.

At the same time, a large number of flights have been cancelled in the United States. In the United States, the main reason is that the continuous bad weather prevented the crew from arriving on time and the shortage of manpower, which affected the flight.

FlightAware, a website that tracks real-time flight status, said on October 30 that American Airlines had delayed more than 1,000 flights since October 29. According to Agence France-Presse, in early October, Southwest Airlines cancelled more than 2,000 flights within three days, resulting in an economic loss of 75 million U.S. dollars. The cause was severe weather and insufficient air traffic controllers at the Florida airport.

At present, American Airlines is still short of manpower, and it needs to alleviate the problem of manpower shortage through recruitment.

In addition, the end of the year is the peak period for sellers to replenish goods. At present, sea freight is congested, and only air freight can meet the seller’s time limit for replenishment.

Will the skyrocketing air freight have a knock-on effect?

The skyrocketing air freight prices will affect sellers' replenishment during the peak season. The price of ocean freight has dropped this week, but with the tightness of air freight space, the price of ocean freight, especially the price of Maison, may have room to rise. At present, only Mason is the fastest and most stable.

The current situation of sea transportation has not improved. How congested is shipping? Let's get a feel for it with a set of data! There are 79 ships waiting to enter the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, each of which has about 8,000 containers, which means that there are 640,000 containers on the ship alone, and there are many untimely piles on the port’s yard. Shipping container. With these 640,000 containers alone, 640,000 trucks are needed to pull them out! Although the port currently operates 7*24 hours, it is only sporadic operations, and the terminal does not have "full firepower" to operate at the highest efficiency.

The congestion of shipping will also cause the price of shipping to be unable to return to a normal state in a short period of time.

What should I do if the stock is out of stock during the peak season?

Seller friends should always pay attention to the latest freight rates and some of the latest air and sea movements, understand some of the latest status of cross-border logistics, and be able to make a preliminary prediction of the status of logistics. Prepare for shipment as soon as possible.

In addition, it is necessary to make a reasonable combination of express ships, general ships and air freight, and predict your own replenishment volume from the replenishment formula to ensure the normal operation of the listing!