The EU has said it is preparing to impose a €2 flat fee on the billions of low-value packages that flood into the bloc each year, the great majority from China.
Data released by WorldACD for the week ending 11 May (week 19), shows that airfreight volumes from China and Hong Kong to the US declined by 10% compared with week 18, which had already suffered a 14% decline on a week earlier.
"Year-on-year volumes from China and Hong Kong to North America were down 27% in week 19, a fourth week of double-digit percentage decline,” the data provider said.
Week 19 was the first full week since the US ended the de minimis loophole for China that had allowed e-commerce packages to enter the country duty-free and with minimal customs scrutiny.
Maybe I am mistaken, but reducing this air cargo for these small packages is also good for the environment it seems, it’s sort of “de-growth”?
Holy mackerel!
Addition:
Air cargo demand between China and the US fell in the first full week after Washington ended the de minimis exemption covering Chinese e-commerce packages
Maybe I am mistaken, but reducing this air cargo for these small packages is also good for the environment it seems, it’s sort of “de-growth”?