bring a container from china It will depend on which port it is going to, its size and what type of merchandise will be moved. This type of service had a significant price variation due to COVID-19.
In August 2020, the rates they were around 2,000 and 2,500 Dollars and these shot up above $18,000 in 2021.
At present, according to the data obtained, bring a 20-foot container from Shanghai to the port Multimodal Caucedo it has an average cost of 2,470 dollars and, if it is 40 feet, that same route costs 2,970 dollars.
Importers: “They have improved”
“The freight from asia They have continued to improve and are getting closer to 2019. I don’t know if we will match, but they have improved and that is what is important,” José Antonio Álvarez, president of the National Association of Importers, said yesterday.
He indicated that there were tariffs from the Chinese ports that came close to $20,000 a little over a year ago.
“In 2022, it was going down slightly month by month, but we are already getting closer to what it was in 2019. Most of those who trade abroad doubt that it will equalize the rates 2019, but everyone is feeling great relief because they have been declining,” he explained.
Price evolution
According to the date of the Shipowners Association of the Dominican Republic (ANRD), in January 2020 a 20-foot container cost $2,240 to move it from the Far East to Dominican ports.
In December of that year, the same container was located at 7,200 dollars, for a difference of 221.42%. The same happened with him 40 foot container.
In January 2021, the same containers rose at $8,500. They rose significantly 12 months later, settling at $13,000.
That same price was maintained in January 2022, but the amounts went down until they were close to what it cost in January 2020; they collapsed in December 2022with a price of 2,000 dollars for 20 feet and 2,400 for 40 feet.
the worried
The president of the Dominican Merchants Federation (FDC), Iván García, said that there is great concern among importers from China because the freight They dropped a lot compared to the purchase they made.
“There are many importers who have purchased goods with freight 12,000 and 13,000 dollars, because it gradually went down during 2022. So, a lot of people have inventory with freight expensive…, so they are now losing about 35 percent, if they update the price,” said García.
Free Daily reviewed other data and it was found that a similar scenario was staged between China and other countries in America.
