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Since November 19th, the Yemeni Housai armed forces have launched continuous attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea region, seriously disrupting the normal operation of global shipping and causing chaos in the global freight supply chain. Exporters are eager to find alternative air, land, and sea routes to ensure timely delivery of various goods to retailers. To address the challenges posed by the interruption of the Red Sea route and ensure the stability of the supply chain.The interruption of this route has affected the main trade route connecting Europe, North America, and Asia - the Suez Canal, along with another major waterway, the Panama Canal, which has long queues due to drought. The cost of container transportation on ocean routes has skyrocketed, and in some cases has more than doubled.Standard&Poor's Global warned in a report that if the supply interruption time is prolonged, the consumer goods industry supplying to top retailers in the world such as Wal Mart and IKEA will face the greatest impact.Alan Baer, CEO of American logistics company OL USA, suggested that shipping and logistics customers need to be prepared for at least 90 days of Red Sea transportation interruptions, and pointed out that everything will remain calm until January 2nd during the Christmas holiday, but there will be a frenzy afterwards.However, Jan Kleine Lasthues, CEO of Air Transport at Hermann Logistics, a globally renowned freight forwarder, said that some fast-moving companies are already trying to switch to multimodal transportation. The company has found that some clothing, electronics, and technology industries are interested in the intermodal mode of air and sea transportation. One option is to first send the goods by sea to the port in Dubai, where they are then transported by plane to their destination.However, Paul Brashier, Vice President of Short Term and Intermodal Transportation at ITS Logistics, a supply chain group, pointed out that cost is the main constraint on this alternative solution. Companies transporting urgent or critical items may choose air freight, but it ultimately cannot be a comprehensive solution.Brian Bourke, Global Chief Business Officer of SEKO Logistics, stated that the cost of air transportation is approximately 5-15 times higher than that of sea transportation. But if the time for goods to be shelved doubles, more shippers will have no choice but to turn to air freight, especially high-value goods such as branded clothing and high-end electronic products. He claimed to have received inquiries from some clients.Corey Ranslem, CEO of British maritime risk consulting and security company Dryad Global, stated that approximately 35000 ships cross the Red Sea each year to transport goods between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, accounting for approximately 10% of global GDP. American retailers such as Wal Mart, Target, Macy's and Nike all rely on this route to transport goods. It added that under the threat of long-term shutdown, the prices of fuel and goods entering Europe will significantly increase, and in addition to the increased cost of detouring through Africa, the transit time may increase by about 30 days depending on the arrival port.At the same time, the shipping industry does not have 100% confidence in America's Prosperity Guardian program. A source pointed out that it is still unknown whether the US led maritime forces can prevent more attacks and ensure the safety of the route.
Since mid November, the Houthi armed forces have been carrying out attacks on ships related to Israel in the Red Sea. At least 13 container shipping companies have successively announced the suspension of navigation in the Red Sea and nearby waters or detours around the Cape of Good Hope. It is estimated that the total value of goods carried by ships departing from the Red Sea route has exceeded 80 billion US dollars.According to tracking statistics from a certain shipping big data platform in the industry, as of the 19th, the number of container ships passing through the Mand Strait (the gateway to the Suez Canal, one of the world's most important waterways) located at the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, has dropped to zero, indicating that the key channel into the Suez Canal has been paralyzed.According to data provided by logistics company Dexun, 121 container ships have given up entering the Red Sea and Suez Canal and instead opted to detour around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, resulting in an increase of about 6000 nautical miles and a possible extension of 1-2 weeks of sailing time. The company expects more ships to join the detour route in the future. According to a new report by Consumer News and Business Channel in the United States, the total value of goods carried by these ships that have been diverted from the Red Sea route exceeds $80 billion.In addition, according to multiple foreign media reports, for ships still choosing to sail in the Red Sea, the insurance cost jumped from about 0.1% to 0.2% of the hull value this week to 0.5%, meaning that the insurance cost per voyage for a ship worth 100 million US dollars reached 500000 US dollars. Changing the route means higher fuel costs and delayed arrival of goods, while continuing to travel through the Red Sea carries greater safety risks and insurance costs, posing a dilemma for shipping and logistics companies.UN officials have stated that if the crisis in the Red Sea route continues, it may lead to an increase in commodity prices, which will be borne by consumers.According to tracking statistics from a certain shipping big data platform in the industry, as of the 19th, the number of container ships passing through the Mand Strait (the gateway to the Suez Canal, one of the world's most important waterways) located at the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, has dropped to zero, indicating that the key channel into the Suez Canal has been paralyzed.According to data provided by logistics company Dexun, 121 container ships have given up entering the Red Sea and Suez Canal and instead opted to detour around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, resulting in an increase of about 6000 nautical miles and a possible extension of 1-2 weeks of sailing time. The company expects more ships to join the detour route in the future. According to a new report by Consumer News and Business Channel in the United States, the total value of goods carried by these ships that have been diverted from the Red Sea route exceeds $80 billion.In addition, according to multiple foreign media reports, for ships still choosing to sail in the Red Sea, the insurance cost jumped from about 0.1% to 0.2% of the hull value this week to 0.5%, meaning that the insurance cost per voyage for a ship worth 100 million US dollars reached 500000 US dollars. Changing the route means higher fuel costs and delayed arrival of goods, while continuing to travel through the Red Sea carries greater safety risks and insurance costs, posing a dilemma for shipping and logistics companies.UN officials have stated that if the crisis in the Red Sea route continues, it may lead to an increase in commodity prices, which will be borne by consumers.
At the regular press conference of the National Development and Reform Commission on August 6, the State Council issued Document No. 26 "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of the Producer Service Industry and Promoting Industrial Structure Adjustment and Upgrade" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions") . The “Guiding Opinions” have made comprehensive arrangements for the development of the producer service industry, and have also brought benefits to the large freight forwarding industry and the e-commerce industry."National 11" multi-party support for the producer service industryFollowing the State Council's guidance on the development of life-oriented service industries such as family, pension, health, cultural creativity, etc., the development of the producer service industry has also been put on the agenda.Producer service industry refers to the extension of upstream and downstream activities of production, including professional services, information and intermediary services, financial and insurance services, and trade-related services. In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", it is clearly proposed to expand the financial service industry in an orderly manner, vigorously develop the modern freight forwarding industry, cultivate and expand the high-tech service industry, and standardize and upgrade the business service industry. In the "Guiding Opinions", the focused producer services are grouped into 11 main tasks, which are also referred to as "National 11 Articles" for short.At this stage, my country’s productive service industry focuses on the development of R&D and design, third-party freight forwarding, financial leasing, information technology services, energy conservation and environmental protection services, inspection and certification, e-commerce, business consulting, service outsourcing, after-sales service, human resource services and branding Construction.Big freight forwarding industry and e-commerce industry welcome good newsNot long ago, Yao Jingyuan, a special researcher in the Counselor’s Office of the State Council, mentioned several figures in an interview with the media: my country’s freight forwarding cost was 10 trillion yuan last year, accounting for 18% of GDP, while that of developed countries is 8%- 9%. If the cost of my country's freight forwarding can be reduced to the level of developed countries, then it can save about 5 trillion yuan in freight forwarding fees a year.The drop in the cost of the freight forwarding industry is a profit for production companies, a price cut for consumers, and a profit space for circulation companies.The "Guiding Opinions" made reasonable planning and construction for third-party freight forwarders and e-commerce, and encouraged enterprises to develop toward the high end of the value chain.CICC's research report believes that the freight forwarding industry benefits from two levels. The first is that freight forwarding and warehousing in agriculture and industry will achieve greater outsourcing, whether it is professional freight forwarding companies such as steel, petrochemical, and cold chain, or public freight forwarding companies such as transportation, warehousing, and freight forwarding. Secondly, if considering the upgrade and development of freight forwarding companies themselves, some companies are likely to upgrade to fourth-party freight forwarders or even fifth-party freight forwarding companies to provide more professional freight forwarding services.At the same time, the e-commerce industry has also benefited a lot. The "Guiding Opinions" require deepening the e-commerce application of large and medium-sized enterprises, promote online transactions of bulk raw materials, online customization of industrial products, coordinated development of upstream and downstream affiliate businesses, and innovate organizational structures and business models.CICC believes that as the first batch of companies to promote the B2B circulation of bulk commodities, China Reserve still has huge room for B2B development in the future. Before and after the release of the "Guiding Opinions", the stock price of China Reserve Stock has continued to rise.Financial innovation becomes one of the policy guaranteesIt is worth noting that financial innovation is listed in the "Guiding Opinions" as one of the six major policy measures to support the producer service industry. A series of innovative financing methods including intellectual property pledge, warehouse receipt pledge, credit insurance policy pledge, etc. are being brewed.The "Guiding Opinions" encourage commercial banks to develop various financial products and services suitable for the characteristics of the producer service industry in accordance with the principles of controllable risks and sustainable business, and actively develop financing methods such as business circle financing and supply chain financing, and require research, formulation and utilization Pledge of intellectual property rights, pledge of warehouse receipts, pledge of credit insurance policies, pledge of equity, commercial factoring and other feasible measures for financing, thereby broadening the financing channels of enterprises and supporting qualified producer service enterprises to list and raise financing and issue bonds .At the press conference, Xia Nong, deputy director of the Industry Coordination Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in response to a question from a reporter from the Economic Information Daily that the service industry, including the producer service industry, has its own development characteristics, such as light assets, which can be mortgaged. There are few physical assets and knowledge-intensive. Once there is a relatively good development environment, it will show explosive growth. This is also a very important new growth point in the adjustment and upgrading of my country's economic and industrial structure. Therefore, financial innovation around the producer service industry is very important.
Due to the intensified competition in the freight forwarding industry, the profit margins of freight forwarding companies are gradually shrinking. A rationally designed financial and freight forwarding integration development mechanism is one of the new profit growth points for freight forwarding in the future. Then, in the face of the great changes in the freight forwarding environment, where are the difficulties in the innovation of freight forwarding financial models? What is its essence? What kind of risks are there and what are the controllable factors? Let's listen to the unique insights of Professor Chu Xuejian of Shanghai University.In recent years, the volume of China's economy has grown rapidly, and the market demand for the integration of freight forwarding and financial industrialization has gradually emerged. The industrialization of freight forwarding finance is conducive to the optimization and improvement of the industrial structure, the improvement of the operational level and efficiency of the freight forwarding industry, and the efficiency of capital operation. At the same time, it is also conducive to financial institutions to increase the scale of loans, reduce credit risks, and improve the evaluation of pledges. Intermediate service levels such as corporate financial management. However, due to the ever-increasing competition in the freight forwarding industry, the profit margin of freight forwarding companies is gradually shrinking. A rationally designed financial and freight forwarding integration development mechanism is one of the new profit growth points for freight forwarding in the future. So, in the face of the great changes in the current freight forwarding environment, where are the difficulties in the innovation of freight forwarding financial models? What is its essence? What kind of risks are there and what are the controllable factors? In particular, how should we deal with the "estrangement" between banks and small and micro freight forwarders, and how to overcome these "estrangements" and so on. The following Shanghai University professor Chu Xuejian made corresponding research and analysis on these issues.1 The "Gap" between banks and enterprises in China's freight forwarding marketOver the years, transportation companies, warehousing companies, and trading companies have been transforming into supply chain management. Cross-border operations of companies must "innovate" and form a "win-win" situation in cross-border fields. In my opinion, the driving force of the development of freight forwarding business is "trade" or "business flow". Such trade includes production-based trade and market-based trade, which promote the development of our freight forwarding business. There is flow of goods only because of trade; the development of freight forwarding business has led to financial services such as "fund settlement and financing"; among them, the core force of the development of freight forwarding business is "finance", and the relationship between the three is "IT". And "DT" curing.Specifically, the transportation situation in the freight forwarding market can be described as "large transportation market and small enterprises with transportation capacity". Among them, the transportation market refers to the huge transportation demand generated by physical trade, and the corresponding transportation consumption is even greater. According to statistics from the China Purchasing Federation, from January to July 2016, the total national social freight forwarders totaled 126 trillion yuan, and the national total social freight forwarders cost 6 trillion yuan, of which the transportation costs were 3.1 trillion yuan.The reason why it is called a "small enterprise with capacity" is that my country's transportation enterprises are a subcontracted service chain, from suppliers to third-party freight forwarders or professional transportation companies, to freight forwarding parks, to the transportation information department, To the end customer, this kind of subcontracted transportation business is completed by numerous "small freight forwarders", "scalpers" and "drivers". In the transportation service chain, most of the small and micro freight forwarding companies pre-paid fuel, road and bridge fees, etc., and only after the completion of the business can they receive the freight paid by the downstream companies. These small and micro "freight forwarding companies" are characterized by "small assets", "small business volume", and "weak credit", and cannot afford larger businesses. However, these "small and micro freight forwarders" in the supply chain are difficult to define and lack asset guarantees, making it difficult to obtain financing from banks.As shown in the above figure, the accounts receivable of enterprises across the country is 20 trillion, and banks only pay attention to the 2.7 trillion of large enterprises. It is not uncommon for banks to turn a blind eye to the financing needs of a large number of long-tail small and medium-sized enterprises. If the fragmented financing needs of small freight forwarders are intensive, the market will be huge. Thinking carefully, the reason why banks don’t want to see small and micro freight forwarding companies is that the current "black hole" of information about the capacity of Chinese freight forwarding companies (reflecting that the credit assets required for financing of the capacity companies are either insufficient, or the chain of credit evidence is broken.) Decided.There is a serious information asymmetry between banks and small, medium and micro freight forwarders. How to solve this situation in the future? I personally believe that capacity financing is essentially credit financing. When the financing enterprise’s "subject credit" is insufficient, the "transaction" can be judged. "Credit", as long as it is judged that its business is real and continuous, and the cost of default is high, it can lend to such small and micro freight forwarding companies. Banks need to have a full understanding of small and micro freight forwarding companies. Small and micro freight forwarding companies must make the information flow of the freight forwarding business transparent, build a "bank-enterprise bridge", and connect the freight forwarding market with financial institutions. The business information of freight forwarders is connected with the credit information required by banks, and it is becoming more and more important to eliminate information asymmetry.2 The financial index system of the transportation capacity supply chain boosts the win-win situation of banks and enterprisesAt present, many companies design financial products for the transportation supply chain, but the actual credit extension does not fully meet the expected credit limit. The reason is that financial institutions dare not lend and spend a lot of manpower to conduct credit investigations, which results in high operating costs.The Transport Capacity Supply Chain Finance Index is a comprehensive index of capacity credit services established by a third party using the principles of big data on transportation consumption and high business default costs. The so-called consumption in transportation refers to the cost of tolls, gasoline, diesel, lubricating oil, maintenance parts and vehicle purchases incurred during the entire transportation. The upstream and downstream enterprises surrounding the transportation capacity supply chain will generate a large amount of transportation-related data. Using the data as support, it can truly reflect the authenticity, long-term, and abnormality of the business; reflect the basic operating conditions and profitability of the financing enterprise. This is an activity to establish credit finance for a transportation enterprise. Banks can judge the creditworthiness of financing companies based on this index to make judgments on loan amount and financing time.The transportation capacity supply chain finance index mainly uses three parts, one is the score, the second report, and the third is the industry benchmark. The basis for setting the index is the “big data of capacity”, including the scenario of the capacity supply chain and its risks. The second is to use the concept of "default costs". We judge from three perspectives, one is his subject credit, the second is his transaction credit, and the third is the third-party credit of supervision. Use these three credits to control the risk of the entire loan.The index’s rating framework is divided into three levels, one is "enterprise access", the data from the company is "cross-checked", and some anti-fraud rules are used to judge the "authenticity"; the second is the layered management of customers. Judge his credit based on his industry, business scale, business cycle, and performance, and then based on the score card score, to see whether you are a good company or a poor company through the score. A company has 3 million business in a year. I lent him one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand. He will not default for this one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand. It is not worthwhile for him to lose the overall business volume for this point. We took the default factor into account and established an index. Effectiveness. Through enterprise stratification, such as classification management of large third-party freight forwarders and small three parties, through classification management, we use different customers to grant different credits, according to different modes of transportation, different invoicing amounts, especially now the business reform The increase will still have a certain impact on the cost of freight forwarders in a certain sense. After the threshold is set through different standards, the so-called risk can be reduced.Through the basis of data management, including customer data and supervisory data, such as: insurance, credit, vehicle violations, customer financing party information, freight forwarding transaction information, waybill information, financial information, subdivided into large transportation companies, small The third-party freight forwarding company, etc., the data about the driver is also very important. The situation of his spouse, the situation of his children, and whether he has bad habits, etc. should be recorded. If this person likes to gamble and often runs casinos, this kind of person should be eliminated. The status of the company’s industry, the data of the traditional three tables, and the credit of the transaction. Check whether his transaction is real, because the authenticity of the trade is very important. Check whether the transaction data is stable, whether there is a trend, or whether it will rise in the future. If there is an abnormality in the decline, how to control and control the abnormality? Through multi-dimensional data collection, a large database is formed. Use data to build a credit evaluation model, score by experts, and describe transaction credit and regulatory credit step by step through scoring.Provide different application reports according to different user needs. Such as: banks, governments, industry associations, transportation companies. Through the transportation capacity supply chain financial service index, we will bridge the gap between freight forwarding companies and banks, expanding the transportation market, fostering the growth of small and micro freight forwarding companies, and boosting the win-win situation of banks and enterprises.3 Risk Management and Control of Financial Index of Transport Capacity Supply ChainRegarding the key elements of financial risks in the transportation capacity supply chain, there are four: the authenticity of transportation trade, whether it is "true luck" or "fake transportation"; the value of data assets depends on the continuity and trend of the financing party's historical transportation data Whether there is any payment received and whether it is profitable; the self-compensation of the financing repayment, he must use the money earned in the business to repay your business loan; the professionalism of management, that is, the financial requirements of the transportation capacity supply chain "Visible", "trackable" and "controllable".In supply chain finance and freight forwarding finance, credit issues are at the core, ranging from entity credit to transaction credit to regulatory credit. The authenticity of the freight forwarding transportation trade reflected in the transaction credit, and the high default cost of the transportation business is a very important basis for judging the creditworthiness of small and micro freight forwarding companies. Through these three things, we can manage the risks.To establish management and control from the perspective of credit, the specific contents are as follows:1. There must be access;2. Set default costs. If the business does not have default costs, it is not suitable for financial loans of transportation capacity;3. To manage transaction risks, especially the understanding of data and industry is the core of this. At present, the main reference for managing transaction risks is historical transaction records. If this company has been doing this business for upstream or downstream, there will be a year or I have dared to lend him a loan for more than two years, and use data as a core asset for assessment and management.4. Manage credit risks, especially the use of third-party anti-fraud tools. I believe that more than 90% of the risks in supply chain finance business come from customer fraud, including control disputes, capital withdrawal, and invisibility. Liabilities and so on.From the perspective of risk management and control, the focus is on how to manage the credit in our capacity supply chain. Through this credit, we can improve the credit of the financing party, including his professional ethics and operational capabilities.4 Innovation can cure the root causeThe so-called essence of freight forwarding finance is credit and credit expansion. Facing the current problems faced by freight forwarding finance, Professor Chu believes that innovation should be initiated from three aspects, namely, warehouse supervision informationization, financing management platformization, and full monitoring and multiple locks. change.First of all, warehouse supervision informationization. Through the establishment of a unified freight forwarding financial supervision cloud platform, the whole process of information transparency, sharing and timely delivery can be realized. The positions of each supervision warehouse must be certified by the platform and are true and effective. The warehouse has the ability to perceive on-site data on the status and location of the stored goods and the ability to transmit non-destructively encrypted data, and the positions of each supervised warehouse shall be registered on the cloud platform to enter the relevant information of the stored goods.Warehouse managers, pledgers, and financial institutions of freight forwarding financial services monitor pledges in real time through a unified platform; the system senses abnormalities through on-site monitoring facilities and automatically pushes alarm information to relevant personnel; regularly monitors passively used pledges Or set a strictly controlled pledge to record its movement history.In addition, the management of financial freight forwarders cannot simply be a WMS, but a FWMS system with financial factors. It needs to have the functions of pledge storage, supervision of storage, pledge supervision, pledge removal, and goods replacement; this FWMS The service entity should be a warehousing and freight agent (consignor or freight forwarding company) + a guarantee/supervision company; in terms of cargo supervision and movable property pledge risk control, it should focus on pledge rate, cargo liquidity, customer repayment ability, and guarantee balance; contract and credit In terms of management, it is necessary to have business file records and realize query and traceability functions; therefore, it is more stringent than the general WMS system to operate FWMS.Only by achieving full informatization can the security of financing guarantees, the reliability of pledge supervision, the level of pledges, and the effective tracking of risks can be guaranteed. In addition, credit evaluation is also a link that cannot be ignored, because it involves market competitiveness, capital flow, and management level.Secondly, financing management is platform-based. When it comes to financing management, we have to mention several major entities involved, namely core enterprises, small and micro enterprises, freight forwarders, and financial institutions. But if you want to closely link these four subjects together, only by using a platform-based system can you achieve visualization, automation, autonomy, and timeliness. By creating a visualized automatic operation management platform to monitor the flow of each fund, let the funds flow in a closed loop, and view the details of each asset; this can reduce the expenditure of personnel costs; "autonomous" set up online manual operations in the attention link to assist approval decision making. From the perspective of multi-dimensional informatization, risks are known and information is transparent. And based on historical data, accurately and intelligently verify the enterprise quota and account period, and carry out post-loan tracking and closed-loop management of accounts to ensure the timeliness of information transmission. Online operation of the platform, real-time access to every piece of data in the supply chain, to ensure the authenticity and full coverage of every transaction.Third, the entire monitoring process is multi-locked. The introduction of the QR code security certification service is established for the convenience and speed of verifying the validity and authenticity of the documents in the transaction process, and implements multi-lock monitoring of the entire freight forwarding financial business chain. Through the electronic QR code security authentication service system, traditional counterfeiting methods, such as forging signatures, seals, and altering key information, are completely ineffective, avoiding risks in transactions. The introduction of special scanning apps and QR code encoding, encryption, and re-analysis technologies also avoids the network risks of traditional QR codes, making it impossible for counterfeiters to use technologies such as cloning and phishing websites for fraud and deception. In addition, with the help of the decentralized storage technology of data, the information security risk of hackers obtaining critical data by compromising the server has been reduced to a low point.
On the 25th, the National Development and Reform Commission held an internal symposium on the current price situation. It was discussed at the meeting that high vegetable prices have increased the pressure on the people's lives, but too low vegetable prices will damage the interests of farmers. What is the problem? Experts at the conference generally believed that the current domestic circulation costs are too high and the domestic circulation system is in urgent need of reform."Circulation costs account for 50%-70%"Wang Tongsan, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the figures for China's circulation industry expenses are shocking. 82% of the world's toll roads are in China, and circulation costs account for 50%-70%, which is too high.Wu Xiaoqiu, director of the forecast department of the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that domestic production prices of agricultural products have always been "difficult to rise and fall quickly." The price increase is much higher when the price increases on the table. The current solution to the problem is to reduce circulation costs. He said that in some cities, there have been measures to directly connect agricultural products to supermarkets, but because of the existence of huge interest groups, the scale is still small and it is difficult to promote them."Transportation capacity is 40% empty state"Fan Jianping, director of the forecast department of the State Information Center, for example, said that the Ministry of Commerce once conducted a follow-up investigation on this issue in Shanghai and found that a couple working in the vegetable market had to go to the wholesale market at 2 in the middle of the night. The work was very hard, but the latter The monthly income is only equivalent to the low living security of ordinary urban residents. The logistics industry is a fully competitive industry, and those who run transportation do not make huge profits. Later, it was discovered that the problem was that the comprehensive cost of logistics was too high.Fan Jianping said that the current logistics and transportation organization in China is too backward, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, unlike several large foreign transportation companies that have formed. These large companies can use information technology to adjust the transportation of vehicles. In our country, 40% of the transportation capacity is empty. It is often the case that it is overloaded when going out and empty when returning. China's logistics costs are 1-2 times higher than the world average.It is understood that solving this problem involves multiple departments such as the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, and the National Development and Reform Commission. However, the various ministries and commissions have not yet issued comprehensive measures to address this issue. Last year, the National Development and Reform Commission required toll roads to provide "green channels" for vehicles transporting agricultural products. Fan Jianping said that the problem of high logistics costs has existed for many years. He hopes that the government can use the opportunity of stabilizing prices to break the problem of inter-departmental coordination and truly resolve the problem. For example, the government can build an information platform for small and medium-sized enterprises to use. , To reduce the cost of setting up an information platform for enterprises, and at the same time increase the overall capacity.Development and Reform Commission experts said CPI level is basically controllableYesterday, at the internal symposium of the National Development and Reform Commission, experts also analyzed this year's price levels and control measures. Chen Dongqi, deputy dean of the Macro Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, believes that the overall level of CPI this year can basically be controlled within the expected target, and the annual price level may remain at about 4.5%.The domestic CPI reached 5.4% in March this year, a 32-month high. Experts at the meeting believed that inflation is caused by multiple factors such as a variety of externally imported inflation, a moderately loose monetary policy in response to the financial crisis, and an increase in wages for workers. The price situation in the second half of the year is also faced with conditions that are difficult to control, such as external imported inflation factors. The important factor is that the second round of quantitative easing monetary policy in the United States will expire in June this year. It is still difficult to judge whether the United States will raise interest rates or will still introduce quantitative easing monetary policy.Chen Dongqi believes that the price level in the first half of the year may be a little higher than 5%. In the second quarter, taking into account the carry-over factor, it may be even higher. In the second half of the year, the impact of the previous macro-control will gradually appear. The price index will converge, but there will be an inflection point. It is unlikely. Regarding the current control measures, he said that the government still has room for control. As long as economic growth can decelerate from a high level, CPI will also decelerate. If GDP remains below 10%, the CPI level will probably remain at the level of 3%-5%.It is recommended to fortify the inflation "reservoir"Wu Xiaohua, Director of the Research Department of the Macro Researcher of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that my country’s current inflation level is still relatively low compared to that of emerging economies such as India and Vietnam. The people's lives have a great impact.He believes that instead of doing everything possible to stabilize the overall price level, it is better to protect the income of the middle and low classes, and suggested that the government establish a "reservoir" to prevent inflation. For example, with the increase in oil prices, the current domestic dependence on foreign sources is more than 50%. The government can explore the establishment of a buffer channel for the import of bulk commodities, and cannot allow large enterprise groups to borrow internationally imported inflation factors to seek benefits.Fan Jianping of the National Information Center said that cost-driven price increases are an automatic adjustment method of the market economy, and price levers can play a role in adjusting the industrial structure and promoting enterprises to increase labor productivity. If an enterprise cannot absorb the cost pressure by increasing labor productivity, it will lose the market.
Many newbies in foreign trade or shipping of cross-border e-commerce companies will encounter some small thresholds for new logistics basic knowledge. They are not engaged in this logistics industry, so they will not, but this logistics is their own cross-border e-commerce A very important service link is equivalent to buying a new mobile phone and you need a mobile phone box. Cosmetics need to have a cosmetic box. Although it costs money, it is not to sell these products. Then the problem arises. Consult a colleague in the company. At the same time I am not engaged in the logistics industry, and many of the things I talked about are not very professional, which may lead to a deviation in their entry. People who consult logistics companies may also have a little understanding. Then today I will be a cross-border e-commerce foreign trade. Let's explain it in a simple and clear way1What does Amazon Toucheng mean?Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) means that the seller sends the product inventory sold on Amazon directly to the warehouse of Amazon's local market. After the customer places an order, Amazon provides picking and packaging, delivery, payment, customer service, and return processing. One-stop logistics services, at the same time, will also charge a certain fee. Simply put, Amazon FBA is equivalent to Amazon's official overseas warehouse.Amazon FBA only provides warehousing and distribution services locally, so if some domestic sellers want to ship their goods to local FBA warehouses abroad, they need to use FBA headline services.Amazon FBA head service: The domestic logistics service provider is responsible for delivering the seller's goods to the Amazon FBA warehouse, and providing a series of services such as customs clearance and tax payment. In other words, it is to help sellers who use Amazon's global store project FBA service to transport the seller's goods from China to designated Amazon warehouses in Germany, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries through air/express/sea transportation. , And provide corresponding value-added services to help sellers who use the FBA service of Amazon's global store project to transport goods from China to Amazon warehouses in the United States and the United Kingdom.2How to ship to the fba warehouseOne create a transportation planTransportation method (you need to contact your own freight forwarding company according to your own shipping weight, volume, number and other packing list information, as well as your expected price and timeliness, so that your logistics provider can choose a set of reasonable transportation methods, air delivery, Shanghai delivery, or Express delivery)2. The number of products sent.3. The type of product sent.4. Amazon/seller handles product preparation.If you are a private-label seller, you need to create a listing for the product before making a shipping plan, and then you can make a shipping plan. To create a listing and shipping plan, follow these steps:1. Log in to the seller's background.2. Go to Inventory> Manage Inventory.3. Click Add product and enter product information.4. After the listing is complete, click Manage Inventory again, click Action in the Selected drop-down menu, select Send/Replenish Inventory, and create a transportation plan.5. After completing the above steps, you need to verify the shipping address.6. After completing the address verification, you need to confirm the packaging type.Two set the delivery quantityDuring the setup process, pay attention to the following warning notices sent by Amazon:Action Recommended: If Amazon detects that the seller’s product sales are slow, it will recommend the seller to remove this shipping plan.Removal Required: If the seller receives this notification, it means that Amazon wants the seller to remove this shipping plan.Information Required (Information Required): If the seller's product lacks important information, Amazon will issue this notification.Excess Inventory: Amazon sets a limit on the number of products that can be sent to the FBA warehouse. If the quantity exceeds, Amazon refuses to accept it. The limited quantity depends on the product type, size and weight.Sellers need to comply with the product preparation requirements recommended by Amazon in order to quickly send products to FBA. Products that do not meet the requirements will be returned or rejected, or additional charges will be added, and they will not even be shipped to FBA in the future.Three prepare the productIn this link, the seller needs to take corresponding measures to ensure the safe delivery of the product to the FBA warehouse. Therefore, packaging materials are very important. Amazon FBA also has relevant regulations on packaging materials. Packaging that does not meet the requirements will be rejected. The following packaging materials can be used:adhesive tape.Bubble wrap.Opaque packaging bag.Note: When packaging products in polyethylene bags, pay attention to affix a barcode to facilitate Amazon's identification and tracking of products. Sellers can visit the Prepare Products page of Seller Center to obtain information about product packaging.Four product labelingAmazon uses a barcode system to track products sent to the warehouse, so sellers need to label products with barcodes according to Amazon's standards. You can choose the following labeling:Apply for barcode through FBA label service.Add Amazon's barcode to the product.Use the EAN or UPC barcode of the product.Note: The barcode must comply with FBA requirements. After the setting is complete, the seller can create a barcode, and then click Print. The barcode can be saved as PDF format and then printed. If there is already a manufacturer labeling the product, it will be even easier. Note that the manufacturer's labeling must also meet the requirements of Amazon FBA.Five reviewBefore confirming the shipment, the transportation plan needs to be reviewed again. Pay special attention to the warehouse code and shipping code, because the seller’s products may be shipped to different FBA warehouses.Amazon will provide the seller with the shipping name, and the name will be changed maliciously. Note that any changes may affect the packing list. Sellers can also see the number of MSKU (seller's inventory), which is a unique product identifier that reflects the number of each MSKU shipped.After all the information is confirmed, the View Shipments page will appear. Browse again before submitting. Then click Work on Shipment to send the product to Amazon FBA.Six ready for transportationEnter the Prepare Shipment page, then select the shipping method and carrier, determine the number of boxes required, arrange the transportation, and then print the label. Certain modifications can be made, but if there are too many places to be modified, delete the plan and recreate it.Sellers can choose the following shipping options:Full truck delivery (FTL), FTL is delivered directly to the Amazon warehouse without stopping halfway.Pallet transport (LTL), each pallet weighs no less than 150 pounds and no more than 1500 pounds.Small parcel delivery (Small parcel delivery), the products are packed in individual boxes, and each box weighs no more than 50 pounds.Seven summary After the delivery is completed, all the seller has to do is to wait for the product to be delivered to the warehouse. Sellers can track the shipment on the Summary page, and there are monitoring tools to help sellers track it. After the product is shipped to FBA, the seller can see the status of the receipt.I hope that the above simple explanation will be of some help to foreign traders and shipping companies who are doing cross-border e-commerce.
