Worldwide and Asia Pacific air cargo tonnages comprise easiest partly recovered from the consequences of China’s Golden Week vacation in early October, constant with the most up-to-date weekly figures and analysis from WorldACD Market Files, with traffic from China to the USA displaying diminutive signal of rebounding at all in the first week for the explanation that foremost Chinese vacation.
Tonnages to the USA from China in week 41 (7 to 13 October) increased by appropriate +1%, week on week (WoW), after shedding by -20% in week 40. In incompatibility, final year, China to USA tonnages recovered in week 41 to a level terminate to pre-Golden Week ranges. In the meantime, tonnages to the USA from Asia Pacific as a entire remained flat in week 41 this year after declining in week 40 by -10%, figures driven essentially by the China-USA market.
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Position-by-put analysis indicates that after declining WoW by -10% in week 40, chargeable weight flown from Asia Pacific rose by +6% (WoW) in week 41, taking tonnages +12% above their ranges this time final year. Africa recorded a +4% WoW scheme bigger, with Europe and Center East & South Asia (MESA) recording +1% WoW increases, whereas North The US outbound tonnages slipped by -1% and Central & South The US (CSA) volumes dropped by -3%, WoW. On a worldwide basis, tonnages rose by +2%, taking them +8% above final year’s ranges.
On the pricing aspect, common worldwide rates – a full-market mix of put rates and contract rates – held in style at $2.58 per kilo, with most critical 2Wo2W increases from CSA (+2%) and Europe (+2%) and a -1% drop from North The US origins, taking common worldwide rates +12% above final year’s ranges. Worldwide put rates overall were also moderately stable in week 41, rising by +1% (2Wo2W) to $2.85 per kilo, taking them +20% above final year’s ranges.
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Though Asia Pacific to USA entire air cargo tonnages in week 41 were broadly equivalent to their ranges this time final year, China-USA tonnages were a great deal down (-19%), year on year (YoY). That -19% decline is the preferrred YoY percentage drop this year for the China-USA market, despite the undeniable fact that it is miles portion of a wider pattern of decline in China-USA tonnages in the second half of of this year. That decline appears to were attributable to increased Customs assessments since July on inbound USA air cargo traffic from China, particularly at Los Angeles (LAX). Indeed, China to LAX tonnages in week 41 were down by -39%, YoY, also impacted by China’s Golden Week vacation. When the complete month of September as a reference, China-USA tonnages were down by -8%, YoY, whereas China-LAX tonnages fell -19%, YoY.
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On the opposite hand, put rates did jump relieve from China to the USA in week 41, rising WoW by +8% to US $5.28 per kilo, after declining by -7% the previous week, taking them +11% above final year’s ranges. And from Asia Pacific to the USA, put rates partly bounced relieve with a +3% WoW upward thrust to $6.11 per kilo, after slipping -7% the previous week, taking Asia Pacific-USA put rates +Forty five% above their similar ranges final year.
China-Europe tonnages also easiest partly rebounded in week 41. After falling by -17% in week 40, they regained +5% in week 41, whereas final year they had roughly totally recovered in the same week after the declines at some stage in Golden Week. On the opposite hand, tonnages to Europe from Hong Kong, the put e-commerce makes up a foremost percentage of traffic, comprise remained broadly stable at some stage in the final five weeks, at extremely elevated ranges. Indeed, tonnages from Hong Kong to Europe in week 41 were up, YoY, by +26%.
