As with maritime transport, which is undergoing significant reductions in freight costs, air traffic is also experiencing a phase of decline in recent months.
Air traffic from China to Italy is often subject to periodicity (in fact, there are often increases in pre-holiday periods) and to rapid fluctuations, however, it can be noted that in this period, due to the decrease in freight traffic from China and the resumption of activities after problems due to the pandemic, values that are returning to normal.
To facilitate the reading of the data, the incidence per linear meter of a standard faux leather product (1 mm – in standard height with standard specific weight) is calculated in this table to allow you to have a fairly realistic idea of what the current situation is. of air freight rates.
The values indicated here are approximate and referable to those who may use the air service occasionally.
The prospectus examines the transport from the small roll to the production of a minimum quantity which generally for fake leathers is around 300 mtl.
For higher quantatives, sea transport is always advisable and programmable, therefore it is not included in this calculation.
For easy reading, the incidence at MTL is indicated for each solution that can be used. It can be noted that for higher quantities it is advisable to use Italian forwarders who follow the import operation from Fob China up to delivery in Italy.
This value is greatly reduced if we consider that until a few months ago the incidence at MTL was about 6 euros / MTL, operating through Italian forwarders with even higher quantities. On the other hand, for small packages the best system found is the use of the prepaid express service in China which allows better rates.
The difference in this case between express booked from Italy and prepaid from China is high.
