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I think $1/pound is too high. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has it at $1102 to ship a forty-foot container (FEU) from China to the US west co
by greeneggs 11y ago
I think $1/pound is too high.
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has it at $1102 to ship a forty-foot container (FEU) from China to the US west coast [1]. A 40' container has a 61,200 lb payload capacity [2]. That's 1.8 cents/pound. How close the cost gets to this depends on the payload density, but $1/pound seems high.
[1] http://www1.chineseshipping.com.cn/en/indices/scfinew.jsp http://www1.chineseshipping.com.cn/en/indices/scfinew.jsp
[2] http://www.dsv.com/sea-freight/sea-container-description/dry-container http://www.dsv.com/sea-freight/sea-container-description/dry...
- refurb 11y agoI didn't know the exact number that's why I put "less than $1/pound". You are correct though. If you look at some of the products like fruit that we get from Asian, the cost per pound would have to be pennies or else they couldn't charge $2/pound for the produce in the US.