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Global air cargo volume growth slowed in October but still recorded a stronger than expected +4% rise year-on-year, despite the easing of frontloading of imports by businesses ahead of tariffs and the US de minimis ban, reports industry analysts Xeneta.
The latest monthly data supports Xeneta’s forecast in September of an overall +3-4% growth in demand for 2025, but more worrying trends indicate challenging times ahead as the market is “definitely ...
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The global air cargo market is on course for +3-4% growth in demand in 2025 based on current trading conditions, but after unexpectedly high volumes over the summer, September’s data showed signs of growth slowing heading into the final quarter of the year, according to industry analysts Xeneta.
At what would ...
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Global air cargo volumes jumped by 5% year-on-year in July as more shippers opted for the speed of airfreight to help circumvent US tariffs, according to the latest market analysis by Xeneta.
Market sentiment, however, remains subdued as tariff talks in Washington continued. The lack of clarity continues to cast a ...
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Global air cargo spot rates declined for a second consecutive month in June, down -4% year-on-year as supply of capacity overtook demand for the first time in 19 months, says industry analyst Xeneta. There are concerns over a more challenging second half of 2025 on the back of uncertainty over ...
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The reported ceasefire between the US and Houthi militia in Yemen could cause a collapse in freight rates says analyst Xeneta but it added that the situation remains far from certain.
It said that the prospect of a large scale return of container ships to the Red Sea following the cessation ...
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Global air cargo volumes grew +4% year-on-year in April but with the removal of the de minimis threshold for shipments from China into the US on 2 May is expected to dramatically disrupt e-commerce volumes in the coming weeks.
And, with massive uncertainty hanging over the macroeconomic outlook, the question for ...
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Freight analyst Xeneta has launched an index-linked ocean freight contract simulator. It allows shippers to compare traditional fixed-rate contracts with index-linked contracts using sample corridor data or their own historical ocean container freight rates. Index-linked contracting is becoming important as shippers and logistics service providers try to prevent long-term agreements ...
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The game of ‘cat and mouse’ between some of the world’s biggest trading nations may have taken its first nibble at international e-commerce volumes in February’s global air cargo market data with spot rates from Shanghai to the US dropping -29% month-on-month to US$3.23 per kg, according to the latest ...
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This year - 2025 - began with lower-than-expected growth in global air cargo demand in January of just +2% year-on-year compared to the double-digit monthly increases throughout last year but fears of a trade war over tariffs impacting volumes and growth forecasts for the year are premature, say industry analysts ...
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The global air cargo market cruised into 2025 on the back of 14 consecutive months of double-digit growth in demand as volumes climbed +11% year-on-year in December and average spot rates finished the year +15% higher, said industry analysts Xeneta.
While Xeneta is forecasting demand growth of +4-6% in 2025, chief ...
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