Logistics explosion! 18 logistics companies jointly declared that sellers should bear half of the 10 million yuan fine?

It is learned that in 2022, due to inflation and consumption downgrade, the overall order volume of cross-border sellers showed a downward trend, and the demand for cross-border freight also decreased. Relevant data showed that due to the slowdown in consumer demand and overstocking, global container throughput fell by 8.6% in September, when the demand for shipping was the strongest in previous years, reaching the lowest level since February.

Under this circumstance, many freight forwarders are trapped in the industry swamp of soliciting cargo at low prices and having difficulty in increasing performance.

As the saying goes: When it rains, it pours. When a ship is late, it encounters headwinds. As the epidemic spreads, labor is becoming increasingly scarce, and the delivery efficiency of many shipping companies is declining. They are in dire straits. Recently, the cross-border logistics circle has been in turmoil again.

It is learned that recently, 18 logistics companies issued a joint statement regarding the backlog of goods in the EQ2 warehouse in Belgium.

The statement mentioned: Since the end of October 2022 , a series of issues caused by the customs inspection of the Belgian EQ2 warehouse have been resolved. After two months of inspection and docking, customs hearings, etc., the customs and the supervisory warehouse have reached a consensus on the matter.

Here is a summary of the key points of the statement for all sellers:

• A freight forwarder’s goods were seized due to illegal declaration
• A freight forwarder crowdfunds customs clearance fees for goods backlog in Hong Kong
• The goods at the back end of a logistics company were inspected...