Container shipping costs plunged in the last year as inflation slowed consumer spending. The widespread bottlenecks at ports — at one point last year more than 100 ships were waiting to dock at the Los Angeles port — have also largely dissipated, the Financial Times reported.
Supply chains worldwide will continue to be caught between politics, economics and ecology in the future. Whether there will be more regionalization or nearshoring remains to be seen. The question will linger: Who will win and who will lose in this increasingly tense competition? [Supply Chain Webinar 2023 - Supply Chain Under Pressure – Logistics Management]
Transportation reduction slowed in January, according to supply chain data, while the monthly Logistics Managers' Index (LMI) survey shows a slowdown in price declines from December.
How has the leather industry dealt with French Covid-19? What are the challenges that have emerged? How is the sector adapting to high inflation and changing consumption? So many issues on which the "DOSSIER ÉCONIMIQUE DE FILIÈRE FRANÇAISE DU CUIR POUR L'ANNÉE 2022" of the Observatoire Economique du Conseil National du Cuir (CNC), invites us to think.
Kazakhstan has begun to detain Russian trucks carrying goods sanctioned by the European Union. [Казахстан начал задерживать российские фуры с грузом из Европы - nko.iz.ru]. After Turkey, Vietnam and Kazakhstan, Armenia also stops accepting payment cards from the Russian Mir circuit. [Russian media: Armenia, Vietnam and Kazakhstan suspend use of Russian Mir cards – Kyiv Independent]
According to data from the Turkish Statistical Office, among the most affected sectors there are transport, where prices have increased by 107.6% on an annual basis and food (+91.6%), while, due to the drop in consumption, clothing and footwear have increased less (+29.80%), but the price of finished leather for shoe uppers has increased by 40%
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