Increasing Container Pport Costs To Crack Down On Vietnamese Clothing Exporters

In March 26th, in addition to financial difficulties, Vietnamese clothing exporters encountered several problems of increasing the cost of containers for operators serving Vietnamese routes.

Earlier this month, operators increased freight rates for several routes, including Vietnam, the United States, Vietnam, the Middle East, Vietnam, Europe and several other routes.

Orient Overseas, a shipping operator in Hongkong, will increase the cost of containers from Vietnam to the Mediterranean and to the Nordic countries by 600 US dollars.

Similarly, the German carrier Herb Roth (Hapag Lloyd) shipping carrier will also increase the cost from Vietnam to North America by US $600 per container.

Similarly, other airline operators, such as NYK, CMA and Maesk Line, will raise their cost by 800-1000 US dollars per container.

According to a garment exporter, even if the pportation cost is borne by the importer, there will be many other expenses, such as fuel surcharge and container imbalance, which is the cost for exporters of garments and textiles.

In addition, he said, export companies can not offset these losses by raising export prices, because it is difficult to persuade importers to raise prices.