Last night after the big finale dinner of the tradeshow, we made our way to the bar called Phins, in our Niagara Falls Hotel. There we met a pair of men from Holland. Kent bought them a pair of Grey Goose Vodkas on ice, (I think they wanted shots) and they told us about their lives.
“I am a shipper,” said one man, “I come to the U.S. a lot. We ship Heinekin bottles to Anguilla and Barbados.” He said that the costs to ship goods to China is only about $250 per container. “But if you want to ship from China to the U.S., it costs about $3000.
In a true sign of the times, it seems, shipping costs reflect the way the traffic goes. “Ships are almost empty going to China, but from there, it takes a lot longer and costs ten or fifteen times more.”
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