A sharp rise in prices for container shipping has led to the fact that soon in Russia prices for a number of categories of goods will rise sharply. The rise in price was primarily promised to finished imported products – for example, household appliances, shoes and clothes, writes RBC.
Market participants claim that the cost of deliveries per container by the end of last year increased from 1.5 thousand dollars to 9 thousand.
The head of the representative office of the manufacturer of household appliances Candy-Hoover Group Gleb Mishin explained that such a container can hold 60-70 refrigerators. It turns out that there will be more than $ 100 extra for each one.
According to him, the manufacturer has been trying for a long time to contain the increase in prices at the expense of its own resources, but hopes that such a price is a temporary phenomenon did not come true. However, Mishin pointed out, due to the significant level of localization, the real rise in prices will be less than the growth in tariffs for container transportation.
The founder of Zenden Group, which owns several shoe brands, said prices in retail outlets will rise by 2-20 percent. The executive director of diHouse Andrey Tarasov says about a 2-3 percent rise in price. Sergey Tulupov, head of the foreign economic activity department of ELKO in Russia, noted that in the case of computer technology, the rise in price will depend on volume. For monoblocks and computer cases, the effect will be more pronounced, and for video cards – weaker.
The reason for the rise in prices for container transportation was the elections in the United States. After Joe Biden won them, the demand for cargo transportation between them and China increased sharply, and all free ships were transferred to this direction. In addition, China has introduced additional requirements for the clearance of goods for import into the country, which significantly increases the delivery time of goods.
According to Tarasov, after sea transportation, the price of railroad also increased, by about 2-3 times. However, their bandwidth is much lower, so they will not become a full-fledged alternative. The company also considers deliveries by cars, but admits that it is not clear how expensive and, moreover, a dangerous method of delivery.