boatpi
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Clearly shipping is involved in everything we buy. We import from Indonesia. Until March 2020 we were paying about $3,500 for a 40 container, this is ocean freight ONLY. Many more costs on top of that. The costs have continued to rise, at times twice a month price increases. About 60 days ago it went to $10,000 per 40', then $14,000.
We had 5 orders that would fill a 40' container, waiting for one at $14,000 each. No shipping line would dispatch a container at that extorted price for 5 weeks. Now we just paid for "Diamond" service, $20,000 a container! China we here is higher. This is peak season, Walmart is importing for Christmas, very typical for small increases. This is a joke.
No our prices continue to rise. The sales side continues to increase pretty much every month, people continue to spend money on their houses for improvement. Now large increases in sales to contractors for shade structures related to outside employee break areas, and more outdoor dining.
Auto parts are included in this mess, I know GM buys water pumps for China, small stuff but that content adds up.
We had 5 orders that would fill a 40' container, waiting for one at $14,000 each. No shipping line would dispatch a container at that extorted price for 5 weeks. Now we just paid for "Diamond" service, $20,000 a container! China we here is higher. This is peak season, Walmart is importing for Christmas, very typical for small increases. This is a joke.
No our prices continue to rise. The sales side continues to increase pretty much every month, people continue to spend money on their houses for improvement. Now large increases in sales to contractors for shade structures related to outside employee break areas, and more outdoor dining.
Auto parts are included in this mess, I know GM buys water pumps for China, small stuff but that content adds up.