Pressure remains on China-EU e-commerce volumes as new charge looms

China’s e-commerce volumes continued to decline in September, while the European Union is set to add another charge for low-cost packages being imported into the bloc in November to pile on the pressure.

Figures from consultant Aevean show that low-value e-commerce tonnes flown from China to the EU were down by 50% year on year in September.

This has led to an overall decline in low-value Chinese e-commerce air exports of 4% year on year over the first nine months of the year, while in September the decline reached 19% compared with a year ago.

While volume declines to Europe led the way in September, there was also a 5% fall from China to the rest of the Asia Pacific region, 4% to North America and 13% to the Middle East and South Asia.

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