Amazon US will soon remove all volatile ASINs
Due to an increase in customer complaints related to melted products, Amazon has decided to implement a new meltable product shipping policy for seller-fulfilled products that can be melted from September 21, 2022. The Melttable Product Shipping Policy is designed to protect the customer experience by ensuring that heat sensitive products, including but not limited to chocolate, fondant and select jelly and wax based products, are received in satisfactory condition.
After this policy goes into effect, Amazon may remove sellers' offers and suspend or deactivate their Amazon selling accounts (and any associated accounts) if they receive multiple complaints of melted products.
Container freight rates on the US-Western route plummeted 60% during the year
The data shows that the freight price from China/East Asia to the West Coast of the United States is US$4,787/40-foot container (FEU), down about 60% from January, and the freight rate from China/East Asia to Northern Europe is US$9,128/FEU, down from January. 42%. From a global perspective, as of September 7, the global average freight price was US$5,286/FEU, down about 45% from January. From the historical trend, the price trend this year and the same period last year intersected, that is, this year showed a downward trend. The ocean freight rate is lower than the same period in 2021. However, it needs to be explained that the current freight rate is still much higher than the average price of $1000-1500/FEU before the epidemic.
Southeast Asia is expected to be the region with the most potential for TikTok Shop
Digital logistics company LOCAD made this prediction by analyzing the growth trend of digital retail sales and the number of TikTok user bases in various countries around the world: Southeast Asia is expected to be the region with the most potential for TikTok Shop.
According to April 2022 data released by TikTok’s self-service advertising tool, 4 of the top 10 countries with the most active TikTok users are from Southeast Asia. They are Indonesia (2nd), Vietnam (6th), the Philippines (7th) and Thailand (8th). At the same time, the total active users of TikTok in Southeast Asian countries reached 265 million, far higher than the United States, which topped the list with 152 million users. The numbers are based on TikTok's potential ad reach to users 18 and older.
Amazon Europe: B2B pricing rules can be automated
A few days ago, Amazon Europe issued an announcement saying that Amazon has developed a new automated feature that allows sellers to set B2B pricing rules with just a few clicks. If sellers need to automate business price and quantity discounts in their catalogs, they can set them up in business catalog rules; if sellers want to automate across specific SKUs, they can set up custom business price and quantity discount rules.
Ali International Station Launches "Digital Mixed Exhibition" Service for the First Time
During the procurement festival in September this year, Alibaba International Station launched the "digital mixed exhibition" service for the first time. It joined forces with IFA, the top consumer electronics exhibition in Europe, and AMF, the world's largest auto parts exhibition, to lead 14 domestic consumer electronics companies to participate in centralized and mixed exhibitions. +Innovative way of exhibiting with offline linkage to expand overseas market.
It is understood that there is no need for merchants to go to the hybrid exhibition in person. Ali International Station provides an exclusive on-site service team for the exhibition to help merchants with offline exhibition layout, exhibition gift distribution, and on-site interaction services.
my country's foreign trade import and export in the first eight months increased by 10.1% year-on-year
In the first eight months of this year, the total value of my country's foreign trade import and export was 27.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Among them, exports were 15.48 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%; imports were 11.82 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. According to customs statistics, in the first eight months, my country's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and South Korea increased by 14%, 9.5%, 10.1% and 7.8% year-on-year respectively. ASEAN continues to be my country's largest trading partner, accounting for 15% of my country's total foreign trade.
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