News / Global trade declines, but freight forwarders experience mixed fortunes

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01/10/2020

The coronavirus pandemic led to an 11.6% year-on-year contraction in air and sea freight forwarding volumes in the first half of the year.

Global trade suffered from the double-blow of reduced factory output in China and then the subsequent fall in demand as social lockdowns were ...

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