freight
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It expects transport volumes to continue increasing this year, but with slower market growth and rising capacity, the average freight rate is expected to decline.
With good flexibility in the supply chain and a low proportion of air freight, there are opportunities to adapt the flow of goods to changed conditions, it added.
Oil prices have increased materially and the bank expects higher freight rates to offset increased costs.
It also can measure the limits of releases from strategic petroleum reserves, spare production capacity, freight constraints and refinery substitution, he said.
From MarketWatch
The first is already here, brought on by the rising cost of energy and logistics, which is affecting every stage of food production, from diesel-powered irrigation to refrigerated freight.
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