After shipping rates from Asia increased sharply during the pandemic, over the last few months the prices have declined just as dramatically. Ocean shipping spot rates, whilst still falling, appear to have started to flatten out. Whether this represents a degree of stabilisation or a lull before a return to a more turbulent market, only time will tell. What we can say, is that it is now considerably cheaper to move goods via sea freight, to and from China, than it was 6 month
