What are the changes in the import customs brokerage industry affected by the Internet?
In recent years, import tariffs in the securities industry have undergone significant changes, including changes in the industry through mergers and acquisitions and the impact of Internet technology applications. Due to the organization's focus on investment in import brokers in 2018, many startups have been working hard in this area, providing many real industry changes. These changes mainly include the following aspects:
The growth and integration of freight companies have led to a concentration of total capacity in the scale of shipping companies. Typical examples include the merger of COSCO Shipping and China Shipping, the acquisition of Hamburg and Maersk in South America, and the merger of three Japanese shipping companies into one. As the logistics chain and the most important raw material supplier, the trend of attention will also have a certain impact on the Internet logistics platform model.
The asymmetric dependence on the number of small leaves for the rapid compression level of offline supply chains, which initially reduces information on multiple platforms, has also lost its foundation depending on the initial level for end customers, in order to eliminate low interest rate online trading models. Experience has shown that in many B2B industries, online transaction models should provide at least 20-30% more potential than offline transaction models in terms of cost and efficiency, otherwise it is difficult to promote. The international shipping and logistics industry also needs to explore other feasible models.
The integration of industry basic information, integration, and visibility is rapidly increasing. Shanghai Port integrated cargo information and opened it to the public in March last year. The information integration of Ningbo Port is prior to that of Shanghai Port. At the beginning of last year, the national truck positioning information was also integrated. Ports and large transportation companies that open up commercial information, as well as other industry leaders, play an important role in promoting transparency, standardization, and efficiency throughout the industry.
The rapid increase in labor costs and recruitment difficulties in the past two years have led to an increasing emphasis on systematization and interconnectivity in the industry. For example, promoting Foxconn's large-scale automation instead of relying heavily on labor will bring significant changes to the future import customs brokerage industry.
