Shenyang in NE China launches cross-border e-commerce cargo flight to US’ Miami

A cross-border e-commerce business worker delivers imported goods in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province on November 14, 2024. Photo: VCG

The city of Shenyang in Northeast China's Liaoning Province has launched a cross-border e-commerce cargo flight to Miami, with the first batch of cargo headed off to the US city on Saturday, amid the US' escalating tariffs imposed on Chinese products.

On Saturday morning, a total of 103 tons of goods were carried by the cargo flight from Shenyang to Miami. The initial plan is to implement three flights per week, and the frequency will gradually increase later, the China News Service reported on Saturday.

Prior to this, Shenyang recently also launched cross-border e-commerce cargo flights to several cities in the US, including Los Angeles and Chicago.

The new route to Miami will complement the existing Los Angeles route network and radiate throughout the US through two air cargo hubs, according to China News Service.
A Chinese expert said the cargo business also shows that trade between China and the US is still highly complementary. 

After more than 30 years of accumulation, China's supply chain is now irreplaceable. China has the most comprehensive supply chain in the world, enabling companies, especially e-commerce companies, to respond promptly to customer demands and provide customized production, Zhu Qiucheng, CEO of Ningbo New Oriental Electric Industrial Development, also an e-commerce industry practitioner, told the Global Times.

 "Our export confidence lies in China's supply chain advantages," said Zhu.

The opening of the route came amid US retailers warning that American consumers could be faced with empty store shelves and supply chain snarls if US tariffs on China remain at their current levels, according to a report by NBC News.

Companies have been canceling their shipments of goods from China and halting new orders after the US put a 145 percent tariff on nearly all Chinese imports this month, per the NBC report.

Meanwhile, Amazon sellers are raising prices on hundreds of top-selling items as they confront higher import costs in the wake of the new tariffs, according to a CNBC report on Friday.

According to a report by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, in 2024, the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports reached 2.63 trillion yuan ($360.9 billion), increasing by 10.8 percent year-on-year, which was higher than the overall growth rate of foreign trade during the same period.

Global Times