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FEB 24, 2003 (newstodate): The Swedish airfreight market is showing cautious signs of recovery as to exports, while imports are still in a limbo, says a Swedish freight forwarder.
-The slight recovery is seen in air cargo exports to the US and, especially, to the Far East that are Sweden's prime airfreight markets, says Alf Petersson, Geologistics airfreight manager, at Stockholm.
According to Petersson, the underlying reason for the sustained stagnation in airfreight imports may be the Swedish telecom industry's strategic change from production to pure design and development, generating less imports from global sub-suppliers.
-As demand for uplift has been less outspoken we have had no problems with finding capacity, also thanks to long-term agreements with airlines. But even so, we have seen a gradual decrease in capacity as airlines have pulled out, or reduced frequencies, in the Swedish market, Petersson says.
As a result rates have kept stable over the last year, while fuel and security surcharges now add 25-30 percent to the bill.
-The slight recovery is seen in air cargo exports to the US and, especially, to the Far East that are Sweden's prime airfreight markets, says Alf Petersson, Geologistics airfreight manager, at Stockholm.
According to Petersson, the underlying reason for the sustained stagnation in airfreight imports may be the Swedish telecom industry's strategic change from production to pure design and development, generating less imports from global sub-suppliers.
-As demand for uplift has been less outspoken we have had no problems with finding capacity, also thanks to long-term agreements with airlines. But even so, we have seen a gradual decrease in capacity as airlines have pulled out, or reduced frequencies, in the Swedish market, Petersson says.
As a result rates have kept stable over the last year, while fuel and security surcharges now add 25-30 percent to the bill.