Air vs sea premium.
Calculate the annual cost difference between using air and sea freight shipments on your inbound inventory orders.
Your numbers
Total kg you import per year. A rough figure works.
kg
What proportion of that volume goes by air today.
%
Your current all-in air rate. Default is our live benchmark, overwrite with yours. Air bills on chargeable weight, the greater of actual and volumetric.
$/kg
Sea freight converted to a per-kg equivalent for comparison. Default is our modelled benchmark.
$/kg
China to Europe benchmark, edit for your lane. Sea rate is converted to a per-kg equivalent at an assumed density.
ResultsExample figures
Annual air premium$187,500
71.8% of air spendSame freight by sea $73,500Annual premium $187,500
The premium is what urgency costs. Planned freight sails.
Both modes are compared on a single per-kg rate. Air actually bills on chargeable weight, so for low-density goods like apparel the real air penalty is higher than shown here.
Current annual air spend$261,000
30,000 kgSame freight by sea$73,500
If a share of this premium is panic rather than strategy, the audit finds how much, and the planning fix that removes it.
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