A freight divide of roughly $*,*** per forty-foot equivalent unit is splitting the landed-cost economics of Asian apparel between the United States and Europe. Prime analysis of TexPro trade data, official import statistics, and the latest freight benchmarks shows the gap can overturn narrow factory-price advantages. Yet **** trade flows show that freight is not destiny. Tariffs, preferences, product mix, demand, and route risk are deciding competitiveness together.
Freight has flipped the sourcing equation
The Baltic Exchange put China and East Asia to the United States (US) West Coast at $*,*** per forty-foot equivalent unit (FEU) on October *, versus $*,*** to North Europe, a $*,*** gap. Xeneta independently measured a $*,*** spread on October *.
