China International Freight Forwarding Industry Market Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning Report, 2013-2017

The most distinctive characteristics of this report is forward-looking and timeliness. Through analyzing forward-looking characteristic of abundant first-hand market data, we deeply and objectively dissect China international freight forwarding industry’s overall market size and competitive landscape. Furthermore, based on future development tracks and years' practice experience of international freight forwarding industry, we conduct prudent analysis and forecast for international freight forwarding industry's future development trend. This report helps international freight forwarding enterprises, exported-oriented industrial enterprises, logistics enterprises, and investment enterprises to precisely grasp current latest developments of the industry. Afterwards, they can make wise operating decisions and define enterprises' development directions.

International freight forwarding industry refers to accept a commission from a import and export goods' consignee, a deliverer, another entrusting party or an agent to organize and deal with freight transport and related business in the name of the entrusting party or themselves, which provides logistic value-added services in the global freight circulation field.

After hundreds of years practice, and along with the improvement of customer needs in different historical period, the international freight forwarding business develops from the initial stage, the agent business for consignee and deliverer to transport contract way, and further to today's third party suppliers or even chain suppliers. It's business scope covers fairly extensively, from traditional cargo collection for import and export goods, booking space, consign for shipment, storage, package, loading/uploading, transit shipment, allocation, dealing with inspection and checking affairs, as well as dealing with cargo insurance, to some emerging business, such as international multimodal transport, conference and exhibition, private goods transport, international express business and third party logistics.

Nowadays, international freight forwarding has basically become an important part in many countries in the world, especially in the countries with advanced and developed export-oriented economy, and regions with trading services. From the industry scale, according to the statistics from FIATA, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in 2006, there were 40,000 international freight forwarding companies located around the world, with 10 million employees. According to preliminary estimation from CIFA, China International Freight Forwarder Association, as of December in 2009, there were 20,387 forwarding enterprises directly engaged in international freight forwarding business, with 1 million direct employees, moreover, the employee of the industry increased by 10% annually.

The development direction of China's international freight forwarding industry is international logistics. In the next 5 to 10 years, new breakthroughs will be made for China's national economy and foreign trade business, on the basis of adjusting structures and changing ways; China's market share in the global trading will continue to go up, and its volume and size will keep enlarging, which will provide a larger market space and development opportunities for international freight forwarding business. The State Council announced "The Adjustment and Revitalization Planning of Logistics Industry", which clearly defines that freight forwarding industry is an important subject to accelerate the development of China modern logistics industry. In the future, the sustainable growth of China aviation and maritime import and export business will directly drive the development of international freight forwarding industry. It's predicted that China's total value of foreign trade import and export is expect to maintain a annual growth rate of 15% from 2011 to 2015, which will lay a foundation for the growth of international freight forwarding industry. Good internal and external environment indicates China's international freight forwarding market is broad and bright.

The report mainly focuses on analyzing the development overview and competition situation of China international freight forwarding industry; the development environment of China international freight forwarding industry; the development situation of China international maritime freight forwarding industry; the development situation of China international aviation freight forwarding industry; the development situation of international railway freight forwarding industry; the development situation of other business related to international freight forwarding industry; the third party logistics operational condition of international freight forwarding enterprises; the leading corporations' operational condition in international freight forwarding industry; as well as the risk analysis and prospect forecast of international freight forwarding industry. Meanwhile, with comprehensive and specific first-hand market data over the past 5 years, Forward helps you to grasp the market and development trends of international freight forwarding industry, so as to win advantages from competition!

The most distinctive characteristics of this report is forward-looking and timeliness. Through analyzing forward-looking characteristic of abundant first-hand market data, we deeply and objectively dissect China international freight forwarding industry’s overall market size and competitive landscape. Furthermore, based on future development tracks and years' practice experience of international freight forwarding industry, we conduct prudent analysis and forecast for international freight forwarding industry's future development trend. This report helps international freight forwarding enterprises, exported-oriented industrial enterprises, logistics enterprises, and investment enterprises to precisely grasp current latest developments of the industry. Afterwards, they can make wise operating decisions and define enterprises' development directions.

Here, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to State Information Center, Bureau of Statistics of China, International Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Tsinghua University Library, Development Research Center of the State Council and Beijing Essence Forward Research Center, for their great support when we conduct this report!

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Qianzhan Business Information Co., Ltd. Industry Research Center
Research Team of International Freight Forwarding Industry