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Airfreight Price Index - July 2025
Our Airfreight Price Index is a weighted average of all-in airfreight "buy rates" paid by forwarders to airlines for standard service airport-to-airport airfreight services on 44 major East-West routes for cargoes above 1,000 kg. This Index is sourced from our new Airfreight Insight subscription service.
Source: Drewry Airfreight Insight
Drewry's monthly composite Airfreight Price Index rose 3% from its June level, fuelled by anticipation of a last-minute rush to beat tariff deadlines, but tepid demand stifled sustained price increases - this played out particularly in the transpacific market – the only sector that augured significant rate hikes early on. Year-on-year only the transatlantic westbound sector showed increased rates. Pricing between Asia Pacific and Europe were mostly flat, despite a shift in Chinese e-commerce exports from North America to Europe. There were only moderate changes in Middle East-to-Europe pricing, reflecting stable conditions in container traffic, while prices from India to Europe retreated in low single digits, largely due to local issues.
Introduction to Airfreight Insight (annual subscription)
Monthly global airfreight marketing insights, key ocean vs airfreight comparisons and rates against more than 136 air lanes.
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Related Indices
World Container Index: Our detailed weekly analysis and latest ocean freight rate assessments for eight major East-West trades.
World Container Index Index
Global Port Throughput: Every month we publish global Port Throughput Indices - a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220 ports worldwide.
Drewry Port Throughput Index
What our clients say about Benchmarking Club
“Drewry benchmarking [service] has provided us with the insights… to understand how we are positioned, especially important given the volatile and potentially irrational nature of the container marketplace.”
Anonymous, Global home furnishings business
“Drewry’s regular analysis and benchmarking tools help keep us informed on both our own freight rates as well as broader trends in the market. Their insights, reporting and forecasting capabilities truly support our strategic decision making.”
Peter Smith, Global Trade and Commercial Manager, Cotton-On Group
“We selected Drewry’s Benchmarking Club to benchmark our ocean rates with other retail industry leaders and to gain insight into container shipping market trends, forecasts and best practices through webinars provided to Club members by Drewry.”
Logistics Manager, Leading global electronics and home entertainment brand
“Drewry’s Benchmarking Club has made industry rate data and expertise readily accessible. We successfully leveraged their industry knowledge in our annual ocean carrier contract negotiations and continue to do so when evaluating changes to our organization’s sourcing strategies.”
Fortune 100, International US-Headquartered retail brand
“Benchmarking Club data allows us to see trends from both the market and Drewry point of view which provided strategic value on what to expect during the upcoming procurement process. The comparisons of our company’s position in transit times, rates and shipment methods are of particular value.”
Logistics Director, US FMCG Company
“Drewry has been very helpful to us in benchmarking our shipping costs and in developing strategies to improve our shipping efficiency and cost effectiveness.”
Head of Exports, Del Monte (Philippines)
“Drewry is a great resource for market insights, rate indices and guidance on overall market conditions. Our partnership with Drewry has proven advantageous to our business by helping us establish best practices, refine our contracts and benchmark among the best in the industry.”
Head of Logistics, US-based Top 50 Importer
Working with 3 of the top 10 global retailers (National Retail Federation)
Access to an exclusive ocean freight cost benchmarking club comparing costs on over 14 million teu of freight
The first to publish benchmark container spot market freight rates back in 2006.
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Airfreight Insight (Annual Subscription)
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