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SEP 12, 2005 (newstodate): The outlook for Sweden's export airfreight in 2005 seems rather bleak.
Several freight forwarders confirm that this year's H1 ended with only little growth, pinning their hopes on a rebounce after the traditionally low summer season. But the trend remains rather slow in emerging.
-Even if we have seen some growth after the summer it remains limited, says Johan Noren, Kuehne & Nagel Sweden export manager.
-Among the sectors that have failed to keep pace with earlier years is the automotive industry, but we still hope for improvement in this sector as well as in e.g. pharmaceuticals that is also one of our core markets, he says.
-The slow growth means that uplift capacity is abundant, and rates are exceedingly low, not least on routes to the Far East.
-But on the positive side the North Atlantic traffic has gained some momentum and export volumes have improved here. Only a few months earlier we could easily get any capacity we might need, and this is changing, says Johan Noren.
Several freight forwarders confirm that this year's H1 ended with only little growth, pinning their hopes on a rebounce after the traditionally low summer season. But the trend remains rather slow in emerging.
-Even if we have seen some growth after the summer it remains limited, says Johan Noren, Kuehne & Nagel Sweden export manager.
-Among the sectors that have failed to keep pace with earlier years is the automotive industry, but we still hope for improvement in this sector as well as in e.g. pharmaceuticals that is also one of our core markets, he says.
-The slow growth means that uplift capacity is abundant, and rates are exceedingly low, not least on routes to the Far East.
-But on the positive side the North Atlantic traffic has gained some momentum and export volumes have improved here. Only a few months earlier we could easily get any capacity we might need, and this is changing, says Johan Noren.