We export a great deal of our products but we import certain raw materials, some from Germany. I am arranging the importation of 1 pallet from Germany and as per usual I asked a few carriers for quotes. One came back at £65, pretty darned cheap. I double checked, at which point cue embarrassment as that was a price for me shipping the pallet to the site in Germany, not the other way around. The import price was £135, the same as I have been quoted before for this shipment. The carrier company were not scamming me, this seems to be the rate, but why does it cost £65 for the pallet to go one way and £135 for it to do the same journey in reverse? That does not make sense to me.
I have asked carriers before why this is the case but they just shrug and say, that's how it is. Can anyone here advise why it costs more to bring the exact same pallet into the country rather than ship it out of the country? Same journey, same carriers involved, different direction.
I have asked carriers before why this is the case but they just shrug and say, that's how it is. Can anyone here advise why it costs more to bring the exact same pallet into the country rather than ship it out of the country? Same journey, same carriers involved, different direction.