According to CCTV Finance,data from the General Administration of Customs shows that in May this year, China's goods trade exports increased by 19.4% year-on-year in US dollars, setting the highest growth rate in nearly three months.

At an international freight forwarding company in Ningbo, Zhejiang, staff are constantly refreshing the shipping company's booking system, closely monitoring the latest slot release information. The person in charge of the company told reporters that business on the US route accounts for 70% of their total business. Recently, grabbing shipping slots and empty containers has become their most important task every day. The person in charge said: "After May, the China-US route has been fully booked, and the slots in East and South China are tense, returning to the tight market situation in the peak season."

The reporter learned that at the end of April, the freight for a 40-foot container from Ningbo to the western ports of the United States was about $2,900, and to the eastern ports of the United States was about $3,900; after several rounds of price increases, the current freight for the US west coast route has approached $6,300, and the freight for the US east coast route has approached $7,500.