The international freight forwarding industry was established as early as the 10th century AD. It was a customs broker in the early days.
Most of its employees came from international trade companies. The development of trade has gradually derived a specialized industry.
In its development process, some countries have tried to cancel it, allowing the cargo owner and the carrier to have direct business relations and reducing intermediate links, but they have not been successful, because the cargo owners and freight forwarders that constitute the international freight market , ship owner (or other transportation capacity), and the four major main bodies of shipping agency, which cannot be mixed with objects such as port terminals, yards, stations, warehouses, etc., and concurrent and cross-operated operations will cause confusion in the competition order of the international freight market.
These jobs have a wide range of connections and many links. They are to handle the rather complicated work of international trade and freight business relatively centrally, coordinate, plan, and straighten out the relationship, and enhance its professionalism, technology and policy. The formation of the international freight forwarding industry is an important The inevitable product of the international commodity circulation process is an indispensable part of international trade. Because of this, the industry is recognized as the freight forwarder of international trade enterprises by countries all over the world. Its English name is FORWARDERS, and an international organization is established for it, namely "Fiata", the English abbreviation is "FIATA".
Its member countries have grown to more than 130 countries and regions, with more than 3,500 international freight forwarding companies and more than 8 million employees. my country's Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Jiangsu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou have successively established international The Freight Forwarders Association and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation are preparing to establish the China International Freight Forwarders Association, which will lead local associations and join international organizations as member countries.
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