In April 10th, Bu Hua, head of Cainiao International ’s European region, said in an online interview with media including Peng Mei News that cross-border logistics and overseas warehouses from China to the world still remain in operation, and cross-border e-commerce logistics Orders have been restored to pre-epidemic levels.

Affected by the epidemic, many cross-border logistics lines have melted. Cainiao International Network is one of the few global logistics networks that can be maintained during the outbreak. The network covers more than 200 countries and regions around the world. Every day, hundreds of thousands of packages sent by Taobao and AliExpress merchants are shipped to Europe, North America and other countries. In key areas, maintain the export trend.

It is worth noting that during the development of the outbreak, Cainiao shipped more than 73 million pieces of relief supplies from 39 countries and regions to China, and has already shipped to 94 countries Nearly 28 million pieces of medical supplies were delivered to the region.


200 charter flights shipped in March and April

Talking about the layout characteristics of Cainiao International Network, Bu Hua, head of Cainiao International Europe Introduced to reporters including Surging News, there are four characteristics: First, it is intelligent, including from the front-end collection courier to the end of the delivery courier, as well as the middle freight charter, China-Europe train, and shipping (Cargo ships) and warehouses are all combined through logistics algorithms to select the best plan. The second is visualization. Consumers and businesses can track cross-border logistics information throughout the process and find out where the package is in real time. The third is stability, whether it is during the weekdays, the big promotion, and the epidemic, it can ensure the smooth operation of the network. Fourth, Pratt & Whitney, taking into account the postal price, not only has the experience of commercial express delivery, but also the price of ordinary express delivery, helping small and medium businesses to sell to the world at low cost.

Bu Hua revealed that after the outbreak, Cainiao used algorithm prediction to lock in 200 charter flights in March and April, from Hangzhou to Liege Airport, Belgium The charter flights for three shifts have now been increased to one Friday shift. “Currently, the cargo delivered by rookie to the world’s major countries averages about 20 days, and the core European countries average about 10 days. So our charter flights for the entire trunk line ensure that when the global airlines are suspended, the China-Europe trunk line also Be able to keep it smooth. “


Air passenger transport capacity reduction and freight transportation

According to the incomplete statistics of the civil aviation resource network, there are currently 63 airlines all over the world grounded, 13 The Family Aviation Division grounds all international routes. In terms of airports, a total of 14 airports were closed and operations ceased; 7 airports closed some terminals; 9 airports closed towers.

Speaking of the current air transportation market, Bu Hua said that from the overall situation, the air transportation market is very volatile and the price of air transportation has doubled several times. Temporary cabins are basically in a difficult state. “Now the cabins on the market need to be locked one or two weeks in advance, and if they are not locked, they will be gone.”

Bu Hua said that the current resources of the entire air transportation are almost cut Not enough. Previously, 50% and 60% of the global cargo air capacity came from the belly of the passenger plane. Therefore, in the cross-border logistics market, once the passenger plane does not fly, air capacity will suddenly tighten. According to him, there are currently many logistics platforms that have stopped receiving goods, and some commonly used cross-border logistics products are offline. “The impact on the entire cross-border logistics is great.”

He predicted that from the perspective of the global epidemic situation, the current situation of tight air transport capacity will continue.

In addition, he added that for foreign countries, the current impact of home segregation has caused some operational staff to be understaffed. In addition, the impact of the terminal distribution network is also very large. For example, the Spanish Post stopped operating due to an infection case in the distribution center some time ago, and it is basically in a paralyzed state.

asked how to maintain a smooth network under the severe development of the European epidemic. Bu Hua said that Cainiao has established direct distribution relationships with local postal distribution channels and commercial distribution channels. , Which allows the terminal distribution network to maintain a very flexible state. Taking Spain as an example, despite the recent paralysis of the Spanish Post, Cainiao can switch packages to different local courier networks and distribution networks in real time, so that Cainiao’s cross-border packages can continue to run without being affected by a postage in a country. “Our current cross-border parcel service to Europe as a whole is uninterrupted, and we can provide a good guarantee even from the time limit. As long as there is a courier in Europe, our parcel network can operate.”


Cross-border logistics orders have been restoredPre-epidemic level

When talking about the current foreign trade situation, Bu Hua believes that the main reason behind the factory ’s more shutdowns and production shutdowns and many foreign trade orders being cancelled The reason is that the overseas retail industry has been devastated. “Almost all retail stores are closed, and their production ends are at home, which will inevitably affect China’s foreign trade industry.”

However, Bu Hua also observed By now, the personal consumption ability of Europe and the United States still exists. At present, the trend of overseas consumers changing from offline consumption to online consumption is very obvious. “At present, we see that from the overall perspective, cross-border logistics orders have returned to the level before the epidemic, and many businesses are still growing against the trend. This shows that the overall situation of cross-border e-commerce is preferred.”

Steven Verhasselt, vice president of Liege Airport in Belgium, also confirmed in an interview that the volume of goods from China handled by Liege Airport in the last month has increased by 40% compared with a month ago.

Bu Hua revealed that through interviews with some merchants, the current business for European and American consumers has basically returned to normal levels, and some merchants are still growing against the trend.

Yiwu Danjun Jewelry Co., Ltd. is engaged in the sales of cross-border sunglasses and other commodities. The company ’s deputy general manager Hu Bing introduced that the company closed other cross-borders due to the lack of logistics. On the platform, only AliExpress stores where Cainiao provides logistics services are retained, and sales have increased five times over the same period last year. Dongguan Cambrian Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. urgently transformed from selling medical equipment to selling masks, and sent them to the world through rookie. The sales volume increased by 150 times compared with the same period last year. Small ant technology, which sells smart camera products, has relied on AliExpress Cainiao Overseas Warehouse to achieve double sales in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter.

According to Bu Hua, behind these businesses are the industrial chain, independent design, and strong control of production, which has also led to the recovery of the entire industrial chain. “Under the premise of the restoration of the industrial chain, the entire B2C cross-border merchants are relatively good overall, and of course there will be differences between individual merchants.”

Q And whether the closure of many overseas warehouses will affect Cainiao ’s global logistics supply chain, Bu Hua responded that Cainiao ’s overseas warehouses are still operating normally, and some measures have been launched, such as increasing the 60-day rent-free period of the original overseas warehouses to 90 days Reduce the cost of stocking overseas by merchants. And for the delivery orders generated in overseas warehouses, depending on the circumstances, a subsidy of 3-5 USD per order is provided.