Container freight rate index from Shanghai to Los Angeles from January 2019 to March 2023
(in U.S. dollars)
Release date
March 2022
Region
United States
Survey time period
January 2019 to March 2023
Supplementary notes
The data source monitors the shipping expenses of 40-foot containers, which are calculated as an average of the prices for the last five business days of the final week of each month..
Between January 2019 and March 2023, the rates for shipping goods in containers from Shanghai to Los Angeles fluctuated. However, there was a significant surge in freight rates in 2021, with the price for a 40-foot container exceeding 12,000 U.S. dollars in September of that year. As of March 2023, the freight rate index had decreased to 1,903 U.S. dollars per 40-foot container.