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43 5 case studies As discussed in Chapter 1, there are four general categories of air freight: emergency cargo of spare parts, medicines, and so on, as well as courier shipments of documents and samples; high-value, low density shipments, for example gold, jewelry, currency, artworks, electronic components, fashion garments and luxury vehicles; perishable cargoes including seafood, fruits and vegetables, and cut flowers; and rapid replenishment shipments of consumer goods especially garments and inputs for JIT manufacturing. This chapter examines more specific examples of trade in perishables, garments and electronics, which are most relevant to developing countries. In addition, it considered some of the hybrid shipments that will end up being rush shipments and courier shipments. Trade in perishables The composition of trade in fresh agro-food products has shifted towards horticultural products, fish, and spices (Figure 5-1), which has led to an increase in demand for airfreight to meet the delivery times.
In the 1960’s, demand for cut flowers from consumers around the world was met by local production in both Europe and North America.In Europe, which has the largest per capita consumption in the world,
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