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Skriven 2011-05-02 14:23:10 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Self sufficiency (was: China)
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Hello Ward,

On Monday May 02 2011 09:30, you wrote to me:

 Mv>> WD> * Icelandic fish eports depend on airfreight

 Mv>> 1) We can live without Icelandic fish. 2) Fish can be frozen and
 Mv>> shipped.

 WD> You can live without Icelandic fish, other countries can't and export
 WD> is essential to the Icelandic economy.

I will start worrying about Island's economy AFTER they repeaid the some 3 GEUR
they stiil owe the Dutch tax payer as a result of the IceSave bank crash.

 Mv>> WD> * Dutch flower exports depend on airfreight

 Mv>> 1) The world can live without Dutch flowers. 2) The Netherlands
 Mv>> will survive without exporting flowers.

 WD> The Pope in Rome will be mightilly displeased; :-)

I can live with a dipleased Pope. ;-)

 Mv>> WD> * French Mediterranean resorts depend on airfreight for their
 Mv>> daily
 Mv>> WD>   croissants during summer

 Mv>> Croissants are not essential for survival.

 WD> No, they are essential to tourism.

Tourist are remarkably adaptable. I very much doubt the tourists industry would
collapse when thet can not get croissants for breakfast.

 Mv>> WD> * Laptops, desktops, iPhones, iPads and all these gadgets
 Mv>> WD> become  unaffordable without airfreight * ...

 Mv>> How so?

 WD> Quite simple.

 WD> If they are not shipped as airfreight, then they will go by boat. A
 WD> container from Taiwan/Korea/HongKong and the rest of that area to
 WD> western Europe takes onward from 6 weeks to arrive. During those 6
 WD> transport weeks the financing that went into that shipload is blocked,
 WD> the money doesn't circulate as the countervalue is an a ship somewhere
 WD> on the Indian Ocean.

It would simply mean a one time investment equivalent to the goods that are on
the way. If that is what would be needed to continue the trade, it would be
done.

 WD> Shipping it by air, the money cycle gets reduced from 8 weeks to
 WD> barely 1 before Asian-made products hit the stores in Europe (and
 WD> elsewhere).

 WD> A short money cycle => less costs -> cheaper product.

Sure. That does not mean it would be unaffordable without air freight. Just a
little bit more expensive.


Cheers, Michiel

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