Daily intel for cross-border sellers — products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Drewry's composite WCI rose 12% to $2,553/40ft in the week ending May 14 — a meaningful step up from last week's +3%. Shanghai → NY jumped 14% to $4,252; LA +10% to $3,357. Yang Ming added a $2,000/40ft GRI effective May 15 on top of EFS and PSS surcharges. Drewry counted 7 blank…
US Census April 2026 advance estimate: $757.1B total, +0.5% MoM and +4.9% YoY. The line that matters for e-commerce: nonstore retailers +11.1% YoY, growing >2x the all-channel pace (released May 14). Seller insight: Online demand stayed strong even as May Michigan sentiment hi…
President Lula signed MP 1.357/2026 the night of May 12, eliminating the 20% federal Import Tax on cross-border consumer orders up to US$50 routed through Remessa Conforme. Exemption took effect May 13. The tax collected R$5B in 2025 and R$1.78B in early 2026 (Agência Brasil; Inf…
Two weeks after Amazon opened its freight and parcel network to non-marketplace customers, three logistics giants are framing it as a different business. FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam told CNBC the two firms are "operating two different businesses entirely." Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc…
At TikTok World '26 on May 14, TikTok updated GMV Max to deduct affiliate commissions, coupons and platform fees from reported performance — previously measured against gross transaction value(TikTok Newsroom EU; The Keyword). For sellers running affiliate-driven campaigns where…
