22 April 2009
Airfreight is charged is the basic charge of freight per kilogram - weight or volume, whichever is the greater - .
Airfreight expenses In addition to the freight costs quoted by your freight forwarder, you have to consider other expenses. For export goods, these typically include airline terminal handling fees,and risk surcharges, including obligatory customs data-entry requirements, and physical consignment security screening. For import goods, you need to consider duty and VAT. All of these fees are additional to the forwarder's or broker's service fees.