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Flexport’s Ocean Timeliness Indicator measures the amount of time taken to ship freight from the point at which cargo is ready to leave the exporter to when it is collected from its destination port. The ocean shipping world tends to run along “trade lanes.” The two biggest trade lanes carry goods from Asia to North America and from Asia to Europe. The OTI captures timeliness on each of these. Last Update: September 18, 2022

Flexport’s Air Timeliness Indicator measures the amount of time taken to move airfreight from its point of consolidation to arrival at its final destination. The airfreight world tends to run along “trade lanes.” The two biggest trade lanes carry goods from Asia to North America and from Asia to Europe. The ATI captures timeliness on each of these. Last Update: September 18, 2022

Flexport’s Logistics Pressure Matrices (LPM) gathers a wide-range of data points for the U.S. and European Union in an attempt to provide a picture of the challenges facing logistics networks from the demand side and a view of ongoing international trade activity. Last Update: September 20, 2022

Flexport’s Post-Covid Indicator measures the balance between U.S. consumers’ spending on goods versus services, now augmented with divides between durable and nondurable goods and between nominal and real (inflation adjusted) figures. Last Update: September 15, 2022

Flexport’s Trade Activity Forecast augments traditional economic techniques for predicting U.S. merchandise imports with Flexport’s proprietary data. Details are provided for six industrial categories with versions available on seasonally adjusted and non-adjusted bases. Last Update: September 15, 2022

What does comparative advantage look like in practice? Where’s the best place to produce consumer goods in Asia? Do the data suggest that changes in supply chain practices are needed? Flexport's SEASCI compares the cost of imports from six countries across four industries. Last Update: July 18, 2022