A Friday read of our live Kuwait import board — what actually moved this week, in ratios.
Ocean carried the week — over half of our active files are sea freight, and China is the single biggest origin cluster, roughly a third of everything moving. Peak season is real: space, not rate, is still the constraint out of South China.
The quieter story is the origin spread
The same board that ran China-heavy in spring now has live files out of Turkey, India, and southern Europe — ocean, road, and courier in one mix. Turkey road cleared Kuwait customs this week without drama. GCC cross-border kept to schedule in both directions while everyone watched the water.
The importers who split origins after the Hormuz spring aren't reading think-pieces about resilience — their cargo is just arriving.
The weekend move
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