International transportation of goods is a kind of invisible international trade
The concept of international transport of goods
In terms of the objects of transport, it can be divided into cargo transport and passenger transport, and in terms of cargo transport, it can also be divided into domestic and international cargo transport by region.
International transport of goods is the transport between countries and between countries and regions. International goods transport can be divided into two types: international trade materials transport and non-trade materials transport (such as exhibition objects, personal luggage, office supplies, foreign aid materials, etc.).
Because the transport of non-trade materials in the international goods transport is often just the incidental business of the trade materials transport department, so the international goods transport is usually called international trade transport, from a country, is foreign trade transport, referred to as foreign trade transport.
Nature of international trade transportation
In international trade, the price of a commodity includes the freight rate of a commodity, which occupies a large proportion in the price of a commodity, generally accounting for about 10%. In some goods, to account for 30% ~ 40%. Like the production price of commodities, the freight rate fluctuates around the value as the market supply and demand changes.
The freight rate of commodities is exchanged in the international market along with the material form of commodities. The change of freight rate directly affects the change of commodity price in international trade.
And the main object of international cargo transport is international trade commodities, so it can be said that international cargo transport is also a kind of international trade, but it is not used for the exchange of physical form of goods, but a special commodity, that is, the displacement of goods. The so-called commodity rate is its exchange price.
From this, we can draw such a conclusion: from the perspective of trade, international goods transport is a kind of invisible international trade.
