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 ■ HAMBURG AND CHINA
DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING HANDLES MARITIME BUSINESS TO AND FROM CHINA PRIMARILY VIA THE PORT OF HAMBURG
22 | Port of Hamburg Magazine | June 2019
DHL Global Forwarding firmly established in China
Even if China’s economic growth is slowing in 2019, it is still impressive in comparison with Europe or the USA. Germany is one of China’s most important trading partners: Last year alone, the trade volume between the two countries increased by some nine percent.
 FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR GERMAN PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS
As a globally leading post and logistics corporation, Deutsche Post DHL – DPDHL Group is ideally posi- tioned to handle the increasing demand for supply chain services from multinational customers in China. Its subsidiary DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is respon- sible for transport management via sea and airfreight, multimodal services and major logistics projects. With a network of 850 branches in 120 countries, DPDHL Group’s forwarding division is firmly established in all of the world’s important trading hubs, including Chi- na’s dynamically growing market. The German head- quarters is located in Cargo City Süd at Frankfurt Air- port. The sea freight business is managed from Hamburg, the DHL China Rail business from Stuttgart and the project business from Bremen. “China offers the German economy excellent opportunities, since it is going through a period of change. The desire for
quality and premium products is increasing for both businesses and consumers,” says Joachim Herman- sky, Vice President Marketing & Sales DHL Global For- warding Germany.
CHINA GOING THROUGH CHANGE
China’s middle class is growing rapidly and, thanks to higher income, so is consumption of premium prod- ucts ‘Made in Germany.’ Alongside German cars and accessories, equipment, special tools, high-tech prod- ucts and consumer goods are highly coveted in China. At the top of the popularity chart are cars and luxury ar- ticles from Germany. Top of the range German kitch- ens and household goods are increasingly finding their way into the homes of the new Chinese middle class. Goods to the value of 93 billion euros were exported to China in 2018, with an upward trend, according to the German Federal Statistical Office.
At the same time, cost advantages for companies are lower, because of increasing wages and environment
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