CIC is the abbreviation of container inbalance charge, which refers to the surcharge of unbalanced container. CIC fee is generated by the following factors:
1. The seasonal change of cargo transportation on the world liner routes leads to the imbalance of cargo flow: the western countries usually start the slow season of cargo transportation at the beginning of the year, the volume of boxes gradually increases in April and may, and the volume of trade begins to increase, which will lead to a small climax before Christmas.
2. Imbalance of trade between countries or regions at both ends of the routes: China and other east Asian countries export more goods to Europe than they import from Europe to China and other east Asian regions, and the far east and North America routes also have similar obvious problems.
3. The different types and properties of import and export goods, as well as the different freight and handling fee standards, also cause the imbalance of import and export containers.
Recently, the shipping companies have begun to levy CIC fees on the southeast Asia line, but the date of implementation and initiation of CIC fees vary. At present, the standard of the general CIC fee is RMB300/TEU.