The Development Of International Logistics Under New Trade Conditions

Nowadays, great change is taking place with each passing day on the stage of the world trade. With the economic development and the deep penetrating of the computer technology, the international trade conditions are also changed. As an important sector of the international trade, international logistics have to meet the requirements produced by the new condition so that it can better serve the international trade and the world economy.International logistics refers to the logistics between/among different countries (regions), which plays an important role in the global trade development. Besides the definition, characteristics and main modes of the international logistics, this essay focuses on its new trends which emerge under the three new developments in the international trade condition.Firstly, the global economy brings increasingly frequent trade contacts between each countries and the more and more multinational companies make the volume of trade grow in straight line. At the same time, the economic dependence between countries is constantly deepened. Under the "global" background, more and more international logistics companies are seeking for the international cooperation. They set up the logistics network covering many countries and make avail of the advanced logistics technology to comply with the common logistics standards in the international trade. It can be said it is the global economy that brings people the concept of "global logistics".Secondly, the E-commerce gives birth to the "E-logistics". This new trade way which engulfs the whole world overwhelmingly brings the international logistics into the information orbit radically. With the support of information technology,there appeared the EDI technology, the ECR and JIT systems, by which the international logistics can process the trade documents most efficiently and satisfy the customers with the lowest costs.Moreover, the environmental concern of the whole world is also influencing the development of the international logistics. Surrounded by the visible and invisible "green" barriers of each country, people concern about the influence of international logistics on both human health and living conditions when they pay attention to its safety, efficiency and costs. Under this condition, "green logistics" becomes an inevitable result which focuses on the waste processing in the international logistics operation.Additionally, another inignorable trend of international logistics which has emerged in recent years is mentioned in this essay ?outsourcing. According to the comparative advantage theory, the companies should concentrate on the business which is comparatively advantageous. So, outsourcing the international logisticsbusiness is regarded as a wise choose for those companies that don't have their ownprofessional logistics teams. Therefore, the 3PL and 4PL came into being.In the last part of this essay, the current condition of the logistics industry of China and the needed measures to connect with the international are both introduced. Compared with the developed countries, the logistics industry of China is still immature and the level and quality of all aspects are waiting to be improved. As long as the government and the companies make joint efforts, the logistics industry of China is believed to have its own spring!...