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THERE’S A NEW INFLATION WARNING FOR CONSUMERS COMING FROM THE SUPPLY CHAIN

Published Mon, Feb 13 20238:19 AM ESTUpdated 3 Hours Ago
Lori Ann LaRocco@loriannlarocco
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Key Points
 * Warehouses and distribution centers are pushing rates higher, with U.S.
   storage prices up 1.4% month-over-month and nearly 11% year-over-year.
 * An inventory glut will impact consumer prices, with the latest consumer price
   index data due out Tuesday.
 * Charges to use cargo containers as temporary warehouse space are going to
   explode in the coming quarters, according to one port and intermodal expert.
 * From construction to retail, key sectors of the economy expect pricing
   pressure to remain.

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As the markets prepare for the latest consumer price index data to be released
on Tuesday, logistics managers are warning of a persistent source of inflation
in the supply chain and saying consumers should be ready for the effect it will
have on their wallets.

While many sources of supply chain inflation that stoked higher goods prices
have come down sharply — including ocean freight rates and transportation fuels
— bloated inventories due to a lack of consumer demand are sustaining upward
pressure on warehouse rates.



“In 2022, we saw rate levels for international air and ocean and domestic
trucking fall back down to earth,” said Brian Bourke, global chief commercial
officer at SEKO Logistics. “But inflationary pressures remain where demand
outpaces supply in 2023, including in warehousing through most of the United
States, domestic parcel and labor.”



One reason for the imbalance between warehouse supply and demand is the lack of
new facilities coming into the market.

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“National warehousing capacity remains low and will remain tight for
the foreseeable future as U.S. industrial construction starts have fallen
considerably year-over-year due to rising interest rates,” said Chris Huwaldt,
vice president of solutions at WarehouseQuote. 

Consumer prices have come down sharply as goods inflation that surged during the
pandemic has cooled. And Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressed
confidence after the most recent Fed meeting that disinflation “has begun.”
December’s CPI was the smallest year-over-year increase since October 2021, at
6.5% on an annual basis, down from a 9.1% peak in June 2022.

The Fed is now more focused on services inflation, in particular labor prices,
as it expects the pressure in goods inflation to continue a downward trend. But
the logistics issues suggest there will be some elements of sticky inflation on
the goods side of the equation.



“The market is starting to sense that the very comforting disinflation story is
more complex than we would like it to be,” Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz chief
economic advisor, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday morning. “The comforting
story was simple: Goods disinflation continues and service inflation comes down,
that wonderful concept that Chair Powell calls core services, ex-housing, comes
down and, lo and behold, we don’t have an inflation problem. Now we’re starting
to see certain goods reverse this inflationary process so there’s more
uncertainty about inflation.”

Some shippers are holding their products in containers on chassis because of
full warehouses and distribution centers, but this means they’re incurring
charges which are passed on to the consumer. Shippers are given an allotted
amount of free time during which they are not charged for holding a container,
but once those days expire, they start to be charged per diem charges (i.e.,
late container charges that are charged for containers out of port).

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Containers left on chassis create two costly problems, said Paul Brashier, vice
president of drayage and intermodal for ITS Logistics. It prevents those chassis
from being used to move newly arriving containers, putting additional stress on
chassis pools throughout the U.S., especially inland rail ramp pools. Shippers
will also be charged fees for the dwelling chassis — separate from the per diem
charge shippers pay per day once the container is out of use beyond its free
time. “This can lead to tens of millions of dollars in penalties,” Brashier
said.

He predicts that per diem charges are going to surge in the second and third
quarters of this year.

“These are on top of charges for warehousing, which are still at historic
highs,” Brashier said. “Late fees and warehouse fees are passed onto the
consumer, which is why we are not seeing products fall as much as they should.”

Shipping containers at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of
Los Angeles complex, in Los Angeles, California, April 7, 2021.
Lucy Nicholson | Reuters

National storage pricing is up 1.4% month-over-month and 10.6% year-over-year,
according to WarehouseQuote.

Many small businesses, which represent the largest share of the U.S. economy in
number but are often the last to benefit from a decline in supply chain pricing,
tell CNBC they do not believe inflation has peaked.



For shippers with inventory imbalances, Brashier says these charges could cost
tens of millions of dollars per quarter. Brashier warns these charges, on top of
weaker consumer demand, will ripple through earnings.

ITS Logistics is advising clients to avoid a hit to their bottom line by
considering short-term, pop-up storage offered by third-party logistics
providers, or 3PL, and grounding operations. “This will reduce reliance on
storing freight in ocean containers,” Brashier said.

3PL providers include C.H. Robinson, Expeditors, UPS Supply Chain Solutions,
Kuehne + Nagel (Americas), J.B. Hunt, XPO Logistics, GXO Logistics, Uber
Freight, and DHL Supply Chain (North America).

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Mark Baxa, president and CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals, tells CNBC that inflation and higher interest rates are driving
supply chain leaders to critically examine working capital investments in
inventory and operations in relation to consumer demand forecasts.

“In the short run, supply chains have moved closer to finance teams to manage
cash flow, coupled with greater efforts to manage costs across operations.
Considerations have moved to close-in review and total cost management across
the business, including people, technology, warehousing and transportation
investments,” Baxa said.

One industry facing supply chain inflationary headwinds is construction.

Phillip Ross, accounting and audit practice leader of Anchin’s architecture and
engineering group, said supply chain inflation has made it more difficult for
companies to manage completion times for projects.

“In some cases, we are looking at six to eight months before materials will be
available,” Ross said. “Construction, as one of the largest industries in the
U.S., is uniquely impacted by the supply chain, which led to construction
companies experiencing not only delays in their work but also increased prices
for materials.”

Some inflationary elements stemming from Covid-related supply chain disruptions
remain, according to Jim Monkmeyer, president of transportation at DHL Supply
Chain. These include higher costs related to diversion of containers to East
Coast ports, production disruptions and shortages in China and elsewhere, and
intermodal constraints forcing higher cost alternatives, such as air freight and
expedited truck.

Even with the rate of inflation slowing, higher consumer prices are expected to
remain for a variety of other reasons, from contract terms set with suppliers
before recent disinflation and company desire to maintain profit margins.

Steve Lamar, CEO of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, tells CNBC
that shippers are also finding it harder to absorb extra costs as a result of
the Trump-Biden tariffs on China. “These tariffs are now hitting $170 billion
and are baked into the cost of goods and, hence, higher prices at the register,”
Lamar said. “The tariffs make it harder for companies to absorb other
inflationary costs.”


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