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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

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They can be based on a variety of factors such as the size of the load, how much a pallet weighs, how far a cargo container has to be carried, and where the final delivery destination location lies. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and between the contiguous U.S. and Canada.

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Doing Business in the United States

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The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and 11 uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territories, which are mostly small islands. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes.