Shipping Costs Surge: $17,000 to Ship Container to California from Asia, Up from $3,800 in 2020

-- More...Shipping costs are surging around the globe, causing the price of sending a container from Asia to the West Coast to increase many times over. When Donald Trump was president in 2020, the price to ship a container from Asia to California was $3,800. That price spiked to $17,000 in October of 2021, according to supply chain technology company Freightos.