Products	Items / 40 Foot Container		Retail Value (USD)		Freight / Value (%)
	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High
Clothing (low value)	90,000	130,000	225,000	520,000	0.56	1.91
Clothing (mid range)	25,000	60,000	500,000	3,600,000	0.08	0.86
Sports shoes	18,000	28,000	350,000	2,520,000	0.12	0.23
Bicycles	1,200	1,600	240,000	480,000	0.60	1.79
Toys (low quality)	20,000	60,000	60,000	720,000	0.40	7.17
Consumer electronics (small)	2,800	3,600	170,000	430,000	0.67	2.53
Consumer electronics (large)	240	480	70,000	140,000	2.07	6.14
Appliances (small)	600	1,200	45,000	100,000	2.90	9.56
Appliances (large)	100	130	30,000	65,000	4.16	14.33
Furniture (assembled)	250	600	20,000	150,000	1.93	21.50
Furniture (flat packed)	1,000	3,000	70,000	360,000	0.80	6.14
Automobile parts	600	15,000	50,000	375,000	0.77	8.60

Source: OECD (2005) DSTI/DOT/MTC(2005)5/REV1

Container Shipping Costs and Cargo Value

The cost relations between the cargo and the value of the cargo helps explain the level of globalization of an industry. For the shoe and apparel industry, container transport costs have a very low share of the cargo value (often less than 1%). Since it is at a same time a labor intensive activity, it is not surprising that it is also one of the most globalized. On the other end, appliances and furniture are more bulky with container transport costs reaching up to 20% of the cargo value. They thus tend to be manufactured closer to places of consumption. The exception is flat packed furniture (e.g. Ikea) that is more prone to be off shored because of better packing density.