2025 Shipping Costs, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, examines how member companies benchmark and apply markups to domestic and international freight for machinery and parts. Drawing on a December quick survey of members across revenue bands and shipment volumes, the analysis indicates focus areas in pricing and markup practices (overhead recovery and expedited charges) and shipping operations and partner selection (carrier shopping and customer‑coordinated freight). Charts highlight that firms tend to break out charges and set handling fees, while patterns indicate markups are more often used to cover costs and variability than to generate margin. The report reveals where teams prioritize investments to improve shipping cost recovery and resilience.
Published by PMMI Business Intelligence in December 2025. Based on a 2025 quickie survey of 40 PMMI member companies collected May–December 2025.
