IMPORT VOLUMES at Cosmotrans over the past six months have increased from 5 to 15% of freight wholesale business, says MD John Diviani. And this he attributes to the weakening rand combined with the company’s competitive rate structure. “While airfreight exports remain our core business,” says Diviani, “we have been testing our long-established relationships with our network of overseas agents and have found that they are able to offer very competitive import rates to southern African clients.” Acting as a neutral international airfreight wholesale consolidator, Cosmotrans handles perishable and general cargo, from the Far East, Europe and USA to southern Africa. Cargo growth is spread over a wide spectrum from foodstuffs to general machinery into African states, particularly Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Nigeria.
