The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has led to the suspension of logistics for some e-cigarette shipments, which is expected to be delayed by two weeks to January

Recently, the conflict between Israel and Palestine escalated, and Israel officially declared war on Hamas. Affected by this, China has suspended shipments of some e-cigarette freight forwarders to Israel, with logistics expected to be delayed by two weeks to a month.
Recently, a conflict broke out between Israel and Palestine, and Israel officially declared war on Hamas. What impact will the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have on the e-cigarette trade in Israel and surrounding Middle Eastern countries?
According to Chinese customs data, in August this year, the amount of e-cigarettes exported from China to Israel ranked 54th among all exporting countries, with a total export value of approximately 800000 US dollars, equivalent to 5.84 million yuan, an increase of 64.69% month on month. From the data, there is a significant upward trend in China's e-cigarette exports to Israel. At the same time, China's e-cigarette exports to Egypt, Türkiye, Jordan and other countries around Israel have all shown an upward trend, of which the exports to Egypt have increased by 113.73% month on month.
So, after the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, what is the situation of e-cigarette shipments in the surrounding countries and regions of Israel? Some e-cigarette freight forwarding companies have stopped shipping to Israel.
After the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many customers still seek logistics channels to Israel. However, due to the fact that the company provides full compensation services for customs clearance, in order to avoid unnecessary losses and risks, the Israeli company's channels have stopped receiving goods. Currently, shipments from other regions in the Middle East are normal.
Another logistics company's sales consultant, who cannot disclose the company's name, said that electronic cigarette manufacturers are currently shipping to the Middle East through this company. Electronic cigarettes sent to the Middle East are usually first sent to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and then transported locally to neighboring countries, so the current impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on logistics and customs clearance is not significant. But it has a certain impact on market sales, and the consumer market in conflict countries will temporarily decrease. At present, mainland UPS express delivery can be sent to Israel or air freight to the airport, but the recipient needs to clear customs and pay taxes.
The Palestine Israel conflict also has a great impact on the logistics of Egypt, Türkiye and countries around Jordan, except for the conflict countries. The main current situation of the entire Middle East e-cigarette logistics is that it relies on Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to transfer to other countries (regions), while 80% to 90% of the transfer is by land and transported by truck. War and armed forces can lead to damage to roads and instability of public security, and the impact on logistics will be very intuitive. Timeliness will slow down, and unsafe factors will also increase.
Although conflicts may lead to a decrease in market demand in the region, e-cigarette companies will not give up. Just as the conflict between Russia-Ukraine conflict is still going on, there will still be e-cigarette enterprises seeking logistics channels for shipments from Russia and Ukraine. At present, the time of the conflict between Palestine and Israel is relatively short and we have not received any feedback from the front. However, according to the logistics situation in Russia and Ukraine, the logistics of e-cigarettes sent to the troubled areas after the war is two weeks to a month slower than before.