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Does the market rate include fuel?

Yes. The low, mid and high bands are all-in rates.

Yes. The low, mid and high figures you see on the Rates tab, on a posting, in the Excel add-in and through the API all include fuel. They are all-in rates, not linehaul.

This matters when you are comparing our band against a rate quoted to you as linehaul plus a fuel surcharge. Add the surcharge to that quote before you put it next to our number, or you will read the market as cheaper than it is.

Where the figures come from

Carrier bids placed on Cargado over the last twelve weeks. Not what another broker paid, and not bought from a third party.

Low is the level a quarter of those bids came in at or below. Mid is the middle. High is the top quarter. Confidence tells you how much bidding sits behind the band. It is a guide, not a guarantee.

On Mexican domestic lanes

Rates for freight moving within Mexico are in pesos, because that is the currency those loads are bid and paid in. Do not convert one of our peso figures to dollars to compare it against a US lane. Fuel, tolls and the cost base are different, and the exchange rate moves under you.