五、国际货物运输代理行业发展概况 根据国际货运代理协会联合会的有关资料介绍,早在公元10世纪,就已经产生了专门从事货运代理业务的代理人。国际货运代理的产生并得以迅速、广泛的发展,是随着国际贸易的形成和发展、国际贸易运输领域的逐渐扩大、社会分工越来越细的必然趋势。 目前,不少发达国家一般已有数千家国际货物运输代理企业,成 V. Overview of International Freight Forwarders Industry Development According to the relevant information of the International Freight Forwarders Association, as early as the 10th century AD, agents specializing in freight forwarding business have been produced. The emergence and rapid development of international freight forwarders are the inevitable trend of the gradual expansion of international trade and transportation and the increasingly delicate division of labor with the formation and development of international trade. At present, many developed countries generally have thousands of international freight forwarding agencies