Multinational pharmaceutical corporations are currently helping to remove freight bottlenecks. One of the biggest industries in the world, pharmaceuticals, accounts for over thirty percent of all foreign freight. In the United States, most people work from home. The Pharmaceutical Wholesaler and Suppliers Association estimates that the pharmaceutical sector generates $3.2 trillion in sales annually and accounts for around 80% of all medications marketed worldwide. Regarding medications, the FDA reports that "the average global consignment arrival time is 18 days, with a mean of 4.7 days." This suggests that the percentage of overseas shipments that arrive on time or early may vary greatly.

According to agency data, most medications required an average of 72 hours to travel from the United States to the European Union between January 2015 and January 2016. Documents from the US Agency for International Trade attest to this.