Yeah, this seems really odd. Today’s shipping industry is worth trillions, fully globalised, and pretty much bookable online. The biggest hurdle is paperwork, and has been for a while.

Like some others have said standard air freight costs are significantly under that 1M, and take hardly any time compared to 3 weeks.

This is a “problem” that might be worth millions to solve in the 1700s, but it’s been long solved.