Empire only just cleaned out the last stock with in 2 jumps out off palladium this Sunday... Empire will speed up now that the high pay item has finaly run out in empire space in short jumps.The Empire has the best hauling ship in the game, better than the Federation's by 794 to 618 so they are always going to have an edge in these CGs.
Most players will now move on to the low cost item... once Shapsugabus system is empty there will be a slow down in empire...
As they will need to jump 35-45 Ly then... an that will need size 4 FSD booster...