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The reason for the above is that Both fruits are among the more than 100 food categories that depend on port operations which are currently closed.
It is also expected that other products are affected in the short term such as seafood, coffee, vegetables grown outside the United States, canned foods, hot peppers and chocolate. In addition to imported beverages that could be in short supply or increase in price, that includes beers, wines, whiskey and rum.
Specialists are already warning that If the strike is not resolved quickly it will have an immediate effect on consumers and farmers that depend on ports to export their cargoes that include soybeans and poultry.
The strike will not only affect food. Negotiations are also expected to affect auto shipping because the unemployed ports manage almost half of the country’s cargo container trade. If the negotiation is not resolved soon, in just two weeks, Consumers will begin to face shortages of products.
How serious is the port employee strike for US commerce?
According to the financial firm Morgan Stanley, around 46 percent of the imports that arrive in the United States and the 37 percent of exports are transported by sea.
Although only one day has passed since the strike began, There is already an accumulation of containers and ships. So much so that it is predicted that a strike that lasts only three to five days will take at least two weeks to resolve. But If the strike is extended for about three weeks, it will be until next year when operations return to normal.
The good news, according to specialists, is that after the Covid-19 pandemic many companies learned their lesson and now there are backup supplies. Besides, Some are already sending their merchandise to the west coast where they work normally.
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