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The supply chain gridlock and shipping container shortage has resulted in California agriculture losing an estimated $2.1 billion (or 17 percent), according to a recent study released by the University of California, Davis.
The report cites that from May to September 2021, the monthly number of containers loaded with agricultural products declined by 18 percent out of Los Angeles, 15 percent out of Long Beach and 34 percent out of Oakland. For context in September 2021, California’s ports exported about 25,000 fewer containers filled with agricultural products than in May 2021, a 22 percent decline.
The results of the findings concluded that “financial damages suffered by California agriculture from the supply chain disruptions exceed the industry’s losses from the 2018 U.S.-China trade war” and “some importers now view California as an unreliable supplier of agricultural products due to inferior port infrastructure.”
Additional key topics covered in the report include the following:
Western Growers has been tracking the transportation and logistics bottleneck when it first started to occur and carried out a series of actions to ease supply chain issues. These advocacy efforts include the following:
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**If your business is having problems with exporting – including high detention/demurrage or other questionable fees, excessive delays or cancellations, and carrier unresponsiveness – please contact Tracey Chow (tchow@wga.com, 202-704-7312)
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