A sugar shortage in the Philippines has worsened as local production missed forecasts and due to a delay in planned imports of up to 200,000 tonnes of the refined sweetener, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has announced this week.
Nearly a third of goods leaving the Port of Shanghai are held up due to a strict COVID lockdown. The delays are set to exacerbate a supply chain crisis that has caused shortages and price rises across the world.
as consumers prepare to holiday in the uk. about 60% of british suppliers have experienced import delays in the past month, according to customs clearance platform klearnow. let s speak now to our business correspondent alice baxter. it s a combination of the glorious british weather that we are finally getting to enjoy and ongoing covid restrictions, the removal of portugal, more and more of us are looking to staycation, which means more of us are wanting those staycation items, garden furniture, garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oilfor camping garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oil for camping fires, garden toys, tents, chairs, picnic baskets, oilfor camping fires, you name it. everyone wants to buy them, which is why supply chains have broken down. a lot of smaller retailers that we have been talking to have particularly pointed to the
both her legs are fractured, and both her parents are still missing. it s the government s incompetence, says her relative. they need to ensure staff are properly trained. prime minister imran khan has promised to conduct a comprehensive investigation into railway safety in the country. but accidents in pakistan are common. this is at least the fourth major rail disaster in this part of the country alone in the past two years. ordinary, often poorer, families paying the price for years of under investment. secunder kermani, bbc news, rahim yar khan. the time is 6.17. our top story this evening the first new alzheimers drug for almost 20 years is approved in the united states, paving the way for its use in the uk. coming up suppliers are warning of a shortage of summer stock after import delays.