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The estimated total value of lost export trade from the three ports for December was a minimum of $257.5 million. The Port of New York and New Jersey saw its largest volume of export rejections for 2020 during December.
The maritime carriers export decisions at these ports are under investigation by the Federal Maritime Commission. Commissioners are examining whether this denial of trade is in violation of the 1984 Shipping Act. This investigation comes at a time where China s exports hit records. The full year trade surplus reached $535 billion, the highest since 2015.
One of the key legal obligations in the Shipping Act is the nondiscriminatory regulatory process by the carriers for the movement of goods by water. Maritime carriers have been favoring sending back empty containers to China in an effort to quickly fill the boxes so they can be transported along the more lucrative China-U.S. route.
Washington farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage
March 10, 2021
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Apples are synonymous with the state of Washington. Some Washington apple orchards cover more than 5,000 acres.Khadija Ruby // Shutterstock
SEATTLE (AP) Farm exporters in Washington state have been left with stockpiles of product and idle trucks as the pandemic has created a shortage of cargo containers.
Dave Martin, export sales manager for Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, one of the state s biggest tree-fruit exporters, said the company would ship up to 15 containers of fruit a week to Taiwan before the pandemic. “This week, we will not have a ship,” he said.
The shortage has prompted foreign customers of Stemilt to look to competitors in countries such as Chile, where the apple harvest just started.
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