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The first East Coast port strike since ... banana imports from January through July totaled 6.15 billion pounds, worth $1.4 billion — about 100 million pounds more than the same period in the ...
Businesses have been nervously watching the 12:01 am Tuesday strike deadline approaching with little sign of progress toward a deal to avoid a strike of tens of thousands longshore workers.
According to Munch, more than 85% of the island's food comes from the mainland U.S., and 90% of the shipments pass through strike-impacted ports. Imported beverages also at risk from dock strike
How The Port Strike Will Affect Food Prices Matthew Horwood - Getty Images On Tuesday, nearly 50,000 port workers across the East Cost and Gulf Coast, from Maine to Texas, walked out on the job ...
The AFBF said feedstocks that go into other food products, including soybeans, cocoa beans and sugar cane, could also be affected, but consumers aren’t likely to feel a hit from these immediately.
But the International Longshoremen’s Association — representing about 25,000 port workers on the East and Gulf coasts — went on strike when a contract expired at midnight Sept. 30.
The port strike could impact anything from larger European auto parts used in South Carolina’s BMW or Volvo plants to French or Italian wines, German beer or cheeses. Large appliances like ...
In anticipation of the strike, suppliers to U.S. grocers and fast food restaurants ramped up imports of frozen lean beef that is mixed with domestic supplies to make hamburger meat, three industry ...