USMEF adds its voice to ports warnings
18/11/2014
USHSLA said in a statement on November 14 that shipments of hides and skins through those ports are being delayed by as much as 12 days.
Meat exporters are also being affected, according to a statement from USMEF. The organisation has said that frozen meat exporters are facing higher storage and transportation costs when ports are congested because of strikes or other industrial action. Companies exporting chilled (but not frozen) meat not only face higher costs, but must also be concerned with the limited shelf-life of the product, USMEF said.
Except for road-based exports to Mexico and Canada and a small percentage of exports shipped by air, the US meat industry relies on ocean freight to serve its international customers. About 78% of ocean-bound meat exports exit the US through west coast ports (the remaining 22% is exported through East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, which are not affected by these contract negotiations).
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