Port Woes Hit US Meat Exports

Japan Meat Buys Seriously Affected by West Coast Work Slowdown

Richard Smith
By  Richard Smith , DTN Tokyo Correspondent
West Coast dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement Friday, but the slowdowns at West Coast ports over the past several months have already affected U.S. meat exports to Japan. (Regular Daddy, CC BY-SA 3.0)
West Coast dockworkers and their employers reached a tentative agreement Friday, but the slowdowns at West Coast ports over the past several months have already affected U.S. meat exports to Japan. (Regular Daddy, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Work slowdowns at U.S. West Coast ports have seriously affected U.S. meat exports to Japan, but grains remain relatively unscathed.

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