date:Jan 20, 2022
d much higher shipping costs.
Carlos states that a scarcity of shipping, a shortage of containers and extremely common delays have resulted in large increases in shipping costs as well as longer voyage times and increased unreliability for South American exporters sending to SE Asia.
Because the voyage to Asia is long, these risks are magnified and our suppliers in Chile and Peru have asked for their fruit to go into the US this year. This means that Australian growers are likely to have consi