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Strike grinds espresso shipments to a halt at East and Gulf Coast ports

Editorial Board Published October 3, 2024
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DeCicco & Sons CEO John DeCicco Jr. particulars the impression of the port employee strike on the corporate as he prepares for a fruit scarcity. 

The continuing strike by unionized dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports has floor to a halt the unloading of imported espresso shipments, organising a provide squeeze for espresso drinkers within the U.S. – the world’s largest coffee-drinking nation.

People bought about 164.2 billion six-ounce cups of espresso from Oct. 2022 to Sept. 2023, which equates to about 3.26 billion kilos of espresso, in line with U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA) knowledge utilized in an evaluation by USAFacts. 

Most of that’s imported, because the U.S. produced simply 11.5 million kilos of espresso in Hawaii throughout the 2022-23 season, that means the U.S. consumed about 282 instances as a lot espresso because it produced, per the report. 

A USDA report on the espresso marketplace for the 2023-24 season discovered the international locations that export probably the most espresso to the U.S. are Brazil (27%) and Colombia (19%). Attributable to their proximity to these international locations, East and Gulf Coast ports are key locations for America’s espresso imports.

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A good portion of the espresso consumed within the US is imported from abroad by means of East and Gulf Coast ports. (Picture by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

“The ports impacted by this strike are vital to coffee, and we urge everyone involved to work constructively to avoid further disruptions,” Nationwide Espresso Affiliation CEO William “Bill” Murray advised FOX Enterprise in a press release. 

“Failing to do so will considerably harm the two-thirds of Americans who drink coffee each day and the 2.2 million hard-working people working throughout America’s coffee supply chain,” he added. 

DOCKWORKERS UNION’S CALLS FOR AUTOMATION RESTRICTIONS AT US PORTS COULD UNDERCUT COMPETITIVENESS

Port strike workers picketing

Dockworkers from the Worldwide Longshoremen’s Affiliation are on strike at East and Gulf Coast ports, in search of increased wages and safety from automation. (Picture by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

Reuters reported that one unnamed espresso dealer at one of many largest U.S. espresso importers, who requested anonymity as a result of he wasn’t approved to talk publicly on the topic, stated that, “We have some 40 containers waiting to be moved.”

“The owners of the containers have already told us they will charge additional fees if the boxes take longer than normal to be returned,” the dealer added. He additionally famous that there could also be a “supply squeeze” in some areas of the U.S. as a result of strike.

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dockworkers picketing at closed port

The dockworkers strike has introduced most exercise at East and Gulf Coast ports to a standstill. (MARK FELIX/AFP by way of Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

The strike and provide disruption comes as U.S. espresso inventories have been at traditionally low ranges, as importers have opted in opposition to sustaining excessive stock ranges as a way of lowering storage prices because of excessive rates of interest.

Espresso bean costs hit multi-year highs final week because of restricted provide, and delays within the supply of extra espresso imports to U.S. roasters and low chains may trigger these prices to rise even additional for corporations and shoppers.

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“We source coffee from 35 different countries,” Will Ford, president of operations at Arkansas-based Westrock Espresso Firm, advised Reuters. “If this [strike] goes on for a long time, everybody will be impacted.”

Reuters contributed to this report.

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