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The Xeneta Shipping Index showed long-term contracted ocean freight rates rose 3.9% in February 2022 after a dip in December and January. Rates are up 87.9% year on year, with port congestion, strong demand and Ukraine-related uncertainty expected to keep pressure on.
Persistently high ocean freight raises the delivered cost of imported feed ingredients and can widen origin price spreads for buyers.
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