# Farmers losing international trade in ports dispute

> Australian farmers say ongoing industrial action at DP World ports has cost exporters millions in lost international trade. A Western Australian grower's produce was stranded at Fremantle, and around 600,000 avocados were redirected to the domestic market.

- Date: 2024-01-24 · published 2024-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32140-farmers-losing-international-trade-in-ports-dispute
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Export disruption shifts produce and grain flows toward domestic markets and raises logistics costs, with limited direct effect on feed grain prices but adding to supply-chain uncertainty.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-28 | [Farmers caught in middle of Port Botany wharf dispute - again \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46600-farmers-caught-in-middle-of-port-botany-wharf-dispute-again-nsw.md) | -0.2% | -3.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-04-03 | [No deal, so long-running Canadian port dispute forced into arbitration - The Loadstar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25145-no-deal-so-long-running-canadian-port-dispute-forced-into-arbitration-the.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-09-09 | [Trade at Panchagarh land port halted due to internal conflicts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63045-trade-at-panchagarh-land-port-halted-due-to-internal-conflicts.md) | +0.2% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-19 | [Summer of strikes in US and Canadian ports offer lessons for shipping \| International Chamber of Shipping](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34119-summer-of-strikes-in-us-and-canadian-ports-offer-lessons-for-shipping.md) | -1.6% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-29 | [War in Ukraine driving skyrocketing shipping costs - Port Technology International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40851-war-in-ukraine-driving-skyrocketing-shipping-costs-port-technology-international.md) | -8.7% | -16.2% |

## Sources

- aapnews.aap.com.au: https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/farmers-losing-international-trade-in-ports-dispute

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