# Biggest Soy Exporters Breathe Relief as Union Ends 29-Day Strike - Bloomberg

> Grain inspectors and tugboat pilots in Argentina ended lengthy strikes, allowing port operations to restart after weeks of disrupted shipments. Exporters welcomed the resumption of shipments from the world's largest soy product supplier.

- Date: 2021-01-06 · published 2021-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49134-biggest-soy-exporters-breathe-relief-as-union-ends-29-day-strike-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Resumed loadings ease near-term supply constraints on soymeal and soybeans, which removes some upward price pressure from the export disruption.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2022-06-30 | [Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14029-argentina-trucker-strike-ends-boosting-grains-exports.md) | -0.8% | +4.4% |
| SBM | 2020-12-30 | [Argentine soy workers reach deal on wage hike, ending strike \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49496-argentine-soy-workers-reach-deal-on-wage-hike-ending-strike-buenos-aires-times.md) | +3.4% | +3.4% |
| SBM | 2018-09-27 | [Strike action grounds ports, rail operations as congestion surcharge looms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63042-strike-action-grounds-ports-rail-operations-as-congestion-surcharge-looms.md) | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| SBM | 2020-12-30 | [Argentine soy crushers sign deal with oilseed workers, ending strike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49491-argentine-soy-crushers-sign-deal-with-oilseed-workers-ending-strike.md) | +3.4% | +3.4% |
| SBM | 2021-01-08 | [Argentine port strike with port-side grain inspectors ends \| 2021-01-08  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49136-argentine-port-strike-with-port-side-grain-inspectors-ends-2021-01-08-world.md) | +5.6% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2022-06-30 | [Argentina trucker strike ends, boosting grains exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14029-argentina-trucker-strike-ends-boosting-grains-exports.md) | -5.0% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2020-12-30 | [Argentine soy workers reach deal on wage hike, ending strike \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49496-argentine-soy-workers-reach-deal-on-wage-hike-ending-strike-buenos-aires-times.md) | +5.4% | +4.5% |
| SOY | 2019-03-01 | [Busiest U.S. Grains Port Swamped by Flooding as Exporters Await China Deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59984-busiest-u-s-grains-port-swamped-by-flooding-as-exporters-await-china-deal.md) | -0.8% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/port-strikes-keep-up-disruptions-in-world-s-biggest-soy-exporter

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