# NFM: Feed supply back to normal in 2 weeks - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

> National Flour Mills in Trinidad and Tobago said feed supply shortages should normalize within two weeks. Shortages stem from Chinese demand that has strained loading capacity at supplier ports, delaying corn and soybean meal shipments by three to four weeks.

- Date: 2020-12-29 · published 2020-12-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Trinidad and Tobago · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49774-nfm-feed-supply-back-to-normal-in-2-weeks-trinidad-and-tobago-newsday
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Port congestion and Chinese-driven demand are delaying feed grain and meal shipments to Caribbean buyers and raising local costs, though the company expects raw materials to arrive in early January.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-01-01 | [Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices pull back](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38320-feed-weekly-outlook-barley-wheat-prices-pull-back.md) | -1.8% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2021-12-29 | [Azov and Black Sea Basin Throughput in November 2021: Foodstuffs Up - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14523-azov-and-black-sea-basin-throughput-in-november-2021-foodstuffs-up-supply-chain.md) | +2.9% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2020-04-07 | [Transportation bottlenecks snarl inputs to food supply chains \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53536-transportation-bottlenecks-snarl-inputs-to-food-supply-chains-supply-chain-dive.md) | -4.0% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2022-07-15 | [Rail Strike Could Wreak Havoc on Grain Supply Chain \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40499-rail-strike-could-wreak-havoc-on-grain-supply-chain-feed-and-grain.md) | -10.7% | -8.4% |
| CORN | 2022-10-24 | [Freight rates in the Azov-Black Sea region are increasing \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39033-freight-rates-in-the-azov-black-sea-region-are-increasing-ukrainian-and-world.md) | -1.1% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2020-03-27 | [Supply of soy to Argentine livestock feed factories down by half and falling](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11213-supply-of-soy-to-argentine-livestock-feed-factories-down-by-half-and-falling.md) | -4.3% | -10.9% |
| SBM | 2020-04-20 | [Labor and trucking woes hamper global food supply – Wyoming Livestock Roundup](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53682-labor-and-trucking-woes-hamper-global-food-supply-wyoming-livestock-roundup.md) | -0.2% | -0.2% |
| SBM | 2021-01-06 | [Soya prices stay firm despite end to Argentina's dock strike - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11546-soya-prices-stay-firm-despite-end-to-argentina-s-dock-strike-farmers-weekly.md) | +7.2% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- newsday.co.tt: https://newsday.co.tt/2020/12/29/nfm-feed-supply-back-to-normal-in-2-weeks/

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