# Chile trucker strike snarls shipments of salmon, fruit and grain | Financial Post

> A week-long strike by Chilean truckers, begun after attacks on truckers in Araucania, is blocking exports of salmon, fruit, meat and wine. At San Antonio port, about 290,000 tonnes of grain sat on eight ships waiting for trucks to unload them.

- Date: 2020-09-01 · published 2020-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51124-chile-trucker-strike-snarls-shipments-of-salmon-fruit-and-grain-financial-post
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Chile is a small grain importer, so the impact on feed prices is limited; the disruption mainly shows port and transport bottlenecks that can slow feed logistics in the region.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Romanian union says strike averted at ADM Constanta grain silos \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58106-romanian-union-says-strike-averted-at-adm-constanta-grain-silos-financial-post.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2019-06-17 | [Flooding Keeps Chokehold on Barge Traffic, Stalling Grain Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58499-flooding-keeps-chokehold-on-barge-traffic-stalling-grain-shipments.md) | -0.8% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-04-26 | [The future of the Panama Canal: What’s next for grain and coal shipping - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59492-the-future-of-the-panama-canal-what-s-next-for-grain-and-coal-shipping.md) | +0.6% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2020-08-28 | [Argentina: Grains Port Workers Delay Strike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51435-argentina-grains-port-workers-delay-strike.md) | +0.0% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2019-07-16 | [Grain transshipment in ports dropped 2x — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57940-grain-transshipment-in-ports-dropped-2x-latifundist-com.md) | -2.3% | -9.8% |
| SOY | 2019-06-17 | [Flooding Keeps Chokehold on Barge Traffic, Stalling Grain Shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58499-flooding-keeps-chokehold-on-barge-traffic-stalling-grain-shipments.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2019-11-20 | [Grain leaves St. Joseph port for 1st time as barge shipments resume](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55926-grain-leaves-st-joseph-port-for-1st-time-as-barge-shipments-resume.md) | -3.0% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2018-03-16 | [Panama Canal signs MoU to promote grain shipments from Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65912-panama-canal-signs-mou-to-promote-grain-shipments-from-brazil.md) | -1.1% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/chile-trucker-strike-snarls-shipments-of-salmon-fruit-and-grain

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