# Argentine grains port workers request exports be suspended due to pandemic - Manitoba Co-operator

> A union representing Argentine grain port inspectors asked the government to suspend port activities for 15 days because of the coronavirus pandemic. The union called most port work non-essential, and growers in the Pampas opposed a shutdown. The government had no immediate comment.

- Date: 2020-04-06 · published 2020-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53677-argentine-grains-port-workers-request-exports-be-suspended-due-to-pandemic
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A suspension would cut shipments from the world's largest soymeal exporter and a major corn and soybean supplier, tightening global supply and lifting soymeal and soybean prices as importers turn to rivals.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2024-06-12 | [Workers to halt grain exports in Argentina against Milei’s reforms \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13919-workers-to-halt-grain-exports-in-argentina-against-milei-s-reforms-buenos-aires.md) | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| SBM | 2020-09-27 | [Argentine grains port workers to strike after talks collapse \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51122-argentine-grains-port-workers-to-strike-after-talks-collapse-financial-post.md) | +3.7% | +14.7% |
| SBM | 2017-03-30 | [Argentine Port Workers Suspend Strike after Protester Run Over](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72010-argentine-port-workers-suspend-strike-after-protester-run-over.md) | -1.9% | -1.7% |
| SBM | 2020-11-09 | [Argentine Grain Port Workers Strike Over Wages](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50155-argentine-grain-port-workers-strike-over-wages.md) | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2021-07-31 | [Port workers' strikes hinder Argentine exports of cereals — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45899-port-workers-strikes-hinder-argentine-exports-of-cereals-mercopress.md) | +1.4% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2024-06-12 | [Workers to halt grain exports in Argentina against Milei’s reforms \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13919-workers-to-halt-grain-exports-in-argentina-against-milei-s-reforms-buenos-aires.md) | -0.3% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 2020-09-27 | [Argentine grains port workers to strike after talks collapse \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51122-argentine-grains-port-workers-to-strike-after-talks-collapse-financial-post.md) | +1.8% | +8.1% |
| SOY | 2017-03-30 | [Argentine Port Workers Suspend Strike after Protester Run Over](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72010-argentine-port-workers-suspend-strike-after-protester-run-over.md) | -2.6% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/argentine-grains-port-workers-request-exports-be-suspended-due-to-pandemic/

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