# French grain sector fears export squeeze as strikes hit logistics - Supply Chain Council of European Union | Scceu.org

> Strikes over French pension reform have disrupted rail and port activity, leaving grain companies struggling to move wheat and barley to ports for export. Soufflet said 23 scheduled trains were cancelled, and Axereal reported 120 cancelled trains. Firms are turning to costlier truck transport, which has pushed up local wheat prices.

- Date: 2020-01-12 · published 2020-01-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55084-french-grain-sector-fears-export-squeeze-as-strikes-hit-logistics-supply-chain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Export logistics constraints from France, the EU's largest grain producer, reduce available supply for export vessels while raising handling costs, which supports European wheat prices and strengthens competing origins.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Ongoing strikes keep slow French grain export - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55087-ongoing-strikes-keep-slow-french-grain-export-supply-chain-council-of-european.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-12-05 | [Freight fright for farm inputs - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43481-freight-fright-for-farm-inputs-supply-chain-council-of-european-union-scceu-org.md) | -0.7% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-20 | [Wheat Rally Extends on Higher Freight Costs - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51502-wheat-rally-extends-on-higher-freight-costs-supply-chain-council-of-european.md) | +3.1% | +11.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-10 | [Grains shipments from Black Sea ports slowly gain traction: sources - Supply Chain Council of European Union \| Scceu.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14493-grains-shipments-from-black-sea-ports-slowly-gain-traction-sources-supply-chain.md) | -2.4% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 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) | -0.4% | +9.8% |

## Sources

- scceu.org: https://scceu.org/french-grain-sector-fears-export-squeeze-as-strikes-hit-logistics/

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