# Bown issues stark warning as port strike continues | Article | Fruitnet

> Chilean exporters warn that the Valparaiso port strike is threatening the cherry and blueberry export season. Fruit shipments through Valparaiso fell 95 percent in the past month as cargo was diverted to San Antonio.

- Date: 2018-12-18 · published 2018-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Chile · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61601-bown-issues-stark-warning-as-port-strike-continues-article-fruitnet
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The impact is on fresh fruit trade and importer sourcing decisions, not on feed commodities. It has little direct bearing on feed ingredient prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-17 | [Spanish port strike averted \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72011-spanish-port-strike-averted-article-fruitnet.md) | -2.9% | -0.0% |
| WHEAT | 2017-02-23 | [Spanish port strike to go ahead \| Article \| Fruitnet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72504-spanish-port-strike-to-go-ahead-article-fruitnet.md) | -0.2% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-27 | [Canada: Agriculture concerned as strike continues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36425-canada-agriculture-concerned-as-strike-continues.md) | +1.1% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-08-23 | [Port Otago workers issue strike notice](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57598-port-otago-workers-issue-strike-notice.md) | +1.9% | +0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-18 | [Port strike turns violent in Chile, complicates fruit exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61598-port-strike-turns-violent-in-chile-complicates-fruit-exports.md) | -1.8% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- fruitnet.com: https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/bown-issues-stark-warning-as-port-strike-continues/177441.article

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