# Immediate Action to Protect Food Trade | Produce Business Magazine

> A UK think tank, Chatham House, warned that governments must act immediately to reduce the risk of disruption at major global food trade chokepoints. The named chokepoints include the Panama Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar, US Gulf Coast ports, the Suez Canal and US inland waterways and rail. The report says serious interruptions could cause supply shortfalls and price spikes.

- Date: 2017-07-01 · published 2017-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69842-immediate-action-to-protect-food-trade-produce-business-magazine
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Concentrated export infrastructure means a single disruption could tighten supplies and lift export basis and freight costs for feed grains and meals. The report raises the risk premium on logistics routes but does not itself change current flows.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- producebusiness.com: http://producebusiness.com/immediate-action-to-protect-food-trade/

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