# Spanish food exporters call on dockworkers to end strike

> Several Spanish agri-food and agricultural export associations called on stevedores to reach a deal in the stowage sector so that port trade is not disrupted. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España said it hopes an agreement will be reached as soon as possible.

- Date: 2017-06-06 · published 2017-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Spain · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70491-spanish-food-exporters-call-on-dockworkers-to-end-strike
- 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

A prolonged dockworker strike in Spain could delay agri-food exports and imports through Spanish ports, but the story describes only a call for settlement and has little direct effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-03 | [Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers' strike threatens exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72012-spanish-fruit-producers-association-says-dockworkers-strike-threatens-exports.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-30 | [Ontario Food Terminal workers strike and win](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67994-ontario-food-terminal-workers-strike-and-win.md) | +2.9% | +0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-05 | [Update 3: Ongoing Swedish Dockworkers Union strike in Swedish ports

		 \| Green Cargo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24232-update-3-ongoing-swedish-dockworkers-union-strike-in-swedish-ports-green-cargo.md) | -1.4% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-23 | [Dockworkers, employers' association fail to strike deal on stowage agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72013-dockworkers-employers-association-fail-to-strike-deal-on-stowage-agreement.md) | +2.4% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-03-17 | [French port and dock workers union call off 72-hour strike \| RailFreight.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25581-french-port-and-dock-workers-union-call-off-72-hour-strike-railfreight-com.md) | +5.3% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- portseurope.com: https://www.portseurope.com/spanish-food-exporters-call-on-dockworkers-to-end-strike/

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