Tree Nut Distribution In California Impacted By Supply Chain Stress

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MANTECA (CBS) — One of California’s astir invaluable cultivation commodities, histrion nuts, are not immune to the proviso concatenation chaos impacting California ports and beyond.

Right now, obtaining shipping containers and getting bookings with shipping companies to get commodities similar walnuts, pistachios, and almonds takes clip and much wealth than it has successful years before.

“Last season, I was paying $2,200 per container, present you’re seeing prices adjacent to similar $5,000 oregon $6,000 per container,” said Desiree Silva, vice president of concern operations astatine California Valley Nut Company.

Silva said she could typically person 10 containers astatine her installation to load with walnuts and instrumentality to the Port of Oakland. Now, she said, she’s fortunate connected days erstwhile she tin get 1 oregon two.

Two truckloads of walnuts were headed retired of the Yuba City office of California Valley Nut Company successful the 2nd week of November. However, the aforesaid merchandise was archetypal acceptable to spell retired connected October 21. Silva explained, she’s had 5 delays connected this peculiar shipment due to the fact that of larboard congestion oregon a deficiency of disposable containers.

“Because of the congestion of Southern California person opted to skip Oakland to caput backmost to Asia to prevention immoderate clip successful their schedules,” said Andrew Hwang, Manager of Maritime Business Development and International Marketing astatine the Port of Oakland.

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Hwang said the Port of Oakland is adding caller nonstop routes to Asia to alleviate immoderate of the backups astatine different California ports.