PACIFIC Merchant Shipping Association's (PMSA) West Coast Trade Report for June 2022 reports California tree nut exports shipped through California ports are rising, according to the American Journal of Transportation.
pmsa declared tree nut export tonnages shipped via California ports during the second quarter of 2022 are above 2021 levels.
Almonds are up 21.9 per cent, Walnuts 40.9 per cent, and Pistachios 53.6 per cent.
California Almond Board (CAB) confirms the export increases: 'The May and June almond export figures were record months for May and June. There has been a log jam at the ports, but that situation seems to be getting better,' said CAB.
'Nobody is saying that the crisis is over, but there are hopeful signals. Normally, our best months have been in the fall, but this year we have had these record numbers in May and June. June wasn't usually such a great month, but this year it has been. Demand for almonds remains high, and you are seeing this reflected in these export figures.'
The PMSA report declared the problems at California ports have been exaggerated.
'One allegation has it that tree nut shipments are being stymied by California's ports and by the ocean carriers serving those ports. As a result, growers are stuck with enormous unsold inventories and have had their reputations as reliable sources of tree nuts tarnished,' said the report.
'A related assertion is that inhospitable conditions at California's ports - either too many vessels or too few, shipping lines with their own imperatives and the prospect that obstreperous dockers or truckers could disrupt west coast port operations this summer - have compelled the state's tree nut exporters to divert substantial volumes of their overseas shipments to other US ports, most notably Houston.'
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pmsa declared tree nut export tonnages shipped via California ports during the second quarter of 2022 are above 2021 levels.
Almonds are up 21.9 per cent, Walnuts 40.9 per cent, and Pistachios 53.6 per cent.
California Almond Board (CAB) confirms the export increases: 'The May and June almond export figures were record months for May and June. There has been a log jam at the ports, but that situation seems to be getting better,' said CAB.
'Nobody is saying that the crisis is over, but there are hopeful signals. Normally, our best months have been in the fall, but this year we have had these record numbers in May and June. June wasn't usually such a great month, but this year it has been. Demand for almonds remains high, and you are seeing this reflected in these export figures.'
The PMSA report declared the problems at California ports have been exaggerated.
'One allegation has it that tree nut shipments are being stymied by California's ports and by the ocean carriers serving those ports. As a result, growers are stuck with enormous unsold inventories and have had their reputations as reliable sources of tree nuts tarnished,' said the report.
'A related assertion is that inhospitable conditions at California's ports - either too many vessels or too few, shipping lines with their own imperatives and the prospect that obstreperous dockers or truckers could disrupt west coast port operations this summer - have compelled the state's tree nut exporters to divert substantial volumes of their overseas shipments to other US ports, most notably Houston.'
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