Ships are getting hit with steep fees as the coronavirus slows trade and forces shipments to idle at docks, according to 80 groups representing ag and food shippers who want the White House to intervene.
“These fundamentally unfair fees are frequently exorbitant in nature, even exceeding the negotiated freight rates in some cases, and render U.S. agriculture exports less competitive in the global markets,” the National Grain and Feed Association, National Chicken Council, U.S. Apple Association and other groups said in a letter to National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.
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