A letter from over 100 members of Congress was sent March 9 to the Federal Maritime Commission over continued concerns over the inability of U.S. agriculture to export goods overseas.
These concerns follow reports that "certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCC) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from our ports," according to theletter, which was made public late Tuesday after having been provided toFarm Progress.
农业出口商开头提出的问题ss the country surfaced last year, Investigations were reportedly started by the Federal Maritime Commission shortly thereafter to investigate allegations of possible illegal trade activities.
Nearly half of all agricultural production from California and about 20% of U.S. agricultural production is affected by the shipping slowdowns, lawmakers say.
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