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[quote=Anonymous]I heard a blueberry farmer in Washington state this morning say after the berries are picked, he sends them across the border to Canada where they are packaged & refrigerated, then sent back to WA.

He said he can't afford to pay tariffs going to CA, then pay tariffs coming back. He also doesn't have a facility to pack the berries in plastic clamshells, nor does he have access to refrigeration.

He said it's such short notice, he hasn't had time to figure out an alternative.

So maybe buy some frozen blueberries if you like them in smoothies.

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I also found a youtube channel called "What's Going on With Shipping". He updates a few times a week on how many ships are arriving, leaving, full, not full, smaller, etc.

Maybe the last non-tariffed ship has almost arrived at US ports, but there are ships from China heading daily to the US with exempt items, as well as tariff items businesses are willing to pay for.

He also explained there are storage facilities near ports that temporarily hold products before tariffs are assessed. I think if tariffs are reduced, businesses can then receive these items and pay the lower price.

I was surprised to hear him say historically only about 16% of China's exports head to the US. Sounds like China isn't going to be hurting as much as we could be.

Some of his month-to-month and yearly charts look unusual because businesses started front-loading product Nov-Apr in anticipation of future tariffs, so April's totals look "great".

There is an issue with empty containers starting to stack up near our ports because not as much stuff is going back out. And if tariffs suddenly go away, there's going to be a boomerang effect where the shipping supplies are all out of whack because they aren't where they need to be to suddenly resume normal shipping schedules.[/quote]

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