Chilean port strikes put millions of fruit boxes at risk

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By Alex Lennane

27/03/2013

Chile’s fruit industry could lose $50m-worth of exports if the port strikes aren’t resolved today, an exporters’ association has warned. The strikes have been called in solidarity with workers at Port Angamos, affecting Iquique, Antofagasta and San Antonio, and workers at other ports are considering joining the action.

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