French grain industry players warned of a severe impact on the cereal sector if ongoing strikes over pension reform that have disrupted the country’s rail services and port activities since last month were to last, reports Reuters.
A month-old public transport strike that has crippled rail services and rolling stoppages by dock workers have left firms in the European Union’s biggest grain producer struggling to get their crop to ports and factories.
Intercereales, the French organization encompassing grain producers, exporters and processors said 450,000 tonnes of grain worth some 100 million euros ($111 million) were blocked in French ports.
