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Originally Posted by FlashDrive
Please excuse my ignorance on this .... but what is causing all this disruption of supply.
Was it the COVID situation worldwide....or is it just China and their silly tactics regarding boycotts of countries who would normally buy their goods.
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Purely the COVID crises.
Supply chain disruptions are significant and widespread.
And it is effecting everything from electronic components, to refrigeration
coolant, to lumber, to steel, to rubber, to glass, to chemicals,
to available truck drivers and the price of sea freight and so on and
so forth.
Spot rates on shipping 40-foot containers has risen as much as ten-fold
in recent months.
Expect to pay quadruple the price for refrigeration coolant.
Lead times on many semiconductors is now out to 30 weeks and some
into 2023. It's the worse I have ever seen it. Over the past two years,
people such as car makers had cancelled orders for things like steel
and semiconductors in anticipation of weak demand.
Wine makers report having trouble buying bottles.