AAFA calls on US govt to resolve supply chain problems

The association has submitted comments to the department of transportation in response to a Federal Register notice on the supply chain crisis currently disrupting the country’s economic recovery, it said in a media release.

“The administration’s move to secure longer hours at the ports of LA and Long Beach is largely symbolic. It fails to address the continuing problems moving containers out of the ports, or what is going on at other ports around the country,” said Steve Lamar, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association. “Much more needs to be done to end this backup, and more must be done to address price gouging and unreasonable practices by carriers. Further, we continue to call for the Federal Maritime Commission to properly use the authorities it already has to help mitigate this crisis.”

AAFA has been vocal about the shipping crisis for the past several months, sending several letters to President Biden on the issue, including one on September 20. More recently, AAFA sent a letter to the US Trade Representative asking for tariff relief to help businesses struggling through this crisis.

AAFA also supports the bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 – a bill that would address many of the long-term issues causing today's unprecedented supply chain disruption – as well as the infrastructure package on the table to help avoid such a logistics crisis in the future.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)