The Ukraine war is hurting Europe's pallet supply, and Russia's army may be feeling the squeeze too
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has proven disastrous for the thousands of Ukrainians who have lost their lives and the millions who have lost their homes, but the consequences of the war are being felt well beyond the country’s borders and are rattling Europe’s economy.
The war in Ukraine has already sent painful shocks through the global energy market, with gas prices surging to prohibitive levels. Now experts say the conflict is also upsetting supplies of the humble, seemingly ubiquitous wooden pallet.
The European Pallet Association (EPAL) and the European Federation of Wooden Pallet & Packaging Manufacturers (FEFPEB) have both warned that wooden pallets - indispensable handling and storage products used to transport goods and dispatch them across warehouses or supermarkets - may soon become harder to find in Europe due to the war in Ukraine.
That’s because Europe, in normal times, massively imports its wooden pallets and the materials to make them from three countries: Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. The war in Ukraine, combined with retaliatory Western sanctions against Russia and its ally Belarus, effectively eliminated that entire source of supply.
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