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Logistical backups at shipping ports, driven in part by worker shortages and Covid outbreaks, have doubled the time it takes for some products to make their way from Asia to the U.S. The delays, which have persisted for months, have sent retailers scrambling to address the bottlenecks, including by chartering their own private cargo vessels.
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The officials said that UPS and FedEx combined to ship 40 percent of U.S. packages by volume last year and that by taking this step, "they're telling the rest of the supply chain you need to move it, to let's step it up." Other retailers, such as Target, Samsung and Home Depot, will also assist with the backlog, which "paves the way for smaller retailers to also get the goods from a 24/7 model," the officials said.
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Top administration officials, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, have said consumers could continue seeing higher prices and product shortages through the rest of the year as the market works through supply chain bottlenecks and worker shortages.