The shipping supply chain, which had been slowly stabilized, returned to a tense state because of the "Omicron" virus. Now approaching the end of the year, this has made the supply chain in many countries worse.

One authoritative data shows novel coronavirus pneumonia cases up to 280194739 in December 27th. The United States, Britain, France, Spain and Italy are the five countries with the most new cases.

Supply chain crisis in many countries

With the emergence of the epidemic rebound, the global supply chain crisis has further intensified. Therefore, Japan also has a rare "French fries crisis".

It is understood that McDonald's in Japan recently announced that it will only provide small portions of French fries between now and December 30. This is done so that more people can eat French fries.

The potatoes used by McDonald's in Japan are all from North America. However, due to the tight supply chain in the ports of the United States and Canada, the transportation of potatoes was blocked, resulting in the decline of potato imports.

In fact, this is only the tip of an iceberg of global supply chain tension. The United States had to reduce the food supply to schools because the imported food could not reach people's lives.

Australia is also one of the biggest victims. Many importers said that the purchasing situation this year was worse than last year.

A CEO in the foreign trade industry, Innes, said that Australia's trade-related businesses need shipping support. Now affected by the epidemic, many businesses have to be delayed.

Will the supply chain crisis last for another three years?

Despite previous news that the supply chain will be restored next year. However, with the emergence of "Omicron" strain, this wish will be difficult to realize.

Because the strain may cause many countries to start a new round of "lock-in". In this way, the global supply chain will go through a difficult journey.

It is understood that Britain has cancelled a large-scale new year celebration; Scotland has also launched the latest epidemic prevention measures.

According to the current situation, experts say that this new round of supply chain crisis may last for about three years.