Toyotas imported at Port of Portland. Toyota has since suspended production at all of its plants in Japan.
From wheat , wood products, food and hundreds of thousands of autos, the Port of Portland and the Port of Vancouver are important trading partners with Japan. Local importers and exporters are concerned.
“Our main concern, I think is the disruption of food chain supplies,” noted Keith Lee, President of Chin’s Imports-Exports. “Obviously we’re concerned about contamination, radiation contaminating the food chain.”
Other impacts, while too early to assess, could mean disruptions in the coming weeks, especially for Japanese auto imports. Hundreds of thousand of Honda’s and Toyota’s pass through the Port of Portland yearly.