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The Supply Chain Impacts of the Russian Attack on the Ukraine

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The conflict is also bottling up Ukraine and Russia’s vast commodity exports, sending the price of oil, natural gas, wheat and sunflower oil rocketing. Here are just a few issues that occur when a major country like Russia instigates a war against another country. The price fell by 17%, then went up more than 5% on Wednesday!

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Interoceanic Passages

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In reality, appointment and price systems must be used to control capacity for interoceanic canals like the Panama and Suez. Because the Panama Canal eliminates a protracted detour around South America and improves global commercial connections, its construction and extension rate among the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century.

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SCM Map Europe: European location decisions remain complex

Supply Chain Movement

To arrive at optimal European supply chains it is crucial to consider shifts in economic growth, currency fluctuations and tax reductions in addition to production and distribution costs. Notably, Aon’s analysis ranks Poland equal with Russia with respect to political risk. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes.

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