@article{Steinbach:329894,
      recid = {329894},
      author = {Steinbach, Sandro and Zhuang, Xiting},
      title = {Global Container Shipping Disruptions, Pop-Up Ports, and  U.S. Agricultural Exports},
      address = {2023-01},
      number = {2479-2023-001},
      pages = {32},
      year = {2023},
      abstract = {This paper evaluates the impact of the Commodity Container  Assistance Program on containerized agricultural exports  from U.S. ports. The program, implemented by the United  States Department of Agriculture in March 2022, was  designed to address logistical disruptions related to the  exporting of agricultural goods from the ports of Oakland,  Seattle, and Tacoma. To assess the program's trade  implications, we employed a goodlevel empirical model of  bilateral trade that allowed us to estimate the  counterfactual treatment e ects. The dynamic treatment  estimates provide limited evidence of positive trade e ects  after the program implementation. Speci cally, we found an  average post-event trade e ect of 1.0% from March to  September 2022, which was statistically insigni cant. These  results are consistent across a range of robustness checks.  However, we observe considerable treatment heterogeneity,  with positive trade e ects for raw and prepared meat  products. Between March and September 2022, the program  incurred costs of $2.8 million, while we estimate that  monthly containerized agricultural exports from  participating ports were about $18.6 million above the  counterfactual during that period. These  ndings suggest  that the program had limited success in facilitating U.S.  containerized agricultural exports.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329894},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.329894},
}