Impact of coronavirus pandemic on food manufacturing industry in U.S. in 2020

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T. Ozbun,
Jan 27, 2022
Close to half (45 percent) of product developers in the food processing industry in the United States surveyed in March and April 2020 were rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak. Some 14 percent responded that they will be changing sourcing to sites over which they have better control.

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Share of food processing companies rethinking sourcing from foreign countries due to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in 2020*

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Release date

June 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 19 to April 19

Number of respondents

291 respondents

Special properties

Product developers in the food processing industry

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*Original survey question was the following: "Did the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak make you rethink any sourcing decisions? Perhaps about maintaining plants in or sourcing ingredients from China or any other foreign country?"

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