Mercian, a major domestic wine maker, has been selling some products since September, saying that imports of wine from the United States have been delayed due to a shortage of ship containers due to the prolonged impact of the new coronavirus. It is dormant.
Mercian has suspended sales of 10 types of wine, which are imported from the United States and sold in bottles and PET bottles at Japanese factories.
Reasons for suspension of sales At the company, due to labor shortage due to the influence of the new coronavirus, unloading work at the port has been delayed, and personal consumption has increased due to the normalization of economic activities from the corona virus worldwide. It is said that this is because there is a shortage of containers on the ship and wine imports are stagnant.
According to the company, the target products have been suspended from sales as soon as the domestic inventory is exhausted from September, and there is no prospect of resuming sales.
Global logistics changes triggered by the spread of the new corona infection have also affected the production and sale of domestic wine.