The pandemic has highlighted the risk involved, including for the EU, in relying heavily on external suppliers. The European Parliament supports the initiative to boost all the elements of critical raw material's value chains to ensure the security of supply and weaken unwanted dependencies. This infoclip illustrates port activities, loading containers, inland navigation, cars production lines and buildings construction.

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Infoclip: Shortage of raw materials and manufactured goods

Vessels entering and leaving the port of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 11/06/2019,  (9  shots)

Port activities with&nbsp; loading and unloading barges and trucks with containers, Strasbourg, France, 07/07/2021,  (9  shots)

Empty barges in the Rhin river between France and Germany, Kehl, Germany, 12/07/2021,  (3  shots)

Production lines in a cars factory with workers checking electronic pieces, Brussels region, Belgium, 12/04/2021,  (7  shots)

Workers in&nbsp; buildings contruction, Strasbourg, France, 12/04/2021,  (12  shots)