The phrase "a shortage of around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an approximate quantity or extent of a shortage in a particular context, such as resources, supplies, or personnel.
Example: "The report indicated a shortage of around 200 units of the product due to supply chain disruptions."
Alternatives: "a deficit of approximately" or "a lack of about".
By 2020, UK's National Health Service (NHS) is expected to face a shortage of around 16,000 primary care physicians.
This year or next year we can produce the nine million tons required for bread making, leaving a shortage of around six or seven million tons needed for pastries and sweets and other items that require wheat flour".
Labour said England could face a shortage of around 30,000 of the required number of qualified entrants to teaching by September 2016, with nearly 160,000 additional qualified teachers needed over the next three years.
Dan Walsh, Philly Soccer Page, Philadelphia There is rarely a shortage of intrigue around the Union.
Deloitte & Touche is busy tempting consultants into a newly created global organisation.For the strategy consultancies the main problem has been a shortage of flags around the globe.
"There's a shortage of confidence around the team, which is surprising.
So there appears to be something of a shortage of iPhones this time around, and while it's probably good for "creating buzz" it's not so great for wooing busy business customers away from their Blackberries, according to reader James.
WITH Europe's leaders still dithering and the US "super" committee seemingly disabled by kryptonite, there seems to be a shortage of political vision around the world.
With oil pushing $120 a barrel, the diesel's fuel-sipping charms it delivers about 30% more miles per gallon (MPG) than regular petrol have created a shortage of diesel fuel around the world.Soaring prices followed the shortage.
But all work and no play make Joe a dull scientist, and there seems to be a shortage of dull scientists around McMurdo Station.
-Leading Senate Republicans to filibuster low-level judicial appointments, leading to a shortage of judges all around the country, which persists to this day.
