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• The Ingredients and Packaging Marketplace has arrived, where you can now receive updates on key price information for a range of ingredients.
• We now publish molasses and fruit juice content, with contributions coming from United Molasses Group Ltd. and Fruit Juice Focus, respectively.
• We’ve made plenty more additions to the Interactive Data section too, adding new Trade Flow tools and Crop Models.

What’s New in the Marketplace Section?  

Ingredients and Packaging – Cost and Freight Marketplace

• The new ingredients pricing section allows you to build your own dashboard of products, so you can monitor their price, the monthly change and the best value origin for them at all times.

To find this section on Czapp, select Marketplace on the top panel…

…and you can add new products to your dashboard using the button highlighted in yellow below.

And it’s only a two-step process!

What’s New in the Interactive Data Section?  

Ranked Trade Flows

• Our Sugar Balance Sheets are now home to an exciting new Interactive Data feature; the Ranked Trade Flows.
• This new feature allows you to view the global trade dynamics from a totally new perspective.
• Using tree maps, we have better visualised how different countries fare against one another and fit within the overall picture.

To find this section, simply head through to the Trade Flows section of the Sugar Balance Sheets and select the ‘Ranked Trade Flows’ option…

…and you’ll be taken to the report.

China’s Crop Model

• The Chinese Crop Model is now exclusively available in the Interactive Data section.
• Here, you can monitor the progress of China’s sugar production, crushing status and mill activity.
• This section also stores the crop models for Brazil, Thailand, India and Mexico.

The Video Tutorial Centre

• Here, you can find tutorial videos which explain how you can use our Interactive Data tools most effectively.
• Simply select the video you’re interested in and you’re underway.

So, What New Content is There?  

We’ve Teamed Up With United Molasses! (UM Group)

• We’re delighted to have teamed up with UM Group, specialists in global trading, the marketing of molasses and related products, as well as the storage of bulk liquids.
• With their expertise now on-hand, we now offer a range of molasses analysis.
• Every fortnight, we’ll publish their latest commentary on Czapp; you can read their first Czapp Opinion here.

We’ve Teamed Up With Fruit Juice Focus!

• We’re also very excited to have teamed up with Fruit Juice Focus.
• Fruit Juice Focus is a new online magazine and information source for the fruit juice industry, which brings you features on juice processing, technical and marketing innovation plus the latest trade data, news briefs, a company directory and information on events and industry associations.
• On a bimonthly basis, we’ll be sharing one of their popular features with you; you can read their first Czapp Opinion here.