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Grains
  • February 4, 2025

EU Grains Rally After US Tariff Threats

Insight Focus Corn fell in Chicago, while wheat rose due to winterkill...

Freight
  • February 4, 2025

Trump Rattles Shipping World with Panama Canal Controversy

Insight Focus President Trump has already sparked debates over US cont...

PET
  • February 4, 2025

What Does 2025 Hold for PET?

Insight Focus In 2025, new EU and US plastic waste laws are coming int...

Sugar
  • February 3, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 3rd February 2025

The new week got underway positively with March’25 making an ope...

Fertiliser
Sugar
  • February 3, 2025

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 3rd February 2025

Insight Focus Raw sugar futures continued trading above 19c/lb over th...

Sugar
  • January 31, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 31st January 2025

Starting the day at unchanged there was very little interest from eith...

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Sustainability
  • February 4, 2025

What Does 2025 Hold for PET?

Insight Focus In 2025, new EU and US plastic waste laws are coming int...

Food Security
  • January 27, 2025

Urea Continues Rise Ahead of India Tender Pricing

Insight Focus Urea prices continue to rise ahead of price discovery on...

Logistics Disruptions
  • January 8, 2025

5 Factors that Shaped Shipping in 2024… and Beyond

Insight Focus The container shipping industry experienced significant ...

Consumption
  • January 6, 2025

How the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Will Impact Brazil

Insight Focus In early December, Mercosur and the EU signed an importa...

Inflation
  • December 19, 2024

Trump Proposes Tariffs on Mexican Sugar Imports

Insight Focus President-elect Trump has proposed tariffs on Mexican go...

Climate Control
  • November 12, 2024

UN Climate Summit Faces Trump Threat, Finance Questions

Insight Focus Nations are set to discuss raising “trillions” to fu...

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Sugar

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 3rd February 2025

  • February 3, 2025

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Sugar

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 3rd February 2025

  • February 3, 2025

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Ethanol

CS Brazil: Sugar or Ethanol? 28th January 2025

  • January 29, 2025

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Sugar

India: Sugar vs Ethanol? 22nd January 2025

  • January 21, 2025

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Grains
  • August 5, 2022

Brazil’s Corn Farmer Selling Picks Up, But Record Production Still Weighs on Prices

Insight Focus A price uptick encouraged producers to sell in July, tak...

Grains Sugar
  • August 5, 2022

Farmer Diaries (UK): Sugar Beet And Maize Struggle For Water

Insight Focus In this series, we’re following farmers around the wor...

Sugar
  • August 5, 2022

Ask the Analyst: Why Is the Chinese Sugar Import Margin Stuck in the Red?

Insight Focus Chinese raw sugar import margins have mostly been negati...

Sugar
  • August 4, 2022

Daily Market Price Update and Commentary 4th August 2022

A lower opening was quickly picked up, and though there was little imp...

Sugar
  • August 4, 2022

Can India Export Sugar Today? 4th August 2022

Insight Focus An extra 1.2m tonnes of Indian sugar exports may be perm...

  • August 4, 2022

Far East-US E Coast Container Capacity Grows 18.9% on Year

Insight Focus Shippers are moving capacity to US East from West Coast....

Ethanol PET
  • August 4, 2022

What Europe’s Deepening Energy Crisis Means for PET Resin

Insight Focus European gas prices surge to their highest since March a...

  • August 4, 2022

Freight Price Fall Likely to Reverse

Opinion Focus The price of freight has dropped as much as 40% since it...

Sugar
  • August 3, 2022

Daily Market Price Update and Commentary 3rd August 2022

There was against some early selling (lack of buying) for the No.11 to...

Energy
  • August 3, 2022

Could Brazil’s Power Sector Face Regulatory Instability?

Main points   The recalculation of electricity indemnities comes ...

Grains Sugar
  • August 3, 2022

Guatemalan Palm Oil but Not Sugar Likely Hit by Heavy June Rain

Insight Focus Guatemala experienced heavy rain in June, but this shoul...

Sugar
  • August 2, 2022

Daily Market Price Update and Commentary 2nd August 2022

A volatile opening saw Oct’22 swing from 17.72 to 17.42 across the f...

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