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Sugar
  • February 7, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 7th February 2025

March’25 saw prices chopping either side of unchanged through th...

Sugar
  • February 6, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 6th February 2025

Early trading was calm with prints a few points either side of overnig...

Grains
  • February 6, 2025

Production, Stocks and Trump Change the Wheat Market

Insight Focus The wheat market is facing concerns over 2025 harvests i...

Freight
  • February 6, 2025

US Department of Defense Adds COSCO to Blacklist

Insight Focus The US has blacklisted Chinese shipping giant COSCO over...

Sugar
  • February 5, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 5th February 2025

It was a positive start for the market as prices quickly pushed beyond...

Sugar
  • February 5, 2025

2025-26 Contracting Lags For US Sugar Market

This update is from Sosland Publishing’s Sweetener Report. For more ...

Ethanol
  • February 5, 2025

New Climate Smart Agriculture Rule Opens Door to US Corn for SAF

Insight Focus The USDA released interim rules for Climate-Smart Agricu...

Sugar
  • February 4, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 4th February 2025

There was another calm start to a session as March’25 ranged bet...

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Food Security
  • February 6, 2025

Production, Stocks and Trump Change the Wheat Market

Insight Focus The wheat market is facing concerns over 2025 harvests i...

Sustainability
  • February 4, 2025

What Does 2025 Hold for PET?

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

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 7th February 2025

  • February 7, 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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PET
  • February 12, 2024

PET Raw Material Futures Outlook: Crude Leaps as Ceasefire Deal Rejected Lifting PTA Futures and PET Resin Prices

Insight Focus PTA futures rise on higher crude as Gaza hope for immine...

Food and Ingredients
  • February 12, 2024

Urea Prices Hang on As Other Fertilisers Look Bearish

Insight Focus Urea prices are edging higher. The processed phosphate m...

Sugar
  • February 9, 2024

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 9th February 2024

Undeterred by recent failures to sustain above 24c the market was inst...

Dairy
  • February 9, 2024

Weather Provides Surprise New Zealand Milk Production Surge

Insight Focus December NZ milk production surpassed expectations at 22...

PET
  • February 9, 2024

PET Resin Trade Flows: Despite Freight Disruption Chinese PET Resin Exports End 2023 on High

Insight Focus Chinese PET resin exports post another record year in te...

Grains
  • February 9, 2024

How the Wheat Futures Market Functions

Insight Focus Simplifying the wheat market helps to understand it. Eac...

Sugar
  • February 9, 2024

Ask the Analyst: How bad has Weather been for CS Brazil Sugarcane?

Insight Focus Cumulative rains from December to January have been the ...

Sugar
  • February 8, 2024

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 8th February 2024

Having failed to sustain above 24c the market started today’s se...

Sugar
  • February 8, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Perfect Cane Growing Weather

Insight Focus This month has been spent inspecting and repairing the d...

Freight
  • February 8, 2024

Panama Canal Situation to Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Insight Focus Panama Canal water levels are still critically low. Alte...

Sugar
  • February 8, 2024

India: Sugar vs Ethanol?

Insight Focus Sugar exports are currently prohibited. At today’s...

Sugar
  • February 8, 2024

Sugar Statshot: 2024/25 Global Sugar Production To Fall Below 2023/24

Insight Focus Global sugar production in 2023/24 is set to be the seco...

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