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  • August 13, 2024

Glass Bottle Manufacturing: Innovations, Trends and Sustainability

Introduction  As a versatile material, glass has been used by hum...

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  • August 12, 2024

Soybean Season Drives Potash Demand But Prices Slump

Insight Focus  The urea market is bearish as it awaits another In...

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  • August 12, 2024

PET Resin Trade Flows: Increased Trade Barriers Fail to Hold Back Record Chinese PET Resin Exports

Insight Focus  Chinese PET resin exports leap in June backed by p...

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  • August 12, 2024

PET Raw Material Futures Outlook: Asian PET Resin Margins Improve on Short-Term Market Strength as Raw Material Prices Plummet

Insight Focus PTA and MEG drop sharply following a global sell-off in ...

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  • August 7, 2024

Bumper Crop Expectations Lead to Weakening in US Sugar Price

This update is from Sosland Publishing Co.’s weekly Sweetener Re...

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  • August 7, 2024

What Can Weather Tell Us About Cocoa Price Risk?

Insight Focus Weather is a major factor in the volatility of cocoa pri...

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  • August 6, 2024

Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Rattle Shipping Industry

Insight Focus Former US President Donald Trump has proposed a 10% tari...

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  • August 6, 2024

Improved Fermentation Boosts Ethanol Output

Insight Focus A new study by researchers at The Novo Nordisk Foundatio...

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  • August 6, 2024

High Thai Fertiliser Appetite Likely to Continue

Insight Focus Lower prices for imported complex fertilisers and higher...

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  • August 5, 2024

PET Raw Material Futures Outlook: Deteriorating Middle East Geopolitics Creating Highly Volatile Crude Environment

Insight Focus Turmoil in the Middle East creates massive price risk fo...

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  • August 5, 2024

Smarter Packaging Choices for Sustainable Customisation

Insight Focus Recyclability doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact,...

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  • August 5, 2024

Farmer Diaries (UK): Hot Weather Increases Beet Disease Risk

Insight Focus  The harvest is complete for some crops and the see...

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  • June 6, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 6th June 2025

Raw Sugar Update The market slipped back slightly on the opening howev...

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  • June 5, 2025

Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 5th June 2025

Raw Sugar Update There was no sign of any buying interest as we resume...

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  • June 5, 2025

Trump Bill Boosts US Biofuels with Tax Credit Extension

Insight Focus President Trump’s bill extends clean fuel credits, aid...

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  • June 4, 2025

US Sugar Market Slows as Bulk Sales Lag and Futures Dip

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

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  • June 4, 2025

Understanding How Currency Complicates Commodities

Insight Focus Currency fluctuations affect commodity competitiveness g...

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  • June 4, 2025

Grains Fall on Favourable Rains as Market Eyes June WASDE

Insight Focus Corn and wheat fell globally on favourable rains. The ma...

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  • May 29, 2025

Freight Rates Benefit from US-China Tariff Pause

Insight Focus Freight rates have begun rising again. There has been a ...

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  • April 23, 2025

Tariffs Trigger EUA Sell-Off as Emissions Drop 5%

Insight Focus EUAs have fallen to six-month low. US tariff announcemen...

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  • March 27, 2025

Brazil to Increase Exports of Avocado and Beans

Insight Focus ApexBrasil is focused on expanding Brazilian exports glo...

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  • December 19, 2024

Trump Proposes Tariffs on Mexican Sugar Imports

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

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Daily Market Price Updates and Commentary 6th June 2025

  • June 6, 2025

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Sugar Futures and Market Data: 2nd June 2025

  • June 2, 2025

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India: Sugar vs Ethanol? 29th May 2025

  • May 29, 2025

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CS Brazil: Sugar or Ethanol? 28th May 2025

  • May 27, 2025

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