China Seeks Trade Diversification as US Doubles Down on Protectionism
Insight Focus China is trying to make as many friends as it can for gl...
US Tariff Deadline Approaches With Many Scrambling for Deals
Insight Focus As the August 8 US tariff deadline approaches, many coun...
US Threatens 50% Tariffs on Brazil; Hutchison Ports Deal Under Threat
Insight Focus Once again, policy announcements from the US are the big...
Freight Rates Benefit from US-China Tariff Pause
Insight Focus Freight rates have begun rising again. There has been a ...
Even With US-China Agreement, Trade Will Be Reshaped
Insight Focus A delay in US-China tariffs has been agreed, raising mar...
China, US Feel Pain Amid Tariff-Driven Decoupling
Insight Focus As the tariff situation drags on, nobody is winning. Bot...
Trade War Likely to Create New Winners… But Also Losers
Insight Focus As tariff strife enters its second week, uncertainty rem...
Global Trade Under Pressure as Tariff Impacts Expand
Insight Focus The tariff saga rolls on, and now more countries are get...
US Metals Tariffs to Have Knock-On Effects on Food
Insight Focus Some of the first tariffs have gone into force. Although...
Food Inflation Could Regain Momentum in 2025
Insight Focus The US remains in the spotlight due to constant threats ...
Trade Wars, Tariffs, Price Rises On the Horizon for 2025
Insight Focus Trade wars, tariffs and rising prices. The past few week...
What are HS Codes?
Insight Focus HS Codes are an important tool used in the interna...
Glass Bottle Manufacturing: Innovations, Trends and Sustainability
Introduction As a versatile material, glass has been used by hum...
The Sugar to SAF Production Process
What is SAF? Sustainable aviation fuel is a type of biofuel. Instead o...
The Basics of Sorghum
Insight Focus Sorghum is an ancient crop, but more and more uses...
6 Factors Impacting Palm Oil Prices
Insight Focus High concentration within vegetable and seed oil m...
Could India Offset Turkish Wheat Import Ban?
Insight Focus Turkiye recently imposed protectionist measures on wheat...
Biofuels to Overtake China as Soybean Demand Driver
Insight Focus Biofuel production is ramping up, and this is set to cou...
5 Risk Factors for Container Freight Prices
Insight Focus Freight prices have shot up since the Houthis began atta...
EU Imposes Animal Feed Tariffs on Russia, Belarus
Insight Focus Last week, the European Commission announced new tariffs...
Peak Season Could Lift Container Prices Further
Insight Focus Container market struggles to cope with global conflict ...
The 4 Key Food Supply Issues of 2024 in Charts
Insight Focus At the beginning of the year, we identified the four key...
El Nino Drives Need For Food Trade Flexibility
Insight Focus El Nino has caused havoc across global agricultural mark...
Will Weight Loss Drugs Really Change Consumption Patterns?
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic seem to help weight loss by curbing impuls...
US Farmers Face Tighter Margins As Crop Prices Slide
Insight Focus Despite rising food prices, US farmers have been squeeze...
Five Factors That Could Influence Dry Bulk Freight Prices
Insight Focus Dry bulk prices depend on factors such as grains flows a...
Ukraine and Grains Two Years On
Insight Focus After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, there as ...
Cost of Decarbonisation Means Food Prices May Rise
Insight Focus European farmers have taken to the streets in protest ov...
Panama Canal Situation to Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Insight Focus Panama Canal water levels are still critically low. Alte...
Why Lunar New Year Matters for Container Rates
Insight Focus The approach to Lunar New Year often provides a boost to...
Container Industry Not Out Of the Woods for 2024
Insight Focus The container shipping industry has endured a tough 2023...
2024 Elections and their Impact on Food Supply Chains
Insight Focus An unusually high number of elections are set to take pl...
4 Key Food Supply Issues of 2023 in Charts
Insight Focus Certain key themes have plagued food markets and supply ...
Container Demurrage and Detention Explained
The terms “demurrage” and “detention” refer to...
Could Chinese Population Decline Undermine Consumption Growth?
Insight Focus After decades of strong population growth, it seems that...
The 5 Key Messages from Sustainable Foods London
Insight Focus The Sustainable Foods London event took place on Novembe...
Israel-Palestine Trade Impacts in Seven Graphics
Insight Focus Research by the Bank for International Settlements shows...
The Basics of Biofuels
Biofuels are liquid fuels that are produced using biological sources, ...
Box Carriers Combat Weak Rates Through Diversification
Insight Focus From rail to feeder services, trucking, warehousing and ...
Blanked Sailings Likely to Increase Amid Weak Demand
Insight Focus This year’s high season for containers has been partic...
European Emissions Trading Scheme Explained
The implementation of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme is fast appr...
Freight Rates Continue to Bear Brunt of China Weakness
New York Fed Insight Focus Earlier this summer, there was a glimmer of...
Fruit Crop Calendar
In an era when many commodities are available on demand, it is easy to...
Are Bee Populations Declining? Yes and No.
Insight Focus Contrary to popular belief, global honeybee populations ...
Water Levels Threaten Trade Bottlenecks at Key Crossings
Insight Focus Waterways like the Panama Canal are vital in improving e...
Freight Market Dynamics
The Covid-19 pandemic displayed just how important seaborne freight is...
Extreme Weather Threatens Global Tomato Supply
Insight Focus Tomato trade is highly regionalised due to perishability...
Fertilisers, Grains Hang in the Balance Amid Canadian Port Strikes
Insight Focus Canadian port workers at West Coast ports recently follo...
Weather, Indian Export Ban Set to Send Rice Prices Higher
Insight Focus Rice stocks were at all-time highs just a few years ago....
Freight Market Bets on China Stimulus to Stir Up Demand
Insight Focus China is a massive global economy and a key engine in gl...
What is El Niño?
If you’ve read the news in the past six months, you’ve probably re...
6 Leaders in Shipping’s Race to Net Zero
Insight Focus The shipping industry is in a race to decarbonise as new...
A Bottleneck for Larger Ships in the Panama Canal
Insight Focus The Panama Canal Authority announced last week it would ...
How a Strong US Dollar Impacts North African Food Security
Insight Focus North Africa has a diet rich in grains but most countrie...
Despite Agreement, West Coast Labour Issues Not Over Yet
Insight Focus The ILWU union has been engaged in labour conflict with ...
Food Inflation Explained
In recent months, the media has been abuzz with news about the skyrock...
Will There Be a Peak Season For Containers in 2023?
Insight Focus Container freight rates have been in freefall for a year...
How Revising Food Labels Could Temper Inflation
Insight Focus Expiration date labels have become more and more complex...
Panama Canal Issues Show Cost Of Extreme Weather
Insight Focus The Panama Canal is vital for Asia – US East Coast tra...
Dairy Farmers Face Rising Costs, Demand Erosion
Insight Focus Dairy farmer margins are under pressure despite rising m...
The 14 Top Food Policies to Watch In 2023
Insight Focus The world’s food supply chain is coming under the micr...
New Shipping Emissions Regulations Explained
In the final months of 2019, there was a flurry of activity in the shi...
Macro Outlook Suggests Higher Supply Chain Costs
Opinion Focus The global economy is undergoing a transition from a per...
Greater Tech Adoption Moves Goalposts for Employees
Opinion Focus Staffing shortages have plagued the supply chain since t...
Decarbonisation Challenges the Container Market
Opinion Focus The last few years have been full of ups and downs for t...
Gas Price Rise Leaves EU Aluminium Buyers Vulnerable
Opinion Focus Some major European finished aluminium manufacture...
EU Protectionism Will Disrupt Global Supply
The EU may publish emergency measures related to supply chain disrupti...
Is the Ukraine Invasion Threatening Seed Diversity?
Opinion Focus Ukraine’s national seed bank, where seed samples are c...
Interest Rate Hikes Risk Increasing Cost Pressures
Opinion Focus Central banks are raising Interest rates in response to ...
Investors, Regulators Drive Carbon Labelling Agenda
Opinion Focus Carbon labelling has become a key trend in the fo...
Freight Price Fall Likely to Reverse
Opinion Focus The price of freight has dropped as much as 40% since it...
The (Stomach) Churning Butter Price Rise
Opinion Focus Soaring energy costs hit dairy industry hard. Labour sho...
Rising Meat Prices Will Gnaw Away Demand
Opinion Focus Meat has been viewed as a luxury, and in a recession, co...
Why Demurrage is Bolstering Inflation
Demurrage and detention are essential tools to ensure the container in...
Rising Rice Prices Could Signal Winter of Unrest
Opinion Focus Rice is a staple for 50% of the global population, mainl...
Inflation to Take Bite Out of Alternative Meat Demand
Opinion Focus Food prices are rising, causing many to re-evaluate purc...
E Europe Wheat Harvest Adds to Ukraine Grain Logjam
Opinion Focus Ukraine has been relying on piecemeal rail export of its...
Future Food Security Jeopardised by Short-Term Price Taming
Opinion Focus Food producers are coming up with new ways to cut costs ...
Six Indicators the Supply Chain Should Monitor
Opinion Focus Container prices are down 27% from September’s all...
Lockdown Behaviour Shifts Offer rPET Opportunities
Opinion Focus Plastic demand pattern shifted in 2020 due to the pandem...
Food Supply Chain Key Factor in Inflation Surge
Opinion Focus Food prices are rising to their highest in 40 years. A m...
French Weather Fuels Grains Supply Concerns
Opinion Focus France is a major grains exporter and a strategic ...
Covid Aftermath: Is the ‘New Normal’ Just the ‘Old Normal’?
Opinion Focus Over the past two years, the COVID pandemic’s long-ter...
US, EU Mull Alternative Export Route for Ukrainian Grains
Opinion Focus Grains exports from Ukraine are continuing despite a Bla...
Food, Beverage Processors Face Procurement Crunch
Opinion Focus Supply chain issues are still snarling the food and beve...
Seafarer Shortage Foreshadows More Freight Bottlenecks
Insight Focus Seafarer shortages have been crippling the freight indus...
Onshoring Won’t Fix Supply Chain Woes
Insight Focus Onshoring initiatives were launched last year in respons...
Will 2022 Be the Summer of Port Congestion?
Insight Focus Logistics bottlenecks have been felt since late 2020 and...
Supply Chain Shocks Disturb Breakfast
Insight Focus Global supply chains have still not returned to normal. ...
Ukraine Crisis Adds Another Twist to Sudan’s Food Insecurity Spiral
Insight Focus Escalating food and fuel prices have caused widescale ri...
Russian Invasion Sparks Packaging Shortage for Food & Bev Companies
Aversion to buying Russian metals driving up global prices. Aluminium ...
Russian Invasion Could Make India a Major Global Wheat Player
Insight Focus Russia-induced grains shortages could prompt instability...
How Farmers are Working Around High Fertiliser Prices and Shortages
Insight Focus Russia is the world’s fourth-largest fertiliser produc...
Russia Sanctions Weigh on Agri Trade Flows
Insight Focus Risk rises for Black Sea freight on Russia-Ukraine confl...
Fertiliser Importers Caught in Russia-Ukraine Crossfire
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has implications for global fertiliser ...
Russia & Ukraine Grain Flows Likely to Be Disrupted into H2’22
Insight Focus Ukraine is world’s fifth-largest grains exporter, Russ...
What Potatoes Tell Us About Supply Chains
Insight Focus Widespread potato shortages are causing chaos for multin...
Ukraine & Grains: Who is Most at Risk?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves along the grains su...
Will the EU’s Plan to Cut Inputs Hit Yields?
Insight Focus EU aims to cut fertilizer use by 20% and pesticide use b...
Alternative Protein: The Future or Just Hype?
Insight Focus Alternative protein more sustainable than meat on lower ...
Going Organic Could Curb Fertiliser Price Rise
Fertiliser prices have been especially volatile in recent months. This...
Is the EU Focusing on the Right Area of Food Waste?
Insight Focus The EU wants to half retail and consumer food waste by 2...
The EU Pivots to Sustainable Agriculture
Farm to Fork The EU’s Farm to Fork strategy was launched in May 2020...
The EU’s Push for Sustainable Fishing
As part of the Farm to Fork strategy, the EU has made commitments to f...
The EU’s Push for Sustainable Livestock Farming
The Farm to Fork strategy’s goals for animals and livestock are less...
The EU’s Push for Organic Farming Practices
The use of land is an area in which the EU Farm to Fork policy makes t...
UK Struggles with Chronic Lack of Labour
Both Brexit and COVID-19 have been blamed for labour shortages across ...
Czapp Explains: What You Can Recycle
Not all plastic is made equal. In developed countries, most local auth...
Climate Change: Why Agribusiness Should Take Note
The agricultural sector is perhaps the most vulnerable to climate chan...
How Do You Feed 7.9 Billion People?
The world’s currently home to about 7.9 billion people, but this num...