Supply Chain - Exports

Rapeseed Rush Sends Prices Soaring As Chinese Demand Swells

Rapeseed prices are surging to record highs as traders scour the world for supplies of the oil-rich crop, illustrating growing strain across oilseed market...

German Exports To UK Fell Almost A Third In January As Brexit Hit

German exports to the United Kingdom fell by 30% on the year in January as the impact of Brexit turned Europe's largest economy away from the UK, exacerbat...

Strong Exports Lift German Factory Activity To Three-Year High In Feb: PMI

Higher demand from China, the United States and Europe drove growth in German factory activity to its highest level in more than three years in February, b...

Ivory Coast Seeks To Sell 100,000 Tonnes Of Cocoa As Buyers Haggle

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator is seeking to sell around 100,000 tonnes of cocoa held by domestic traders who had bought the beans from farmers but lack acc...

Two Pandemics And Brexit Leave UK Pig Sector In Peril

For British pig farmers like Simon Watchorn, the start of 2021 has brought fresh problems after a pandemic-ridden 2020. British pork producers...

Rotterdam Port Traffic Sees Biggest Drop In Volumes In Decade In 2020

Freight volumes in the Port of Rotterdam fell 6.9% in 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis, the biggest drop in about a decade but smaller than had been...

Ivorian Cocoa Traders Seek To End Multinationals' Dominance Of Exports

Ivory Coast's domestic cocoa traders association GNI has called for the regulator in the world's top bean producer to introduce reforms that would end the...