Industry news & Vesper highlights
Regional paperboard markets moved in different directions through the spring, according to the latest monthly data from EMGE. There was no single global trend in March. Western Europe stayed weak, North America showed early signs of recovery, and Asian demand kept growing. In cartonboard, overall demand extended a five-month growth streak in March, but the […]
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Freight costs are moving in one direction this month, and procurement teams importing through North Europe should plan for more...
Cocoa had been one of the quieter commodity markets of late spring. Futures barely moved over the prior fortnight, shrugging...
The arrival of new Sathi paddy reset India’s basmati rice market in early June. May had ended with exporters finding...
India’s spice complex spent the first half of June stuck in the same standoff. Arrivals kept thinning across most of...
Brazil delivered its strongest poultry export month on record in May 2026, yet the milestone is shadowed by a real...
Egg prices are falling in both Europe and the US, but the forces behind the move could hardly be more...
The global nut complex is splitting between tightening tree-nut supply and a still-soft hazelnut market, according to ofi’s latest monthly...
European cheese markets have continued to soften in recent weeks. With Q3 coverage mostly behind them, almost all buyers have...
Cocoa prices fell over the past week as supportive West African weather and a jump in Ivory Coast arrivals shifted...
