May 19, 2025
For months, Japan has been suffering from an extremely low availability of its staple food—rice. Despite Tokyo's efforts to mitigate the supply crisis, local rice prices have touched all-time high levels. Other countries are likely to step in to fill the gap but Japan’s preference for quality remains in focus.
In...
May 14, 2025
A new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease discovered in Germany earlier this year has reshaped trade flows of European pork and led to significant pricing volatility in the region. Varying government responses to the disease have raised questions about how the European market will fare going forward and whether other...
May 7, 2025
As the demand for sustainable protein sources escalates, seafood production is poised to become the fastest-growing sector in the global animal protein markets in 2025. At the forefront of this growth is shrimp, which stands out as a leading sustainable and healthy protein option, capturing the attention of consumers...
Apr 29, 2025
Global electric vehicle adoption is increasing the demand for recycled battery raw materials. While the recent slowdown in EV sales growth and an oversupply of battery metals have weighed on battery recycling in some regions, the recognition of black mass as a sustainable source of critical raw materials has cemented...
Apr 9, 2025
China’s latest round of oil product export quotas had tightened
compared to the same tranche a year ago. However, healthy margins
and strong aviation recovery have pretty much cemented jet fuel’s
position as the king of the barrel for Chinese exporters, though
turbulence remains.
S&P Global Commodity Insights’...