Latest commodities Insight & Analysis – Page 8
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Smaller US maize harvest hikes prices
Maize prices have increased on last month after new data suggested US farmers would plant fewer hectares of maize than was
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High demand over Easter pushes up lamb prices
Prices remain higher year on year driven by lower imports from New Zealand
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Action on cocoa output pushes up cocoa butter prices
The Ivory Coast Coffee and Cocoa Council last month suspended programmes for the 2017/18 season
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Palm oil prices fall as production rebounds
Palm oil was this week trading near 2,4000 Malaysian ringgit (£463) a tonne
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US soybean futures hit by tariffs tit-for-tat
America’s second -biggest crop got dragged into the looming trade war with China
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Beast from the East drives up electricity demand
Electricity prices shot up as the demand for heating increased
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Salmon prices pushed up in Chile and Norway
Salmon prices are up month on month due to concerns over potential algal blooms in Chile
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Cocoa prices surging after two-year low
Prices are surging again on the back of rising demand and tightening global stock
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Cotton prices rise to 2014 levels
An outbreak of pink bollworm has damaged the Indian cotton crop…
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Squeeze on pulp stock pushes up kraftliner prices
Kraftliner prices have risen in line with price increases in European pulp
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Falling supplies push up dried grapes prices
Prices for dried grapes including raisins and sultanas continue to increase
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Cold snap sees electricity demand soar
The recent cold snap in Europe drove higher demand for electricity in the EU and UK
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Turmoil in Latin America pushes up banana prices
Political unrest, poor weather and interrupted transport facilities have all contributed to rising banana prices in the UK…
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Cocoa beans up due to harvest concerns
Cocoa bean prices have increased since the start of the year due to dry weather in Ivory Coast and Ghana
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Indonesian import changes hike rice price
Demand for rice in Indonesia has skyrocketed thanks to a government edict allowing 500,000 tonnes of imports in
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Dried fruit prices on rise ahead of Easter
Producers of hot cross buns and Eccles cakes are facing higher dried fruit costs
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Large lamb crop subdues prices
UK lamb prices have fallen year on year, subdued by a large lamb crop.
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Closures and feedstock costs drive up polystyrene
Polystyrene prices have risen due to factory closures and rising feedstock costs
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'Sluggish' sales set to hit red meat prices
The GB average prime cattle price was 357.03p/kg in the week ended 3 February…
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Cotton prices up due to demand on US stocks
A global shortage of good quality cotton and tightening supplies in India have driven higher prices