The U.S. imported over 416,000 MT (917 million pounds) of starch last year, up 15 percent from 2020, thanks to a notable rise in potato and tapioca starch volumes, both of which are “clean label” (non-GMO) ingredients. Potato starch remained the largest category of [...]
ECA reported Q4 2020 European grind at 344,151 MT, down half a percent from Q3 and down just 3.1 percent YOY from Q4 2019 grind of 355,201 MT. This follows last week’s announcements of Q4 2020 grind for Asia and North America, down 4.2 percent [...]
The three major reported regions for cocoa grind saw YOY declines in the last quarter of 2019/20: Europe, down 4.7 percent from Q3 2019; N. America, down 4.0 percent YOY, and Asia, down 10.1 percent YOY. Grind weakness is largely attributed to weaker cocoa [...]
The U.S. imported 51.03 million single-strength-equivalent (SSE) gallons of apple juice in May, up 11 percent from April and up 19 percent from a year ago. Imports of apple juice concentrate fell sharply in March to just 32.44 million SSE gallons as supply from [...]
The U.S. imported 45.8 million single-strength-equivalent gallons of apple juice during April, up 41 percent from March and up 12 percent from a year ago. Importers may have playing catchup after business with China declined sharply during China’s COVID shutdown: 65 percent of apple [...]
The U.S. imported a little over 31.2 million single-strength-equivalent gallons of apple juice in November, the first notable increase in volume in several months but still down 29 percent year over year. China and Europe (including Turkey) each supplied about 45 percent of U.S. [...]
The U.S. imported just 21.6 million single-strength-equivalent gallons of apple juice in August, an extremely low volume for the month. The five-year average for August is 41.5 million SSE gallons. Imports in August 2018, at 49.3 million SSE gallons, were higher than average due [...]
Halfway through October, Q3 grind results are hitting the cocoa market. To an extent, we are seeing a continuation of the previous quarter’s trend that saw rapid expansion of processing across Asia and a slowdown for Western Europe and America. Preceding the regional reports, [...]
