The U.S. has seen some wild monthly fluctuations in imports of tapioca (cassava) starch since last September, as world demand increased with recovery from the worst of the pandemic, intensifying competition and pricing. The war in Ukraine added even more demand this year due [...]
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 [...]
Historically a major sugar supplier, Thailand saw its exports climb above 10 MMT in 2018 and 2019 thanks to back-to-back crops above 14 MMT. Drought lowered its 2019/20 crop to a ten-year low of under 8.3 MMT, however, halving its exports that season. With [...]
Adjusted for inflation, the FAO Food Price Index (FPI) was up 2 percent from March, up slightly from the 12-month average growth of 1.7 percent. This increase was supported by robust gains for the sugar, meat, and oils subindexes, although every category appreciated in [...]
The #11 world sugar market has trended lower throughout most of 2019. The bears have been chasing a surplus crop in India as well as lower quality stocks of Thai raw exports that have caused weakness in nearby tape. Compounding the move lower, speculative [...]
Despite low, stable pricing for pineapple juice concentrate, U.S. imports remain weak overall, with January-March 2019 imports down 9 percent from Q1 2018. Q1 imports from our top three origins (Thailand, the Philippines, and Costa Rica) accounted for over 80 percent of total Q1 [...]
With Brazil crushing most of its cane for ethanol this season, India is slated to be the world’s top sugar producer for the 2018/19 season. And with a lack of fresh fundamentals of any significance, news from India can move the world sugar market, [...]
With rising consumer interest in clean labels and GMO-free processed foods, some food manufacturers are looking for alternatives to conventional corn starch (as well as many starch-derived ingredients; read our new study, “The GMO-Free Gamble,” to learn more). U.S. imports of specialty starches—that is, [...]
