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West African Food Trade Under Strain As COVID-19 Shuts Borders

In ordinary times, it takes Boureima Diawara two or three days to truck his mangoes the 1,200 km (745 miles) from southern Mali to Senegal's seaside capita...

Number Of Coronavirus Cases At Dutch Meatpacking Plant Jumps To 147

The number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus at a Dutch pork processing plant near the German border has jumped to 147 since it was closed last week...

Managing A Retail Supply Chain During COVID-19: IGD Analysis

Chris Irish, head of supply chain insight at IGD, identifies three challenges that retail supply chains are tackling in the face of COVID-19 and what they...

Extra-EU Trade Declines In March Due To Pandemic: Eurostat

International trade in goods in the EU declined to €228 billion in March 2020, from €252 billion in January, due to the implementation of restric...

EU Trade Pact To Support Vietnam's Coronavirus Recovery: World Bank

A free trade agreement with the European Union set to soon be ratified by Vietnam should boost the Asian nation's economic recovery from the coro...

China Urges Food Companies To Boost Supplies On Fears Of Further COVID-19 Disruption

China has asked trading firms and food processors to boost inventories of grains and oilseeds as a possible second wave of coronavirus cases and worsening...

Strategie Grains Raises EU Wheat Export Forecast, Cuts Harvest Outlook

Strategie Grains raised its forecast for European Union soft wheat exports in 2019/20 citing strong demand and lower competition, and cut its end of season...

Südzucker Optimistic About Profits Despite Coronavirus

Südzucker has confirmed a forecast made last month for a strong profit increase in its current financial year on hopes its core sugar business will im...