Supply Chain - Exports

China Lifts Five-Year Ban On Belgian Pig, Pork Products

China's customs authorities have lifted a five-year ban on pig and pork products from Belgium that was implemented because of an outbreak of African swine...

Indian Coffee Exports Set To Surge Thanks To Global Price Rally

India's coffee exports are likely to rise as much as 10% in 2024 as a rally in global prices prompts European buyers to pay premiums in order to...

Brazil Dodges Bird Flu Threat To Post Record Chicken Exports, Industry Lobby Says

Brazilian meat exporters managed to ship a record 5.138 million metric tonnes of chicken products in 2023, according to industry lobby ABPA.

Ivory Coast Cocoa Output Seen Lower As Swollen Shoot Disease Spreads

Ivory Coast's cocoa production for the 2023/24 season is expected at 1.75 million metric tonnes compared with a previous forecast in September of 1.8 milli...

Ivory Coast Halts Sales Of 2024/25 Cocoa Contracts, Citing Supply Squeeze

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, the Cocoa-Coffee Council (CCC), has halted sales of cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season due to concerns about low...

Dry Soil To Curb Asia's Early 2024 Rice Output, Pressure Supply

Asian off-season rice production is poised to take a hit as dry planting conditions, shrinking reservoirs and forecasts for continued El Nino weather are s...

Ukrainian Grain Pushes Romania's Constanta Port To Record Volume

Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta shipped a record 29.4 million metric tonnes of grain in the first 10 months of this year, with supply from Ukraine ac...

South Africa's Citrus Exports Flat As Infrastructure Woes Sour Season

South Africa's citrus exports remained flat during the 2023 season, missing an industry target as the country's electricity and logistics problems worsened...