Starch

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The market for starch products sees producers under constant pressure. Further price cuts for native wheat starches seem likely during the round of price negotiations about the terms of delivery effective January 2024. It is in the wheat segment in particular that observers note quite silly offers. The drop in demand...

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Industry experts say the market for starch products is in flux and the macroeconomic situation is extremely challenging. Because of the paltry demand for graphic and packaging papers, paper mills have had poor capacity utilisation for months now, which is having ripple effects in the market for starch products....

Industry experts report that the market for starch products has become uneasy. Although problems in the supply chain and logistics have eased sufficiently to assure reliable deliveries, market players interviewed by EUWID miss stability amidst aggressive competition between suppliers of starch products. Starch mills...

The native starch market currently lacks balance and has been characterised by volatility in the last 12 months. After native cereal starch prices virtually doubled, a change in trend seems to have occured now. Availability of native wheat starch is particularly high and intake from the paper industry is poor. Buyers...

On the German starch market, the situation has turned from shortage to oversupply within a very short time. Producers of native cereal starches have therefore changed their pricing plans for deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2022. Several wheat and corn starch suppliers are aiming to retain the volumes contracted in...

Suppliers report good demand for cereal starches. There has been a seasonal slowdown in ordering from many paper mills in recent weeks, with a few players reporting a summer lull. Nevertheless, there is a tightening trend on the market for native starches. In addition, the dramatic increases in raw material and energy...

The market for starch products in recent weeks has been hectic and characterised by worries about availability. Industry experts say there have been many layers of uncertainty for suppliers and buyers. The economic shockwaves from the Ukraine crisis are weighing heavily on the industry. Attention was initially focused...

Looking back on the development of native starches in recent months, industry experts speak of a tense overall market tending towards volatility. Potato, corn and wheat starch producers have announced massive hikes for deliveries from January 2022. The increases are concurrently driven by high costs as well as demand....

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In the currently dynamic starch products market, the trend towards higher prices has continued in the price round for the fourth quarter. While paper mills often already secured deliveries and quotations for the second half of 2021 during the summer months, starch producers have now charged considerable mark-ups, as...

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The starch products market has surged in the past weeks and months. While buyers describe the situation as overheated, suppliers are pointing to exploding costs and high demand and are pushing for price hikes. Starch producers struggled with low starch prices last year but now the market has turned, say starch...