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FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGy

Brenntag Specialties and Royal Avebe further expand their

strategic partnership for Food & Nutrition to Poland

renntag will supply Food & Nutrition customers in Poland with
Bpotato starch and derivatives from Royal Avebe starting in
early March.
The expanded collaboration is part of Brenntag Specialties’ port-
folio optimization efforts.
Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients
distribution, today announced a further expansion of the business
collaboration with Royal Avebe. Through this expanded partner-
ship, Brenntag Specialties will supply its customers in Poland with
potato starch and derivatives, in addition to a broad range of mar- worldwide with innovative products sourced from outstanding,
kets and countries in Europe already served. high-quality supply partners. With the Avebe and Brenntag Food &
Avebe is an international farmer’s cooperative that produces po- Nutrition partnership, we guarantee our customers first-class prod-
tato starch, protein and fibers. The products are used in food, animal ucts and first-class service and delivery across Europe.”
feed and industrial applications such as construction and packag- Chris Hollebek, Chief Commercial Officer at Royal Avebe, added:
ing products. The partnership between Brenntag and Avebe start- "With existing distribution agreements in place across the Nordic,
ed in June 2023 for the Turkish market and quickly expanded the Baltic, and Benelux countries, as well as Turkey, we are thrilled to
distribution activities of Avebe potato starch and derivatives to further expand our collaboration with Brenntag, a trusted partner
Food & Nutrition customers in Benelux, Nordics and Baltics. with a strong global network. This growth allows us to reach an even
Jerzy Jasiński, Global President Nutrition and President Brenntag broader local customer base, now extending to Poland as well. This
Specialties EMEA, remarked: “The continued expansion of our expanding partnership is also in line with our strategy Accelerate
partnership highlights our commitment to providing customers and Strengthen.” Circle 25 on enquiry card

Adverse climatic conditions drive coffee prices

to highest level in years

orld coffee prices reached a multi- 2024, the increase in world prices trans-
Wyear high in 2024 - increasing 38.8 lated into consumers paying 6.6 percent
percent on the previous year’s average more for their coffee in the United States
– mostly driven by inclement weather af-
fecting key producing countries, the Food and 3.75 percent more in the European
and Agriculture Organization of the Unit- Union, compared to the same period in
ed Nations (FAO) said today. 2023.
According to an FAO note on global cof- “The high prices should provide incen-
fee market trends, in December 2024, Ar- tives to invest more in technology and re-
abica, the higher quality coffee favoured
in the roast and ground coffee market, search and development in the coffee sec-
was selling at 58 percent up on a year ago, duction in the 2023/24, with exports fall- tor - which relies largely on smallholder
while Robusta, used mainly for instant cof- ing by 10 percent for the second consec- farmers - to increase climate resilience,”
fee and blending, saw a price surge of 70 utive year. Similarly, in Indonesia, coffee said Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Direc-
percent in real terms. production in 2023/24 declined by 16.5 tor of FAO’s Markets and Trade Division,
This marked a narrowing of the price percent year-on-year on the back of ex- adding that climate change is impacting
differential between the two varieties for cessive rains in April-May 2023 that dam- coffee production in the longer term. FAO
the first time since the mid-1990s. aged coffee cherries. Exports dropped
by 23 percent. supports many of the coffee-producing
Rises in 2025 possible
FAO said that coffee export prices may In Brazil, dry and hot weather conditions countries to help farmers adopt climate-
rise further in 2025 if major growing re- prompted successive downward revi- resilient techniques that also contribute to
gions experience further significant sup- sions to the 2023/24 production forecast, restoring biodiversity loss.
ply reductions. with official estimates shifting from an FAO highlights the importance of market
anticipated 5.5 percent year-on-year in-
Key factors behind the recent price in- crease to a 1.6 percent decline. transparency and encourages coopera-
crease include limited export quantities tion among all actors of the value chain to
from Viet Nam, reduced output in Indone- Shipping costs a factor
sia, and adverse weather impacting cof- Higher shipping costs were also found support sustainable growth in the global
fee production in Brazil. to be one of the factors contributing to the coffee sector and protect the livelihoods
In Viet Nam, prolonged dry weather increase in world coffee prices. of millions of smallholder producers
caused a 20 percent drop in coffee pro- Early data indicates that in December worldwide. Circle 26 on enquiry card

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