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Frozen concentrated orange juice futures fell Tuesday on profit-taking in a technically overbought market, along with a forecast calling for slightly reduced expectations for the Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season, brokers and analysts said.
September orange juice added 10 points to settle at $1.0375 a pound, near the middle of the day’s trading range. A weak U.S. dollar and buying in the commodity indexes generated light fund support and allowed the market to reverse early losses.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed higher and nearer the session high Friday. Prices also closed at a bullish weekly high and thehighest closing level in nine months. September FCOJ closed up 190 points at $1.0365 a pound.
Demand for juices in Mexico continues to increase as local production tries to keep pace. The U.S. continues to be the largest foreign supplier of juices to Mexico and that trend is expected to continue despite Mexico’s recent imposition of a 20%…
La filière ananas de Côte d’Ivoire, en crise depuis plusieurs années, s’est dotée d’un “plan de sauvetage” de 20 milliards de FCFA (30 millions d’euros) pour relancer la production et reconquérir le marché européen, son principal débouché,…
ICE Futures U.S. frozen concentrated orange juice ended at sharply higher levels Tuesday for the fourth session in a row, as speculative buying continued to push up prices. September FCOJ hit its highestlevel since June 1 on Tuesday.
The all orange forecast of certified utilization, released today by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board, is raised by 2.5 million boxes to 162.1 million. The adjustment is in the Valencia portion of the forecast, now at 77.5 million boxes.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures settled sharply higher Thursday on panic short-covering and fresh speculative buying interest, an analyst said.Prices hit a fresh four-week high. September FCOJ settled at 89.40 cents per pound, up 435 points…
Calamansi, calamondin, Philippine lime – this versatile citrus fruit is the secret ingredient to many mouthwatering Filipino delicacies such as pancit palabok, Leyte kinilaw, beefsteak Tagalog, and arroz caldo.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures settled lower Wednesday, giving back nearly half the gains seen earlier in the week, as most commodities dropped amid a gloomy economic outlook. September FCOJ settled at 85.05 cents per pound,…
The Kenya Industrial Research Institute (Kirdi) is building a Sh5 million pineapple factory in Homa Bay District to streamline marketing of the crop in Southern Nyanza. The institute has taken over the former Homa Bay Millers and work on the plant is going on.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed sharply higher Monday as a large speculative buyer moved in to take the market raging more than 900 points higher on the day. September FCOJ settled 680 points higher at 86.25 cents per pound.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed lower Thursday after the most-active September contract failed to cross the 80-cent per pound level. September FCOJ settled down 50 points at 79.45 cents.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed higher Wednesday as a short-covering rally boosted the most-active September contract to its best level in more than a week.Sep FCOJ settled up 110 points at 79.95 cents per pound.
Brazil’s CY 2009 apple production is expected to rebound to 1.17 million metric tons (mmt) up 4 percent from CY 2008’s 1.12 m mt. However, apple exports are expected to drop 20 percent to 90,000 tons due to the economic crisis and greater world apple supply.
Agrozumos, del grupo alemán Riha, ha condicionado su planta de Lekunberri para poder envasar los productos del grupo Eckes-Granini Ibérica en formato pet de última generación, para lo que ha realizado una inversión de 20 millones de euros.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed lower Monday as funds continued to liquidate positions on the lack of fresh news for the citrus market. September FCOJ settled down 5 points at 76.35 cents per pound.
South African grapefruit and Valencia exports are forecast up from last year due to increased demand in overseas markets. Lemons and Navels are forecast to fall slightly. A new citrus export levy went into effect on January 1, 2009.