Author: The Secret Butterfly

Merino wool prices declined at Australian auctions due to extremely low supply and a stronger Australian dollar, despite slight gains in US and Chinese yuan terms. Exporters reported profitability challenges, with weaker demand...

The GEP global supply chain volatility index fell to minus 0.46 in May from minus 0.39 in April, indicating rising spare capacity across supply chains. Global supply chain activity was driven lower by a deterioration across...

US saw a 9.29 per cent rise in the volume of textile and apparel imports during January–April, reaching 32.87 billion SME, driven by higher volumes of cotton and man-made fibre products. Apparel imports rose 9.75 per cent, while...

Dutch consumer goods and services were 3.3 per cent more expensive YoY in May, Statistics Netherlands reported. In April, the inflation rate stood at 4.1 per cent. Prices for consumers fell by 0.5 per cent in May relative to...

Fitch Ratings has changed its 2025 outlook for the global shipping sector to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ due to weaker demand expectations, mainly in container shipping and dry bulk. Tanker shipping is likely to be more...