Date Market Price Monitor

Export unit values held above the five-year average throughout the period, with premium varietal grades pulling further away from bulk industrial supply.

Freight normalisation eased landed-cost pressure in the principal import markets, partially offsetting currency effects.

Retail demand in high-income markets continues to shift toward packaged, origin-labelled product.

Processing demand, by contrast, remains price-elastic and is being served by lower-cost supply.

Seasonal harvest timing, energy-linked logistics costs and the pace of premium-grade capacity additions are the three variables most likely to move the next reading.