As an international and multicultural company, HB International SAS encourages language learning. Many of our employees would like to improve their mastery of English, the common business language. But we would love to develop French, the language of the country where...
Glycerine Market Report
Yesterday we published the 140th edition of the Oleoline Quarterly Glycerine Market report. This March edition offers the final supply and demand figures for 2022 for glycerine by main geographical markets. The QIV 2022 trade flows for both crude and refined glycerine...
After the Chinese New Year holidays, the market has been very active
After the Chinese New Year holidays, the market has been very active in capturing volumes offered from any origin (dutiable and non-dutiable). As the availability of crude glycerine has reduced from Latin America and South East Asia, China has been forced to increase...
New HBI office in Cambodia
After a year and a half working with HBI in France, Taipheng Chan returned to his country Cambodia, but he continued working for the group. It is with great pride that he now takes the direction of a new HBI subsidiary: HB INT (Cambodia) CO., LTD. This structure will...
The first agenda of the next Oleoline Global Glycerine Conference
The first agenda of the next Oleoline Global Glycerine Conference has been published today: https://lnkd.in/dMr6h5yf. You can book your place now by contacting Celine Heming.
580 000 metric tons!
Incredibly proud of the HB International SAS team for having sold 580 k mt of glycerine during 2022. This is 100 k mt more than during 2021 and a very significant portion of the total 4.5 million mt global market last year. (congrats are due for the 170 k mt of other...
The 3 major key points regarding the glycerine market for the last quarter 2022
1. Almost all the glycerine price gains of the past two years have evaporated since July 2022, on the back of a surge in production occurring in conjunction with an erosion in demand. Many contracts at the end of QIII were booked at half the price agreed end of...
The constant uncertainty has become an accepted development in our lives, as it has in our Quarterly Glycerine Report
The energy of the authorities has turned towards defeating inflation which has reached 10% for several consecutive months in 2022 in many countries, including Europe and the USA. At the start of April, rapeseed oil was over Eur 2000 pmt FOB, soyabean oil over USD 1500...
Fatty alcohol report is published
During the COVID pandemic, the situation changed remarkably due to the increasing demand for alcohol-based surfactants, coinciding with highly inflated lauric oils prices, arising from drought and COVID labour restrictions in palm plantations. This situation...
Refined glycerine prices have significantly dropped !
CPO prices have dropped further this week reaching MYR 4,750 against July on MCDEX, which is a major fall supported by dropping soyabean oil prices being traded below 68 ct/lb on CBOT. With palm oil being now sold at a USD 200 pmt discount to gasoil, biodiesel...