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Among Latino households, that metric climbed to 63% as of February, compared with 35% in August.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The analysts peg support levels for the June palm oil futures contract at 4,650 ringgit and resistance at 4,800 ringgit a metric ton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The situation looks to have only worsened, with local media reporting in late March that a shipment of more than 180,000 metric tons of fuel had failed to arrive, heightening supply concerns.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

China’s crude-import quota for nonstate trade—a measure of how much the teapot sector can import—grew from 140 million metric tons in 2018 to 257 million metric tons this year, according to official Chinese data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

By 2020, that number increased to 375 million metric tons.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly