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This delivery premium is now about $2,500 a metric ton, according to S&P Global Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

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

American cheese exports rose 20% last year to a record 613,000 metric tons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

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