The rapid economic recovery following the severe recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is showing frictions along important
value chains. Due to bottlenecks in the transport system and because the supply of raw materials and agricultural goods cannot
fully meet the rapidly rising demand, the prices of many goods have risen (in some cases very) strongly since the second half
of 2020. Traditionally, food prices react with a certain delay to changes in the prices of agricultural commodities.