Japan enters the final phase of its multiyear alcohol tax reform on October 1: beer duty falls while rates on happoshu (low-malt beer) and chuhai-style canned drinks rise. Retailers report rush buying of soon-to-be-pricier products ahead of the change.
The Eurasian Economic Commission's internal market protection department has proposed anti-dumping duties of 11-22 percent for five years on truck tires from Thailand and Vietnam, Kommersant reported. The case was initiated by Cordiant, the Nizhnekamsk truck tire plant and Belarus' Belshina after EAEU output fell 5.6 percent and profit on sales dropped 58.7 percent in 2022-2024.
Italian kiwifruit sales abroad rose 19.8% in volume and 26.4% in value last year to about €700 million, according to Il Sole 24 Ore. Kiwi will be the symbol product of the 44th Macfrut in Rimini in April 2027, with Chile as focus country and Piedmont as partner region.
Vietnam's auto sales grew 31.1% in the first half of 2026, overtaking Singapore to lead growth among the ASEAN-6 markets, according to PwC. Electrified vehicles outsold combustion models in Vietnam for the first time, with VinFast delivering nearly 40% of total market sales.
Turkish tobacco and tobacco product exports rose 8 percent over the past year to $1.11 billion, according to the Aegean Tobacco Exporters' Association. Leaf tobacco shipments jumped 41 percent in January–August 2026 to $279 million, while the sector set a medium-term goal of $1.5 billion.
Latvia's Saeima adopted border controls on grain and animal feed consignments from third countries under urgent procedure on 25 September. The measure targets the external transit channel, through which cargo crosses Latvian and EU customs territory without entering the EU market. Ukraine has warned that grain taken from occupied territories may move through Latvian ports under Russian origin documents.
Raw milk production in Ukraine declined to 4.1 million tonnes in the first eight months of 2026, down 13% year on year, according to Censor.net. The outlet published the national total alongside a regional breakdown and an assessment of market conditions. The contraction removes roughly 600,000 tonnes of raw material from the national balance and lands directly on processing capacity and export availability.
Spain's medicines agency Aemps has registered supply problems affecting hormone replacement therapies used by around 400,000 women since March. A diffuser fault in the Lenzetto estradiol spray triggered a chain reaction that hit Evopad and Estradot patches, while Bijuva is unavailable until 30 November and Climodien has been withdrawn worldwide. El País reports that several companies refused to include their treatments in public funding.
Water shortages in Maharashtra and Karnataka are threatening sugarcane recovery rates ahead of the October crushing season, according to The Economic Times, which cited industry officials. India, the world's second-largest sugar producer, may need to import sugar for a second consecutive year.
Wholesale potatoes in Chisinau traded no higher than 4.5 lei/kg at the end of the working week, held down by cheap Ukrainian supply that is 37% below last year. Commercial plantings in Moldova are put at no more than 5,000 hectares with yields about 20% lower, while output in Europe's main producing countries could fall to 19.5-20.5 million tonnes from a record 27.3 million tonnes in 2025.
Brazil shipped a record 3.37 million tonnes of cotton in the 2025/26 commercial year, 19% more than the previous cycle and more than double the volume of four years earlier. China took 770,500 tonnes and India more than 350,000 tonnes, while the sector debates where the next round of export growth will come from.
Construction of a new gas-fired cogeneration source has started at the Kraków combined heat and power plant, strefabiznesu.pl reported. The 886 million zloty contract is being delivered by a consortium of two Polish companies, Unibep and SBB Energy. The stated aim is to cut coal use at the site while keeping the city's heat and power supply intact.
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