A section of India's rice export trade wants New Delhi to clear agricultural imports factory by factory rather than country by country. The demand follows tighter certification requirements imposed by China and Saudi Arabia on incoming farm goods. No commodity list or government response has been reported.
Palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange declined on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive session. The weakness was attributed mainly to falling prices for other edible oils, including soybean oil, and for crude oil. With no fresh domestic trigger reported, the direction of the market remains in the hands of the wider oils complex.
Ukraine has fully used its 30,000-tonne annual duty-free quota for apple juice concentrate exports to the EU, according to sad24.pl, which cites European Commission data showing a zero balance. Shipments for the rest of the year face the base EU duty of 18% or more, erasing a EUR 200-300 per tonne discount to Polish material. Duty-free, quota-free access for Moldova opens an obvious rerouting option.
Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has placed 21 olive oil brands and products on its 23 September imitation-and-adulteration register after laboratory tests found cheaper seed oils blended into goods sold as olive oil. The listed items come from producers in Aydın, Balıkesir, İzmir, Artvin and Hatay and were sold in 1-, 2- and 5-litre packs. Penalties will be applied under the relevant food legislation.
A smaller Kazakh wheat crop and expanding domestic processing could lift the country's import requirement to 3.5-4 million tonnes in 2026/27, far above the USDA's 1.5 million tonne forecast, inbusiness.kz reported. Rail exemptions to a six-month import ban leave the channel open for Russian grain.
Suppliers from low- and middle-income countries lifted their share of European orange imports from 32.5% in 2021 to 34.2% in 2025, according to freshplaza.it. Volumes from European origins fell from 2.17 million to 2.07 million tonnes over the same period. Overseas shipments remain concentrated in the July-October window, when regional supply thins out.
Lithuania’s wood-chip spot price index has reached €30.12/MWh, up 65% from €18.34/MWh a year earlier. Supply is expected to remain adequate, but higher fuel costs and competition from wood processors point to more expensive district heating.
A pilot study at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute found inorganic arsenic above the Codex ceiling of 0.2 mg/kg in 19 of 104 commercial rice samples. Cadmium, lead and residues of 22 screened pesticides stayed below permitted limits. Bangladesh produced 46 million tonnes of rice in 2024-25 and ranks third globally.
Indonesia's cement industry is facing a coal scarcity crisis because domestic market obligation (DMO) deliveries have been disrupted, the head of the Asperssi cement association told Bloomberg Technoz. As of early September 2026, coal stocks at most cement plants covered only two to three days of operation. El Niño has dried out rivers used to move coal, creating logistics bottlenecks on the route to the factories.
Cambodia shipped close to 800,000 tonnes of milled rice between January and August 2026, a 67.6% year-on-year increase, according to Cambodia Rice Federation data reported by lepetitjournal.com. Export value reached $464.2 million, up 34%, with ASEAN overtaking Europe as the largest destination by volume.
Chilean dairy shipments reached 321.7 million litres of milk equivalent between January and August, 6.4% more than a year earlier, according to Fedeleche using Odepa data. Whole milk powder rose 18.8% and infant preparations 34.1%, while gouda cheese fell 8.7%. The United States, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil each dominate a different product line.
Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food says it has no consolidated market position on scrapping export duties on rapeseed and soybean seeds, and will not take the issue to parliament without one. Minister Taras Vysotskyi said the duty-free channel for producers and cooperatives is already running through the State Agrarian Register, while duty revenue funds support for frontline territories.
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