Tesla has registered a legal entity, Tesla Motors Vietnam, opening the way into Southeast Asia's largest electric vehicle market. It faces VinFast, which controls about 92% of Vietnam's EV sales and operates an exclusive network of more than 150,000 charging points. No launch timetable has been disclosed.
Russian agro-industrial holding Miratorg has exported about 7,400 tonnes of pork to the Philippines since the start of 2026 and expects full-year volumes to reach 11,000 tonnes. The company says it was the first Russian producer to enter the Philippine market and has cleared veterinary paperwork for several other Asian and Middle Eastern destinations this year.
Georgia shipped 8,300 tonnes of peaches and nectarines to Russia in August 2026, worth $10.3 million and 18.6% more than a year earlier. The volume beats the previous August high of 8,200 tonnes set in 2022. Across the June–August season Russia took 20,100 tonnes worth $25.5 million, far ahead of Armenia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Peru exported 373,500 tonnes of fresh blueberries worth $2.457 billion in 2025, holding the world export lead it took from Chile in 2019. Industry representatives now say strawberries could become one of the country's flagship products within five years, with the first seven business plans worth more than 2.2 million soles already registered under AGROIDEAS.
Cassava prices in several Indonesian production centres have risen to around Rp2,400 per kilogram, which the Indonesian Cassava Society attributes to the government's decision to stop cassava imports. The association says national bioethanol plans could create large-scale new demand, with E20 blending alone requiring some 2.2 million kilolitres. MSI has offered to help develop around 500,000 hectares of cassava, subject to seed, fertiliser, machinery and financing support.
Price-fixing cases uncovered this year in South Korea's sugar and wheat flour markets involve combined related turnover of close to 15 trillion won, according to figures released on September 23 by lawmaker Yoon Jun-byung. The disclosure has revived pressure in the National Assembly to strengthen sanctions against large food manufacturers, given that the government has been cutting duties on imported food raw materials through tariff-rate quotas to hold down consumer prices.
Fonterra Co-operative Group revised the midpoint of its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2026/27 season to NZ$9.50 per kilogram of milk solids from NZ$9.25, citing recent improvements in global dairy commodity prices. The update came as the S&P/NZX 50 closed Monday 0.6% higher at 13,821.20. ANZ expects the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to lift the official cash rate to a peak of 3.5% by March.
European carmakers have accumulated €14.4 billion in CO2 compliance liabilities against €13 billion in credits, according to a Dataforce report cited by Milano Finanza. Italy is the worst-placed national market at €4.4 billion, while Tesla, BYD and Geely hold the largest credit positions.
Brazilian exports of beef and cattle-slaughter by-products fell 25.56% by volume in August 2026, while revenue declined 16.11%, UOL reported. The smaller contraction in earnings indicates that export revenue per unit was higher, partly cushioning processors and exporters from the sharp fall in shipments.
Polish milk production costs on larger farms have converged with Western Europe, while Argentina, the United States and New Zealand produce 20–30% cheaper, IFCN director general Łukasz Wyrzykowski told farmer.pl. At the dairy forum in Białystok, European Commission official Pierre Bascou said the EU sector, which earns almost €20bn a year in trade surplus, must compete on quality and trust rather than price.
Spain will need additional electricity capacity from 2028 even if the two reactors at the Almaraz nuclear plant keep running, according to a Compass Lexecon report cited by El Economista. The consultancy calculated the contribution an extension would make and found it insufficient for what the system will require. The published summary does not quantify the shortfall.
Egypt shipped about $350 million of agricultural products to Saudi Arabia in 2025 on volumes of roughly 630,000 tonnes, with the Saudi market absorbing around 12% of Egypt's total farm exports. Food industry exports to the kingdom were larger still at about $570 million, within total bilateral trade in goods and services of roughly $7 billion.
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