South Korea has completed sanitary arrangements allowing boneless beef exports to Qatar, with the first 100 kg shipment of chilled Hanwoo planned for early next month. Export growth remains constrained by falling domestic production, a 30-month breeding cycle and a large price gap with competing beef.
Glencore will market more than 10 million tonnes of bauxite annually for Guinea’s state-owned Nimba Mining under a five-year agreement. The deal includes more than $300 million in prefinancing, but China is likely to remain the mineral’s principal destination.
Indonesian Customs conducted four enforcement operations covering 30 containers of rice and salt and 1,435 bales of suspected used clothing. The goods, seized during August and September 2026, had an estimated combined value of Rp27.339 billion.
Indian households face higher prices for onions, pulses and cooking oils ahead of the festival season. Edible-oil producers may raise prices by another 7-8% as import costs climb, while weak rainfall threatens domestic crop output.
Global revenue from alcohol-free beer is forecast to reach $49 billion by 2030, close to double the 2021 level, according to Statista. The segment already accounts for more than 6% of global beer revenue and 2.1 billion litres of EU output, even as total European production fell 0.7% in 2025.
India imported 1.7 million tonnes of pulses between April and July, a 62% year-on-year increase. The rise comes as kharif pulse production weakens and a strengthening El Niño adds uncertainty to domestic supply.
The Solvent Extractors' Association of India told senior government officials in New Delhi that the global edible oil market could become considerably more volatile in the period ahead. No price forecast, volume projection or duty request was attached to the warning. As the world's largest importer of vegetable oils, India is exposed to palm, soybean and sunflower oil supply from four separate origins at once.
Russia has set export duties on wheat, meslin, barley and corn at zero through 31 December 2026 for shipments outside the Eurasian Economic Union. Duties remain on sunflower oil and meal, but their maximum rates have been capped at August levels.
USDA projections put Argentina’s corn exports at 45 million tonnes in the current campaign, ahead of Brazil’s estimated 42 million tonnes. Expanding Brazilian demand from ethanol plants and animal protein production is reducing the country’s exportable surplus despite record harvests.
India's central government has set a target of raising national silk production to 60,000 tonnes by 2030-31. It has also fixed 2028-29 as the year by which India should rank first in the world in silk output, a position long held by China. The announcement does not specify budgets, participating states or the split between mulberry and non-mulberry silk.
Indonesia is considering allowing interested state-owned enterprises to import soybeans and help establish national reserves. The proposal is intended to stabilize domestic supply and prices, although no import volume, timetable or participating company has been specified.
Indonesia plans to expand domestic garlic production and reduce dependence on imports. Imports reached about 536,000 tonnes in 2022, compared with domestic output of roughly 18,000 tonnes, leaving growers and policymakers with a substantial production gap to close.
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