Indonesia is prepared to triple premium rice deliveries through state food company Bulog if retail demand requires it. The plan follows complaints about limited availability despite Bulog holding around 4.6 million tonnes of rice.
Russia’s updated coal industry program calls for annual production to rise from 443 million to 662 million tonnes by 2050. Exports are targeted to reach 350 million tonnes, lifting the country’s share of global coal trade from 13% to 24–27%.
Crude palm oil is forecast to remain above 4,700 ringgit ($1,154) per metric tonne in October and through the end of 2026, Kontan reported. Sustained prices at that level would keep purchasing costs elevated for global vegetable-oil buyers.
Indonesian lawmakers are urging the government to match tobacco imports more closely with actual industrial demand and domestic harvests. They argue that manufacturers should buy locally produced tobacco first, while imports should cover only the remaining supply gap.
Russia plans to build a high-technology complex producing polymer granules for textiles, automotive components, engineering plastics, electronics and medical applications. The project will cost more than 21 billion rubles, including over 5.8 billion rubles in concessional government financing during the next six years.
Spain’s sheep and goat populations fell in 2025, while slaughter and household consumption declined further in 2026. Higher meat prices are supporting revenue, but rising feed costs and changing export markets are putting pressure on farmers and processors.
The Polish Investment and Trade Agency says the country's railway industry is shifting from component supplier to independent European player, exporting to more than 100 markets with an export value of almost $2 billion in 2024. Germany, which takes about a quarter of Polish foreign trade, is the priority market, with NEWAG starting Griffin locomotive authorisation and PESA signing a strategic agreement with Hitachi Rail in 2026.
Thailand is using a refinery discount and Oil Fuel Fund compensation to contain diesel prices as global energy costs rise. A proposal to cut diesel tax by 5 baht per litre would lower the pump price to about 35 baht but reduce state revenue by an estimated 10 billion baht a month.
The ferrous metallurgy association Russian Steel has asked the Ministry of Industry and Trade not to limit exports of coal-derived benzene, Kommersant reports. Crude benzene is a by-product of coke production that plants can store for no more than a week on average because of explosion risk. A government commission is weighing a ban on exports of aromatic hydrocarbons to ease a feedstock shortage in domestic petrochemicals.
Excise exports from Uttar Pradesh have increased by 45%, extending the impact of the state’s alcohol industry from distilleries to agricultural inputs, packaging, storage and transport. The expansion could support demand for sugarcane, molasses and grain, although the available report does not specify the period, export value, volume or destination markets.
Italy’s electricity demand reached 28.9 TWh in August, the highest level recorded for that month. Consumption increased 16.5% from a year earlier, according to Reuters, citing grid operator Terna.
Prologis is developing a six-unit, temperature-controlled logistics platform inside Milan’s Foody wholesale market. The 11,800-square-metre facility is due by the end of 2026 and will support fresh-food handling, urban distribution and last-mile operations.
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