Brazil’s CEPEA/IRGA-RS paddy rice indicator has reached its highest level since September 2025. Limited grower selling, industry restocking and stronger external demand are supporting prices, although trading liquidity remains moderate.
European lime prices have reached €11-13 per carton as weather-related losses restrict Brazilian and Colombian supply. North America, by contrast, has abundant availability and weak demand, highlighting a widening regional market split.
Moldova exported more than 10,000 tonnes of dried plums in 2025, while revenue was three times its 2020 level. Investment in processing, product diversification and access to new markets, particularly the European Union, supported the expansion.
Egyptian potato exporters are reporting stable prices at the start of the new-crop export campaign. Orders from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Gulf markets remain consistent despite competition from early European harvests.
Meiji Holdings will withdraw from China’s milk and yogurt business after operating in the market since 2013. Agrinews reported that weak consumer spending and intensifying competition from Chinese dairy producers had put pressure on the business.
Lebanon’s Agriculture Ministry has opened a multi-track intervention in the dairy and cheese market, encompassing milk prices, factory closures and imitation products. The measures are intended to protect both producers and consumers, according to Tayyar.org.
The United States has raised its tariff on Australian goods from 10% to 12.5%, adding costs for lamb exporters already facing a separate safeguard investigation. Australia supplied about 100,000 tonnes of sheep meat worth more than $1 billion to the US in 2025.
Kazakhstan exported 538,200 tonnes of wheat and 150,200 tonnes of wheat flour in May 2026, down 24% and 29% from April. Despite the monthly slowdown, nine-month shipments remained above the previous season, while feed flour exports reached a record.
East Java’s 2026 trade and investment forum in Hong Kong recorded final transactions worth Rp12.038 trillion. The total was more than ten times the approximately Rp1.1 trillion booked during a similar mission in May 2023.
Indonesian state miner PT Bukit Asam sold 21.1 million tonnes of coal in the first half of 2026. Domestic Market Obligation deliveries reached 55%, more than double the government's 25% minimum, with supply to state utility PLN kept as the priority.
The US coal industry has asked the Trump administration for grants, loan guarantees and federal investment to support existing and new coal-fired plants. The National Coal Council submitted 19 recommendations to the Department of Energy. US coal output rose about 3% in 2025 to roughly 528 million tonnes.
Australia supplied 67% of China’s imported barley in 2025-26, with Western Australia accounting for 90% of the Australian volume. Chinese maltsters expect annual malting barley imports to rise from 4.5-4.7 million tonnes to 5-5.5 million tonnes, but they want more varieties with suitable protein and enzyme levels.
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