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| Agriculture: Crops & Grains

Turkey’s tobacco exports rose 8.4% to $1.06 billion in 2025

Turkey exported $1.06 billion of tobacco products in 2025, an increase of 8.4% from the previous year. Cigarettes generated $501 million, while leaf tobacco and hookah tobacco contributed $336 million and $105 million, respectively.

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Martin Keller
Senior Agricultural Commodities Analyst
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| Energy & Fuels

Türkiye’s licensed electricity generation falls 4.91% in May

Türkiye’s licensed electricity generation declined 4.91% year on year in May to 23,939,965 megawatt-hours. The reported total indicates weaker domestic output, but the available data do not identify the causes or provide a breakdown by generation source.

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Daniel Brooks
Lead Energy Markets Analyst
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| Food & Beverages

Poland's Food Industry Pivots From Low-Cost Production to Brand and Quality

Rising labour, energy and logistics costs are eroding the price advantage that made Poland one of the EU's largest food exporters. According to portalspozywczy.pl, producers are shifting toward processed, specialised and own-brand goods, with dairy and markets beyond the single market in focus.

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Isabella Romano
Lead Food & Beverage Analyst
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| Agriculture: Crops & Grains

AISTA rejects India sugar shortage fears after 15% factory-price rise

India’s sugar trade association says domestic stocks are sufficient despite an approximately 15% rise in factory prices in less than a month. AISTA urged mills, traders and buyers to maintain supplies and avoid panic buying or speculative storage.

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Ana Lucia Fernandes
Senior Agricultural Commodities Analyst
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| Agriculture: Crops & Grains

Indonesia’s B50 biodiesel policy leaves Bangka palm fruit prices largely unchanged

Fresh fruit bunch prices on Bangka remained largely stagnant three weeks after Indonesia introduced B50 biodiesel, with increases at some mills limited to Rp30 per kilogram. The uneven response has intensified debate over smallholders’ bargaining power and a proposal to direct their output toward the energy market.

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Ana Lucia Fernandes
Senior Agricultural Commodities Analyst
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| Trade Policy & Macro

New sustainability rules tighten EU access for Indonesian palm oil

Indonesia's cooking oil feedstock, crude palm oil, faces fresh barriers in export markets as sustainability standards tighten access, viva.co.id reports. Industry analysts say palm oil diplomacy must act as market intelligence, while the EU's share of Indonesian exports has fallen to 8-10 percent amid diversification toward Asia and Africa.

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Yusuf Demir
Senior Trade Policy Analyst
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| Trade Policy & Macro

Indonesia ratifies EAEU free trade deal, targets palm oil and textile export gains

Indonesia's Trade Ministry says its ratified free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union removes or cuts tariffs on 11,882 EAEU tariff lines, benefiting palm oil, rubber, coffee, textiles and footwear. In return Jakarta lowers duties on 10,257 of its own lines. Exports to Eurasia are projected to reach $2.87 billion to $2.89 billion.

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Yusuf Demir
Senior Trade Policy Analyst
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