Retail heating coal in Poland has risen by roughly 300 zł per tonne in two weeks, with depots quoting 1,600–2,000 zł, according to wnp.pl. Coarse grades are hardest to obtain, with delivery waits of about a month. A utility executive was dismissed after warning that a cold winter would leave the country short of coal.
Chile has activated a new agreement intended to increase shipments of fresh fruit to China, lu17.com reports. The outlet describes it as the result of technical negotiations aimed at optimising logistics and strengthening Chilean competitiveness in the Asian market. No effective date, covered species or target volumes have been made public.
Foreign direct investment in Romania dropped to €669 million in the first half of 2026 from €3.72 billion a year earlier, according to National Bank of Romania data cited by ARICE president Daniel Constantin. Lower reinvested earnings and reduced intragroup lending account for most of the €3.05 billion gap, alongside one-off transactions such as the transfer of Carrefour's Romanian business to a resident owner.
Dutch development bank FMO has signed a four-year, €20 million working-capital facility for Ivory Cocoa Products. The financing will help the San Pedro processor secure cocoa beans and increase local grinding as Côte d’Ivoire targets more domestic value addition.
Vietnam's merchandise imports from South Korea accelerated sharply in August 2026 and across January–August, according to calculations by vinanet.vn based on Vietnam Customs Department data. The summary notes the gains were registered despite conditions not specified in the published excerpt, and no product-level breakdown has accompanied it so far.
Ukraine shipped 474 tonnes of fresh and chilled beef in August 2026, almost 25 times the year-earlier volume, for $3.95 million. Frozen beef exports reached 1,820 tonnes worth $8.16 million, while imports of live cattle stopped entirely. The gains coincide with Rabobank's forecast of a 2-3% contraction in global beef supply this year.
International cocoa exporters are seeking discussions with Ivorian authorities to prevent tax reassessments from escalating into disputes. Africa Intelligence reports that the initiative is being led by Cargill’s regional chief, while one major US trader faces a potential reassessment exceeding 100 billion CFA francs.
Vietnam is due to take first commercial oil from the Lac Da Vang field in the Cuu Long Basin in October 2026, with recoverable resources estimated at 100-113 million barrels of oil equivalent. The crude will be handled by FSO PTSC LDV, a floating storage and offloading unit built in Vietnam from high-strength steel with capacity for more than 500,000 barrels.
Romania's underground gas storage was 76.26% full, or about 2.43 billion cubic metres, above the European Union average of 68.26%, the Ministry of Energy said. Operators with stockholding obligations confirmed the 80% target for 1 October can be met. The build-up is running against European TTF prices of 83-84 euros per megawatt-hour, the highest since December 2022.
Polska Grupa Górnicza chief executive Łukasz Deja told the Polish industry portal WNP that more than 5.9 million Poles use electricity generated entirely from PGG coal and almost 5 million receive heat from it. The state-controlled group is in the middle of a restructuring under which more than 3,500 employees will take protective packages and two mining units have entered liquidation this year.
Moldova exported 378,200 tonnes of wheat in July and August 2026, the largest volume ever recorded for that two-month window and 23% above the same period of 2025. Deliveries to EU member states reached 113,500 tonnes, ahead of Serbia and Ukraine, while rail loadings near Reni collapsed and the Giurgiulesti terminal handled almost three-quarters of the flow.
Croatian outlet Nacional reports that the country spends millions on imported garlic even though the crop grows well domestically and demand is established. The gap is commercial rather than agronomic: curing, storage, grading and contract volumes, not climate, keep domestic bulbs off supermarket shelves.
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