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.
Ukraine's largest pet-food producer, Kormotech, plans to lift its Romanian sales from 10 million euros to 50 million euros by 2029 and to enter the local top three, Profit.ro reported. The company is also considering building a factory in Romania, which would place production inside the EU customs territory.
Thailand remains the leading rice supplier to Australia with a share of about 34 percent, according to Thai press reports citing the Department of Foreign Trade. The figure of 240,000 tonnes a year is reported two ways: as Australia's total rice imports and as Thai shipments alone. The agency is targeting the country's 3,500 Thai restaurants to expand volumes.
Tanzania's National Food Reserve Agency is opening maize purchases in Njombe at Sh450 per kilogramme, a level some farmers are refusing. In Malawi, an agency of the same name has dropped its contracted-supplier model after securing 26,663 tonnes of a 108,000-tonne target by mid-August, and now accepts deliveries of one tonne from any seller at K900 per kilogramme.
Forecasts of a very strong El Niño are pushing New Zealand dairy farmers to prepare for tighter profit margins in the months ahead, according to Bloomberg. Because the country's milk is produced almost entirely on pasture, a dry summer would raise feed costs and cut volumes at the same time, with consequences for internationally traded milk powder, butter and cheese.
Pakistan has issued an international tender for 750,000 tonnes of wheat to address a potential shortage. The move follows sharp price increases in Karachi, where wholesale wheat reached 132 rupees per kilogram and some 50-kilogram flour bags cost as much as 8,000 rupees.
Sarawak's exports of timber and wood-based products reached RM1.16 billion through June, Bernama reported. The figure was published alongside an interview with PUSAKA general manager Datuk Zainal Abidin Abdullah on bamboo's potential as a new economic resource for the Malaysian state. No product or destination breakdown was disclosed.
The TEXFORCES-BF complex was inaugurated on 9 September 2026 at Bobo-Dioulasso, with capacity to process more than 12,000 tonnes of cotton a year at the start and a long-term target of 50,000 tonnes. Agence Ecofin puts the investment at $30 million, while AllAfrica reports 17 billion CFA francs. The project is designed to shift Burkina Faso from exporting raw fibre to making fabric and finished clothing at home.
From unlicensed production lines inside the bloc to smuggling across its external borders, the illegal tobacco trade continues to weigh on EU finances, public health and security. The two supply channels require different enforcement responses, and both converge on a market where product is sold without excise duty or VAT.
Egypt is widening the geography of its orange exports, with Asian destinations and China in particular taking on a larger role, banker.news reports. The outlet credits higher production and better grading and packing of export fruit, and names quality compliance as the main challenge. No volumes, prices or contract values were disclosed.
The average litre of sunflower oil in Ukraine reached about 107 hryvnias in September, with 850 ml bottles crossing 100 hryvnias in several chains, according to OBOZ.UA. Some supermarkets now limit customers to six bottles of oil or six kilograms of groats. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy says crushing capacity above 20 million tonnes leaves no basis for a physical shortage after the 10 September strike on Bunge's Dnipro plant.
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