A new European Court of Auditors special report finds that fruit and vegetable producer organisations remain weak in negotiations with large retail chains despite around €1 billion a year in EU support. Membership fell 39% between 2012 and 2023, and the share of output marketed through these structures ranges from 0.8% in Slovenia to 86% in Denmark.
Poland's lower house adopted an amendment tightening excise collection on electronic cigarettes and raising rates on devices and liquids. Excise on vaporising devices rises from 40 to 50 zloty per unit, while the liquid rate increases to 2.20 zloty per millilitre from 2027. The Ministry of Finance expects about 435 million zloty in additional annual revenue.
Belgian agricultural group Sipef is acquiring the Tiabam plantation near Tiassalé through Plantations J. Eglin. The deal adds 12,000-14,000 tonnes of annual banana output and could take Sipef’s Ivorian production close to 70,000 tonnes.
Non-oil exports of Omani origin reached about 3.6 billion Omani rials by the end of June 2026, up 11.4% year on year, with almost all the growth delivered in the second quarter. Re-exports rose 20% and the trade surplus widened 51% to about 4.7 billion rials. Omani goods now reach more than 130 countries, with chemicals the fastest-growing commodity group.
Corn trading in southern Brazil and Mato Grosso do Sul has slowed as buyers limit purchases to immediate needs and growers hold back sales, according to TF Agroeconômica. Rio Grande do Sul's state average reached R$ 61.98 per bag with 2026/27 planting at 60% of 896,400 hectares, while Mato Grosso do Sul trades between R$ 54.00 and R$ 55.50.
Sheep meat prices on the Moroccan market have reached historic highs because producers are retaining up to 60-70% of their ewe lambs to rebuild flocks after the 2020-2023 drought. A 34% collapse in the national cattle herd, from 3.2 to 2.1 million head, is pushing butchers toward sheep meat, while feed accounts for 70-80% of the cost of producing an animal.
Algeria's state grains agency OAIC purchased roughly 500,000 tonnes of soft milling wheat in an international tender closed on 15 September, at an estimated $319-321 a tonne including freight. That is about $30 a tonne above its 5 August tender, with traders pointing to Romania and Bulgaria as the likely origins.
Russian fishing companies have proposed prohibitive import duties on aquaculture from countries where antibiotics are used systematically, together with labelling that identifies the catch area or farm. The industry links the measures to a domestic consumption target of 28 kilograms per person against about 22 kilograms recorded in 2025.
The Kanto recovered paper association settled its September-loading export tender at 23.6 yen per kilogram, up 0.50 yen or 2.2 percent from August. Nikkei reports it is the highest level in two years and three months, with exports to Asia remaining firm. Most Japanese old corrugated containers are shipped to markets including Taiwan and Vietnam.
The United States has again asked Japan to speed up the procedure that would lift its ban on imports of American fresh potatoes, Sankei Shimbun reported on 18 September. The review began in 2020 and runs through three stages. Japan's agriculture ministry has completed the second stage and is expected to move to the final one soon.
Broiler chicken in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province averaged Rp49,354 per kilogram in September 2026, according to Media Indonesia, which linked the rise to demand from the Free Nutritious Meal Program. A University of Bangka Belitung academic told Tribun Bangka that supply is the main constraint, while Kompas reported that traders in Pangkalpinang are seeing weaker sales as prices climb.
Malaysian palm oil futures retreated from a 21-month high on Thursday and closed almost unchanged, pressured by weak exports and expectations of higher end-month stocks. Cargo surveyors put 1-15 September shipments down 17.8% to 25.6% from the previous month, while brokerage Pelindung Bestari sees stocks rising toward 3 million tonnes.
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