Data from the research centre of Assosistema Confindustria, presented at Safety Expo 2026 in Bergamo on 17 September 2026, put Italy's personal protective equipment market at about 1.9 billion euros. The association describes substantial resilience and progressive consolidation, with Italy accounting for 12.42% of the EU PPE market by value. Respiratory protection, safety footwear and workwear are the segments where national manufacturing is concentrated.
Mills in Brazil's Center-South processed 51.9 million tonnes of cane in the second half of August, 3.3% more than a year earlier, according to Globo Rural. Sugar production over the same fortnight fell about 4.8% to 3.72 million tonnes, Forbes Brasil reported, as plants continued to direct cane to ethanol. The split between raw material supply and sweetener output is a direct signal for the global sugar balance.
Indonesia is positioning itself as the lead driver of agro-industry inside the BRICS bloc, citing a surge in coffee, cocoa and tobacco shipments that has lifted total non-oil and gas exports. The pitch puts Jakarta alongside Brazil and India, which compete in the same crops, and shifts the test of leadership to processing rather than raw-bean volume.
Ouest-France reports a renewed rise in French hog market values against a backdrop of declining production. Average carcass weight at slaughter has fallen to 94.63 kilograms, 1.7 kilograms below the 2025 level, an indicator the paper reads as market tension.
Indonesia's state logistics agency Perum BULOG has reached its 4 million tonne rice absorption target for 2026 and is continuing procurement at farmers' request. The company is simultaneously running two price-control programmes whose combined 2026 mandate approaches 4.5 million tonnes, backed by stocks of about 4.6 million tonnes.
Chinese industry describes the country as the world's largest matcha producer and has built what it presents as the world's largest matcha factory, according to President Online. Chinese matcha already reaches 54 countries and territories, including Japan, while powders sold abroad under the matcha name increasingly contain no tea leaves at all.
Cambodia earned $489 million from cassava exports in the first eight months of 2026, down just 1.86% year on year despite an estimated 30% contraction in planted area. Recovering prices and rising demand for dried cassava chips offset the loss of acreage, continuing a shift away from fresh root exports that was already visible in 2025 trade data.
Africa absorbs about 13% of global chicken meat imports, ranking as the fourth-largest destination behind Asia and Europe, according to Agence Ecofin. Brazil's expansion on the continent is squeezing European Union suppliers, who have long used African markets to place cuts that European consumers do not buy.
Spain's deposit-return system (SDDR) will oblige bars, restaurants, shops and supermarkets to add a surcharge of roughly 10 céntimos to every single-use plastic bottle or can sold, refunded when the empty container is returned. The scheme rests on Ley 7/2022 and Real Decreto 1055/2022, with okdiario.com pointing to 22 November 2026 as the start date, while Mercadona says no official date exists.
India's Ministry of Coal launched the 16th round of commercial coal mine auctions on Thursday. At the same event it handed clearances to the successful bidders of six coal mines awarded in earlier rounds, allowing those blocks to move into the development and production phase.
The German VEZG benchmark for slaughter pigs dropped by 15 euro cents on 16 September to €1.45 per kilogram in class E, valid until 23 September. Polish top class E quotations fell to 6.30 zloty per kilogram the same day. Producers are contesting the full pass-through, while a planned Polish aid scheme for sows looks set to miss its 20 September deadline.
Still wine production in Crimea dropped 24.7% year on year to 3.44 million decalitres in January-August 2026, while sparkling fell 38% to 379,290 decalitres, according to Rosalkogoltabakcontrol data cited by Kommersant. The peninsula, which accounts for 19.9% of Russian still wine output, contracted far faster than the national market. Producers cite late deliveries of bottles and corks, freight costs, power cuts, fuel shortages and a poor 2025 white grape harvest.
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