Greece and nine other EU states are pressing the European Commission to reconsider ETS2 and ease wider carbon-market rules. The dispute pits concerns over household fuel costs and industrial compliance against efforts to cut emissions from transport and heating.
Russian perfume accounts for 55.2% of the domestic market, according to Rospotrebnadzor data. Imported perfume, including products from Eurasian Economic Union countries, represents 40.2%.
Japan consumes about 120,000 tonnes of kiwifruit annually, but domestic production has fallen to roughly one-third of its peak. President reports that limited winter and spring supply leaves an estimated monthly gap of 7,500 tonnes, worth about ¥10 billion at retail prices.
The Indonesian Crude Price fell sharply to $83.45 per barrel in June 2026. Easing Middle East tensions and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz restored global oil flows and reduced supply pressure.
Safras & Mercado's first 2026/27 projection puts Brazil's soybean output at a record 180.1 million tonnes, up 0.98% on the year. The gain rests on a larger planted area rather than higher yields, with a more intense El Niño and rising fertiliser costs threatening productivity.
Brazil’s federal government has opened R$270 million in extraordinary credit to subsidize sugarcane producers in the Northeast. Provisional Measure 1377/2026 assigns the funds to the Ministry of Agriculture, according to Globo Rural.
Indonesia exported 38.4 tonnes of coffee worth $227,443.2 from an SRG warehouse to China and Morocco. A further eight containers of semi-washed Arabica, valued at $1.25 million, are planned for China.
The Russian government has cancelled the tariff quota that capped exports of unmilled (paddy) rice to countries outside the Eurasian Economic Union. The 2026 quota had limited such shipments to 200,000 tonnes, with a 50% duty above the ceiling. Exporters can now ship raw rice without quantitative limits or duty.
China’s customs authority has approved the Kursk Meat Processing Plant to supply Russian pork to the Chinese market. The Agropromkomplektatsiya subsidiary is the fourth Russian processor to obtain access since shipments resumed in February 2024.
Brazil’s milk futures market is beginning to attract attention after its launch in May, offering producers and processors a way to agree prices before delivery. Wider adoption will depend on cost accounting, market knowledge and participation across the dairy supply chain.
Germany has made 400 kilometers of converted pipeline available to the hydrogen market, while the Netherlands has activated a 32-kilometer section around Rotterdam. Spain remains in the engineering, environmental assessment and permitting phase for its H2Med network, with construction scheduled for 2028-2030.
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Steel and Salzgitter are investing billions of euros in hydrogen-ready steelmaking, with new production routes scheduled for 2027. Limited supplies of competitively priced green hydrogen mean both projects will initially depend partly on natural gas, while EU trade and carbon rules seek to support higher-cost European production.
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