Thailand and China plan a working group to advance cooperation on premium agricultural products and Chinese online platforms. Bangkok is also seeking progress on a 60,000-tonne rice purchase and market access for poultry, sugar syrup and additional Thai fruits.
Illegal products represented 93.6% of Ukraine’s e-cigarette market in 2025, according to a Kantar Ukraine study cited by a Ukrainian lawmaker. Police seized tens of thousands of e-cigarettes and more than one million production components in the first half of 2026.
Romania collected 587 million lei in spirits excise during the first half of 2026, despite a 26% increase in the duty per litre compared with 2024. Taxed volumes fell by about 23%, equivalent to 8.3 million 700 ml bottles, while an industry-backed study estimates that untaxed products account for 30%-40% of consumption.
The Port of Split will invest €8 million in Croatia’s first modern onshore bitumen storage facility. The two-year project will replace temporary barge storage with a closed system serving road construction supply chains across Dalmatia.
Côte d'Ivoire's cashew processing industry is running at full capacity, and the nut now ranks as the third-largest export earner in the country's agricultural sector, behind cocoa and natural rubber. To keep more revenue at home, the sector needs to expand processing and move up the value chain rather than export raw nuts.
India has added yerba mate to its Food Code, allowing Argentine suppliers to move from trial shipments to regular commercial trade. Industry representatives say the applicable tariff is now around 30%, compared with charges above 130% under the previous approval process.
Thailand’s tropical fruit supply rises sharply around mid-year as produce from several regions reaches the market at the same time. The sector is being urged to replace reactive seasonal offloading with sustained market development for longan, mangosteen, durian, pomelo and mango.
Kenya’s Mombasa Tea Auction traded 46.52 million kg of tea in June, generating Sh13 billion for farmers. The Tea Board of Kenya cited the result while defending the industry’s tea levy.
US agricultural exports to Vietnam reached $4.7 billion in 2025, up from less than $3.5 billion in 2024. Cotton, forest products, soybeans, corn, dairy, poultry and fresh fruit all benefited from stronger demand or improved market access.
Sri Lanka's poultry and livestock producers say more than a decade of unpredictable maize import policy has left the sector in chronic crisis, the Daily Mirror reports. Since 2012 the industry has repeatedly asked successive governments for a rational, predictable framework, warning that the instability feeds through to chicken and egg prices for consumers.
Vietnam's summer-autumn rice harvest is delivering lower yields and higher costs, with planted area down 4.3% year-on-year. Export prices have stayed low since September 2025 as top buyer the Philippines repeatedly shifts import policy, most recently proposing tariff hikes on Vietnamese rice.
Vietnam’s spending on imported milk and dairy products rose at a double-digit rate during the first five months of 2026. The increase signals stronger demand for foreign suppliers, although the available market report does not disclose the import value or product-level volumes.
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