Turkey reduced its dried-onion import duty from 49.5% to 5% after two years of farmer losses reduced planting and prices climbed sharply. Producers say imports may ease short-term pressure but will not resolve a domestic cost gap that has pushed production costs above 15 TL per kilogram.
Monthly olive oil sales in Spain slipped to around 95,100 tonnes, below sector expectations, as ASAJA-Jaén links the slowdown to weaker Spanish olive oil consumption in the United States. Jaén's mills could end the campaign holding some 156,000 tonnes, about 40% of the oil available before the new harvest.
Brazil's Gecex-Camex committee decided on July 9 to hold the temporary 12% export tax on crude petroleum and bituminous minerals. The measure is valid for up to 60 days and will be reassessed after 30 days, as the US-Iran war pressures global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz.
The EU will apply its anti-deforestation rules to additional palm-oil-derived products from December 2027, according to Kontan. Exporters and EU importers will need to determine which traded products fall within the expanded scope and prepare the related compliance records.
South Australia’s Heartland Wines has entered voluntary administration, with reported debts of nearly A$3.6 million. The failure adds to evidence of a widening downturn in Australia’s wine industry and raises fresh concerns for suppliers, distributors and export partners.
Chinese honey is being passed off as European-origin product in Spain during a record surge in honey imports. Spanish beekeepers say low import prices and honey-like labeling for syrups are putting domestic producers under pressure.
Argentina’s Chaco province exported 20–22 tonnes of goat meat to Saudi Arabia. The cargo, sourced from small-scale farmers in El Impenetrable, is the second of seven planned shipments under the new export program.
South Korea has extended duty-free treatment to US and European dairy, sharpening the price edge of imported sterilized milk. Korea Economic Daily and etnews report growing market share alongside concerns over quality control, supply stability and a Polish milk-fraud case.
Romanian abattoir owners and dairy processors are opposing a planned mandatory collective vaccination of sheep against PPR, warning it would extend the EU's existing ban on live animal exports to meat and milk. Processors say vaccinated-animal milk could not be sold in the EU, forcing imports of raw milk, while abattoirs could face up to three years of restrictions on raw meat exports to a market that takes over 90% of Romania's output.
The advance of Brazil's irrigated bean harvest is expanding carioca supply and pressuring prices lower, according to Cepea. Meanwhile, Secex data show bean exports reached a record 149,270 tonnes in the first half of 2026, the highest in a series that began in 1997.
Paraguay is negotiating wider market access for beef, pork and dairy products in Taiwan while advancing beef approvals in Mexico and Turkey. Senacsa also expects foreign inspections covering Paraguay’s meat-processing plants.
Vinanet reports that Vietnam's animal feed and raw-material market moved in sharply different directions in June 2026. On world markets, wheat prices rose in Russia and Argentina but fell in the EU, the United States and Australia, complicating cost planning for feed buyers.
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