Rosselkhoznadzor says the Chinese side has confirmed that Russian mustard powder and prepared mustard may be shipped to China. Access is plant-by-plant: exporters must register in China's CIFER system under category 11, plant spices, and obtain a Chinese registration number. Producers in Primorsky Krai, on the Chinese border, are positioned to move first.
Indonesia's upstream oil and gas potential is not translating automatically into investment, with regulatory certainty, permitting and the lag between discovery and first production cited as the main obstacles. Analysts and operators including bp and ExxonMobil say projects must compete for global capital on returns, risk and execution certainty.
Iran's Ministry of Agriculture Jihad says national apple output reached 4.2 million tonnes, placing the country fourth among world producers, with fruit shipped to 57 destination markets. The statement, carried by the news agency ISNA, gave no export tonnage, value or breakdown by country.
Iraq's agriculture minister has ordered a complete prohibition on tomato imports, according to the Iraqi outlet mawazin.net, which reported the decision on Wednesday. The stated aim is to support local farmers and ease the marketing of their crop on the domestic market. The report does not specify the duration of the ban, transit rules or whether processed tomato products are covered.
Garlic and onions will be the first crops covered by South Korea's new agricultural price stabilization scheme, starting with the 2027 harvest, with the payout trigger set at roughly 80% of the normal-year wholesale price. Four producer federations issued a joint statement on 15 September demanding that full production cost be guaranteed instead. Reference prices will be published only after the production cost survey is released around October next year.
Oman shipped about 14.02 million tonnes of gypsum ore in 2025, according to Argaam, with mining activity tied to the mineral generating around 3.11 million Omani rials in revenue. A newly created state trading arm will hold exclusive rights to export gypsum and chrome ore from June 2026, after lifting average export prices by 8 percent.
The United States Department of Agriculture forecasts a continued contraction of the European Union cattle herd in 2026 and 2027, driven by high production costs, tighter regulation and the spread of animal diseases, according to eurocarne.com. The same outlook describes an EU pork sector whose production and trade prospects remain conditioned by African swine fever.
Green hydrogen produced in China and India has fallen to around €3 per kilogram, roughly half the level available in the European Union, according to EL ESPAÑOL-Invertia. Spain is the exception in Europe at €5.5/kg against €9.4/kg elsewhere on the continent, and holds 65% of European projects that have reached a final investment decision. Rising European gas prices are narrowing the gap between green and grey hydrogen in industrial applications.
Poland's Ministry of Finance says ethyl alcohol in illegal circulation equalled about 3.2% of supplies to the legal consumer market in 2025, down from about 3.8% in 2024, citing estimates by the National Revenue Administration. Strefabiznesu.pl put the volume at around 23 million litres and said budget losses may run into billions of zlotys. The ministry stressed the methodology was built solely for internal trend monitoring.
Only 18 containers of lime are due to reach Europe in week 39 of 2026, against a weekly average of 120-140, as phytosanitary rejections in Brazil and a Maersk vessel under repair cut shipments. Purchase prices in the Netherlands have moved from €5.50-6 to €9, with €11-12 indicated for the week ahead.
South Korea's producer price index rose 0.2% in August to 129.64 from 129.43 in July, reversing the previous month's decline, according to the Bank of Korea. A summer heatwave pushed spinach up 51.9% and pork up 5.4%, while higher international oil prices raised the cost of electricity, gas, water and waste services.
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.
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