Cereal markets remain hesitant as higher oil prices, a stronger dollar and disrupted Black Sea shipping outweigh limited changes in physical supply. French wheat is gaining support, while low river levels are constraining European oilseed processing and feed markets.
Azucarera plans significant investment at its Toro sugar beet factory over the next five years. The plant will begin its next processing campaign on the 27th, supported by 9,180 hectares of planted sugar beet.
Northwest US growers packed 18,201,275 20-pound-equivalent boxes of cherries in 2026, below the May forecast of 18.4 million to 19.2 million. Frost, rain and wind reduced production, while combined West Coast supply fell 17% below the recent average.
Cosmos Sport plans to acquire 100% of Sport Vision Greece, subject to approval by the Hellenic Competition Commission. The transaction would add 20 stores to a JD Sports-controlled network already exceeding 99 locations in Greece and Cyprus, intensifying competition with Fourlis, Foot Locker and Zakcret.
Vietnam expects to mobilize about $1 billion annually for rail over the next 10 years as it prepares major new lines. Officials and industry representatives say technology choices must balance interoperability, lifecycle costs, domestic capabilities and workforce development.
Cameroon exported 74,208 tonnes of soap worth 52.9 billion CFA francs in 2025, but manufacturers face a severe shortage of palm oil. Domestic availability fell below 10,000 tonnes in 2026, increasing dependence on costly imports and threatening supplies to Nigeria and other regional buyers.
Vietnamese suppliers are pursuing opportunities in Argentina for electronics, footwear, textiles, cashews, processed food and machinery. A prospective Vietnam-Mercosur preferential trade agreement could improve access, but logistics costs, technical requirements and volatile demand remain substantial barriers.
New 12-month electricity offers for Romanian households could rise by 0.25-0.50 lei/kWh compared with autumn 2025, according to the Intelligent Energy Association. Its central scenario puts the final price near 1.67 lei/kWh, adding about 74 lei to the monthly bill of a household using 200 kWh.
Südzucker expects European sugar prices to rise after the EU average fell to €499 per tonne in July. Drought, low rainfall, a smaller beet harvest and competition from bioethanol production are tightening supply.
EU egg and egg-product imports rose 82.2% in the first half of 2026, while the average Class A egg price was 8.2% below a year earlier in week 40. Spain remained the bloc’s third-largest producer, with 962,000 tonnes of reference production in 2024.
Greece represents about 80% of the European Union’s cotton area and production, according to European Commission data. The country harvested 709,700 tonnes of seed cotton from around 2.11 million stremmas in 2024, while a three-year pilot scheme offers growers €31.7 per stremma to reduce the crop’s carbon footprint.
Poland’s chocolate confectionery market grew 5.1% in value to PLN 13.8 billion in the 12 months to the end of July 2026, while reported volume fell 2.6%. Wedel expects annual value growth to slow to about 2–2.5% as demographic pressure offsets room for higher per-capita consumption.
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