More than 40 Moldovan wineries are presenting wine, sparkling wine and divin in Bucharest. Romania was Moldova’s leading wine export market in 2025, receiving shipments worth about $45 million.
Russia estimates its rare-earth reserves at about 22 million tonnes, placing the country seventh globally, according to ABIREG. The government says the import share of rare and rare-earth metals fell by 6% over the past year as domestic mining and processing projects advance.
Romania has begun receiving about 0.2 million cubic metres of gas per day through the Ruse-Giurgiu interconnector, adding a second import route from Bulgaria. The new flow is small compared with Kardam-Negru Vodă but provides additional flexibility as Romania supplies its domestic market, fills storage and moves gas toward Hungary and Moldova.
Diesel prices rose sharply in Germany amid threats to shipping through Bab al-Mandab and continuing pressure around the Strait of Hormuz. Germany’s taxes, regulatory charges and climate-compliance costs have renewed debate over fuel-price controls, while Spain retains the EU’s second-cheapest diesel.
South Korea exported 176,273 tonnes of alcoholic beverages in January-July 2026, up 10.7% year on year. Beer shipments to Greater China surged 78.6%, while producers expanded soju sales efforts in North America as domestic shipments fell below 3 million kilolitres.
Electricity exports improved Greece’s power trade balance, but additional gas-fired generation raised domestic wholesale prices, according to Green Tank. The group estimated a €914.4 million burden on the wholesale market, exceeding the €821.2 million cumulative trade-balance benefit through June 2026.
Global wine consumption has fallen to its lowest level in 60 years, leaving producers with excess supply and weaker prices. Vineyards are being reduced in Europe, Australia and the United States, while Portugal is supporting grape buyers and tightening traceability.
The European Union is phasing in the Digital Product Passport under its ecodesign regulation for sustainable products, requiring verifiable data on composition, origin, repairability and recyclability. Textiles, furniture, tyres, steel, aluminium and electronics are among the first sectors affected. The European Commission is building a central registry, while national implementation in Croatia will run through a separate implementing law.
Departures from Poland’s hard-coal industry are running at six times the average pace of the previous three years, according to Instrat. Power-sector demand has fallen 40% over six to eight years, while offshore wind and new gas-fired plants are expected to deepen the decline.
Romania’s table-grape area has fallen from more than 30,000 hectares in 1989 to about 6,000 hectares in 2026, leaving domestic production unable to meet local demand. Producers also face rising input and fuel costs as consumer preferences shift toward seedless varieties.
Turkey is preparing tighter production and labelling rules for burgers, döner and traditional processed meats. The proposal would cut poultry-product fat limits to 15%, restrict fillers and prohibit smoking and flavour additions in sucuk, pastırma and kavurma.
Brebes, which produces about 20% of Indonesia’s shallots, has dispatched a shipment to Thailand as the government seeks broader markets for farmers. Officials are pairing export expansion with domestic procurement and measures to improve seed supply and productivity.
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