The reported price of imported long-grain rice in Nigeria fell by N15,000 from January to N55,000 in 2026. Dealer quotations were mostly stable in September, indicating that the sharp earlier decline had temporarily lost momentum.
Greens Kitami, an onion-processing company backed by JA cooperatives in Hokkaido's Okhotsk district and the city of Kitami, is expanding exports of soups made from locally grown onions. Shipments began in 2020, after the pandemic wiped out the firm's souvenir sales, and now reach six countries and territories. The additive-free line is one of the products carrying the expansion.
Turkish hazelnut growers face production costs at least 50% higher than last year while prices have fallen about 40% to a band of 180-200 lira, according to business daily Dünya. The country supplies roughly 70% of global hazelnut output, but 2025 exports came to $2.2 billion, down 85,000 tonnes and $300 million from 2024.
Italian wine exports fell 6.2% in value to just over €3.6 billion in the first half of 2026, with volumes down 4%, according to the Unione italiana vini Observatory using Istat data. The United States, the largest destination, dropped 14.1% to €849 million, while China, Mercosur and Russia posted double-digit or near double-digit growth. Sparkling wine held steady at +0.4% against an 8.9% fall for bottled still wines.
International pulses quotations have firmed and the increase is starting to feed through to domestic markets in importing countries. India, the largest buyer of pulses, faces higher landed costs at the same time as a weak monsoon puts the domestic crop in question. Importers, dal millers and origin exporters are all repricing.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction is drafting a law designed to avoid new sub-licences and reduce administrative intervention in the construction-materials market. The proposal could change competitive conditions for domestic producers and distributors by giving market mechanisms a larger role.
Cotton lint quotations in Brazil have oscillated but accumulated gains through the first half of September, with Cepea pointing to firm seller positioning and limited spot availability. Most agents are focused on delivering forward contracts, while falling international prices keep both sides cautious. Secex data show August exports of 106.35 thousand tonnes and a January-August total of 2.075 million tonnes.
Russia exported 418,000 tonnes of grain from the start of September, against 2.4 million tonnes in the same period last year, according to Pravda.ru. Ust-Luga and Vysotsk in the Leningrad Region became the main loading points, while Black Sea volumes through Tuapse nearly disappeared. Wheat shipments fell 6.5-fold to 294,000 tonnes and the buyer list shrank from 25 countries to eight.
Corn and wheat prices rose on the Novi Sad Commodity Exchange as Serbian farmers limited sales in expectation of better terms. Demand strengthened, but constrained availability reduced trading across several agricultural markets.
Russia's sugar plants will produce enough in the 2026/27 season to supply the domestic market in full and meet the industry's export targets, according to Andrey Bodin, chairman of the board of the Union of Sugar Producers of Russia. Of 63 plants, 54 are running with combined capacity of 38,500 tonnes per day against domestic consumption of 16,000 tonnes. Since the season opened, processors have handled 6.3 million tonnes of beet and produced 815,500 tonnes of sugar.
The European Commission asked EU member states on 11 September 2026 to authorise the signature and conclusion of the free trade agreement with India, negotiated to a close in January 2026. India would eliminate or reduce duties on 96 percent of EU goods, saving European exporters about €4 billion a year, with the steepest cuts in wine, spirits and vegetable oils.
The Dominican Republic has approved imports of Canadian beef and beef products, including offal, from cattle of all ages, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced on 11 September 2026. The decision ends restrictions imposed in 2003 after Canada's first BSE case. The Canadian Meat Council puts Dominican beef imports at more than $200 million in 2025.
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