Romania’s apple harvest is expected to be about ten times larger than last year, pushing market prices down to 3.50-5 lei per kilogram. Yet local growers, particularly organic producers, continue to struggle to enter supermarket chains, leaving room for imported fruit.
Kazakhstan plans to launch gallium and antimony production in 2026 as it shifts from exporting ores toward higher-value processing. Its 2024–2028 industry plan targets at least 40% growth in rare and rare-earth metals output and five new production facilities.
Poland’s Łukasiewicz Research Network and Nitro-Chem have agreed to industrialize UNIPeX, the country’s first domestically developed plastic explosive intended for commercial-scale production. The material contains about 88% RDX and could enter production in the second half of 2028.
Poland remains a major EU tobacco processor and exporter despite a sharp contraction in domestic cultivation. Higher excise duties, proposed restrictions on nicotine pouches and investment in smokeless products are changing the sector’s economics.
Serbia can continue exporting live animals and animal products to the European Union after new antimicrobial-use requirements took effect on September 3, 2026. The country was added in mid-June to the EU list of suppliers whose control systems meet the new conditions.
PepsiCo and Colombia’s Agriculture Ministry have reached an agreement aimed at improving the productivity and quality of potatoes, plantains and yellow corn supplied by Colombian farmers. The initiative could strengthen domestic sourcing and agricultural value chains, although financial commitments, procurement targets and implementation dates were not disclosed.
Vietnam supplied 44,119 tonnes of pepper to the United States in the first seven months of 2026, accounting for 80.4% of US imports. Shipments from Vietnam rose 22.2%, while imports from India and Indonesia fell sharply.
PVOIL and Malaysia’s FatHopes Energy will develop a used cooking oil collection network in Vietnam, initially in Ho Chi Minh City. The project could turn PVOIL’s approximately 1,050 fuel stations and logistics assets into infrastructure for a traceable domestic SAF feedstock supply chain.
Customs posts in Russia’s Urals cleared about 2,000 tonnes of grapes during summer 2026, with August accounting for 1,500 tonnes. Imports since the start of the year exceeded 2,700 tonnes, and Uzbekistan supplied 68% of the total.
The head of China's National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, Liu Huanxin, proposed joint soybean production in Kazakhstan with the output shipped to China, eldala.kz reported citing Prodcorporation. Kazakhstan countered with a request for affordable financing for its farmers and processors and for large Chinese state companies to act as buyers. The sides agreed to draft a joint cooperation plan.
Bangladesh has halved its aromatic rice export quota, according to bdnews24.com. The government cited rising domestic demand, higher prices and food-security concerns, signaling tighter availability for overseas specialty-rice buyers.
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data show household consumption declining across almost all major food categories over six years. Lower purchases of milk, meat and other staples point to sustained affordability pressure and changing diets.
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